Will this be the next H1N1? Bird Flu? Sars?

The reason why these epidemics are happening in third world countries is the fact that they have poor hygiene and health infrastructures. This coming to America is no big deal because we have bathrooms, we don't contaminate ourselves with human waste, we have hospitals that follow a health code of conduct, we wash our hands (hopefully), we have a clean water supply, most Americans have quick access to hospitals and medicine. All of these reasons will be why Ebola shouldn't be an issue in America. The flu kills around 23,607 each year, we should be more worried about that. Just because CNN reports on it doesn't make it the end of the world, you should know that by how many days and weeks they reported on the missing Malaysian aircraft while there were more important things around the world happening.

Just calm down and follow common sense hygienic procedures and you'll be fine.

^ Ebola is not that simple, it's so easy to transmit, even through sweat, and has a much higher and faster mortality rate. And there is NO treatment and NO cure. They need to close the borders of all countries where infections have been detected until this passes.

Following the strict hygienic procedures which in the article, is true, spread is highly unlikely. As long as the patient is separated from society, it won't happen. The infected patient is an American aid worker and I think this person deserves the respect of the American population to be able to rest in the arms of the better health facilities within the country.

I see both sides. Like, doing this to help the patient could go wrong and start a plague-like epidemic in the US. But this person left America to go help Africans in poor conditions, and that is a noble thing to do. None of us would dare be that brave, so we should show some respect and allow for better treatment that could be life-saving.

What are these patients going through in incubation? Has the virus left them unconscious? Temporarily paralyzed? Alert but in severe pain? Any physical alterations? The media does a good job at scaring people and a real ****** job at educating people.

CNN just showed the arrival off the male patient.


Wasn't Emory in the news recently forthe mimiss handling of Anthrax??

I don't know, but it doesn't really matter since mistakes do happen.

The fear is understandable, but I don't think there's much to worry about with the CDC at the reigns. The patients needed to be brought here so that we can test and possibly figure out how to combat this virus. This is one of the only ways we'd be able to find a cure so we possibly eradicate the virus.

Pretty sure it was the CDC who mistakenly sent vials of Anthrax to a lab in Emory before they layover period was over. They were killing it and you're supposed to wait 48 hrs and they waited ~24. So it technically wasn't mishandling on the part of Emory as they were probably under the impression that they were working with killed samples. There could have been 86 healthcare workers potentially exposed to it (and were never infected), but it posed no threat to the public. That mishap also involved a misplaced sample of Smallpox and something dealing with H1N1 Influenza.

I mean there's always a cause for concern, but the CDC has been dealing with Bioterrorism Agents for over a half a century and nothing has ever happened. Despite housing deadly strains of Ebola, Measles, Smallpox, West Nile, Influenza, Botulism, Anthrax, Cholera, Bubonic Plague, and other BSL-3/BSL-4 agents there has never been a mishap that has endangered the public. Even cases of personnel and staff contracting anything are unheard of. I don't see why it's so hard to believe they can contain two individuals and prevent it from spreading. Though they are being housed at Emory University, they are still under the watchful eye of the CDC and quarantined away from the general public and the rest of the hospital. The only individuals who really are at risk are close relatives and healthcare providers.

Ebola is not the same as the flu bugs from the past because there is NO cure. Bird flu, swine flu, etc could be treated with medication!

I am very worried about the patients being brought to Atlanta.

meh, this is probably not a big deal. if they're isolated there's very, very little chance they'll infect anyone else in the general population. MAYBE the hospital staff, which would be a big problem, but most people should be fine otherwise.

There's no cure for Influenza either.