A woman fell ill on a Dallas train Saturday and this lead to a report of her being on the Ebola watchlist. She vomited upon exiting the train and of course this caused reasonable fear. Although I agree with the whole issue of media coverage hyping up this exaggerated fear over Ebola, I also can understand the immediate concerns considering this happened in Texas, a place where a Liberian American died recently and 2 nurses at the hospital where he was treated now has Ebola. Any thoughts?
It is unfortunate that this disease has an incubation period where one does not show symptoms. In regards to the Ebola disease, I think we should all be careful and observe the guidelines set. We cannot live in eternal fear of getting sick, we can only do the best that we can and pray for the best. Worrying all the time about getting infected will only cause stress that has the ability to compromise our immune system.
It's an unfortunate incident, but not surprising. Officials at airports and other places really aren't in a position to accurately tell whether or not someone has Ebola. It takes weeks for the disease to show up after a patient comes down with it. By the time they start showing symptoms it is too late. That's what is so scary about the disease to a lot of people, besides the devastating results of the damage it does to one's body.
It's really hard at this point to control the Ebola cases because it seems to be out of control, I wish more effective ways to fight the disease could exist.
If the country would have taken more precautions on travelers coming in and out this country then this disease would not be here. There should be test that people should go through before entering the US. Ebola has made a lot of citizens here terrified because there is really no cure for it and there is really no proof on if it is air born.
I think it's very hard to control travelers, it's pretty much to each one conscience because we don't know where people have been.
Rightly said Muthoni...rightly said, but still fear can get a hold of you...if in fact you were traveling on the same train as the said woman, but yes living in fear all the time will cripple and incapacitate us from living life to the full despite the said adversities and trials that face us.
I think one of the reasons people seem to be so scared and terrified even of this disease is that there seems to be a lot of misinformation on how exactly you can catch it. People seem to think it's as easy to catch as the every day cold and that's clearly not the case. People need to be better informed. It's pretty hard to catch Ebola which is why we have seen that the only people to contract the disease, in America at least are those health care professionals that have worked closely with the patient and came in contract with bodily fluids.
I suppose there will be more and more similar cases popping up. It's disgusting how they've dealt with Ebola up to this point. The health officials and the government don't think it's something they should treat as a serious threat. While there'd be no point in panicking, there's absolutely no reason why they shouldn't take a more proactive approach — track down anyone who is suspected to have been contact with an Ebola victim + people who'd been in contact with them and have them quarantined for 21 days. This would at least prevent the disease from spreading any further.
I agree with you. But it's probably wishful thinking. I don't think our government is competent enough to track down these people. We can't even deliver the mail on time. I doubt we'd be able to find these people. Though I definitely agree with your premise. There's no reason these people should be going around with an infectious disease, that can be prevented.
