Ebola Virus in the US

[Margarete]

He was in Nigeria.
The first U.S. citizen to die of ebola died in Nigeria over the summer. He was on his way to the U.S. to his family. He held dual citizenship in Liberia and U.S. I believe there have been around a dozen cases there since then, including deaths of his medical personnel and illness of the medical personnel's families.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebo...n-wife-n167546

woops, sorry I read a different story in the last few days about someone getting tested in DC, and/or there was some misinformation in one of the stories.

[Michael]

Just bought this: https://www.spectrasan.com/index.php...e-gallon.html/



Yes, I am always OVER prepared. It will sit next to my solar cube.

[Armywife]

I think it's something to keep a watch on, but not worry too much about yet. We're being told by the CDC that we have the best infrastructure and medical professionals in the world; true but it's human error that worries me.

My husband dealt with biological contaminants, and safety for the Army; his concern is human error at the hospitals. On a scale of 1-10 for how concerned he is, he says he's at a 3.5 right now

If it does get bad here, it won't be like a movie where it quickly grows out of control. I believe we'll have plenty of time to think through our options. It started in West Africa December in December 2013, and has been apparently doubling every 21 days; that's apparently where these predictions of half a million cases in Africa by February are coming from. Exponential growth starts slowly and then explodes; if we get to a point where we have 1,000 cases in the US then we should worry; it will grow very fast after that.

I agree with Michael, .05% bleach solution is the best cleaning agent.