Ebola bummer

[BikerDude]

Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization agree that the epidemic is speeding up. But the CDC's worst-case scenario is a jaw-dropper: If interventions don't start working soon, as many as 1.4 million people could be infected by Jan. 20, the agency reported in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/23/350937467/dire-predictions-on-ebolas-spread-from-top-health-organizations

[DigitalBuddha]

That's a bummer, man, that's a bummer.

[Welsh Dude]

It totally sucks man. I mean, you bleed outta your eyes. What kinda fucked up illness is that?

[jgiffin]

Yikes, this is not reassuring. Especially when the guys in charge over here tell us "Ebola is very hard to catch." Well, they seem to catch it just fine over there.

The other one that strikes me as doublespeak is "there isn't an outbreak; it's just a lot of individual cases." Uhm, that's kinda what an outbreak is, yo.

[BikerDude]

I don't get the mixed messages.
On one hand the CDC admits to a wildfire spread in Africa but plays down the dangers in the US.
I think it's a case of "follow the money". Look at who profits.
On one hand the looming danger is a boom for the CDC but then they play down the dangers when it's at the door.
I have not problem with the "ounce of prevention" approach.
It's easier to keep it from getting a foothold in NYC or LA than it is to deal with it once it's there.