For months the world has been hearing about the ebola outbreak in western Africa. Officials have been assuring the public that there is little to worry about here in the United States. Considering you are only supposed to be able to contract this deadly virus through bodily contact with an infected person I would normally not worry. Then came the report about the cameraman who supposedly got ebola after cleaning a car owned by someone who died from the disease.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11144663/British-American-contracted-Ebola-cleaning-infected-car.html
Now I am back to not trusting officials.
As hideous as this sounds I am all for temporarily closing the boarders and heavily screening EVERYONE who has visited western Africa.
If this gentleman can contract ebola without even coming in direct contact with the patient it means to me that you can possibly get it without even coming in contact with the sick individual. A nurse who supposedly helped treat Thomas Duncan, the man who died last week from ebola, is now being treated for the disease. Authorities are trying to imply that there may have been a breach in how she used her protective gear.
Companies may lose money if we tightly screen people the way that I suggested but in the long run it could save lives and possibly prevent a nationwide panic. Think about it. Even if the only way you get ebola is by physically coming in contact with infected bodily fluids, with a 21 day incubation period it would not take long before there is a pandemic in this country.
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/ebola-outbreak-2014-the-terrifying-statistics-you-need-to-see/story-fneuzlbd-1227088785863
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