Ebola confirmed in the US!

[Mortblanc]

We need only ask the simple question of why the folks in the hazmat suits have to be hosed down with chemicals, then wait a specific time period before removing the garments, and the gear scrubbed with disinfectant to have that answer?

They are treating the residence of the Duncan victim as a hot zone a week after he was removed. If the virus died in short order they should be able to go in, clean it up with a bit of bleach, hover the carpets and move another family in. Instead, the entire unit of flats is now empty.

The CDC is also warning untrained personnel against using full hazmat gear due to the risk of infection or exposure while REMOVING THE GEAR!

You want to talk about a "catch 22" situation??? You are guaranteed to be infected without the gear but you are being advised against using the gear due to risk of infection while removing the gear!!!

No wonder all the health care workers in west Africa are dead!

I do not think the disease has become "airborne", but it apparently has a longer life span outside the "host" than we are being led to believe.

We have also been told over here that the ebola virus does not mutate, which is a direct contradiction to the fact that there are already two strains, one in west Africa and one in the Congo, so the strain has already mutated at least once.

And this is the first outbreak where the virus has been active for this long. Other outbreaks were short due to killing off entire villages and depriving itself of a "host". The virus has had only a limited amount of active time for mutations to develop in the past.

My feeling is that they are being less vigilant than needed in the reaction to this situation. One does not deal with control of a pandemic by minimizing the situation and glossing things over.

And one must remember that we are in the final month of an election cycle. All of our lower house members and 1/3 of our upper House members are up for reelection. The present admin is barely holding onto any hint of legitimate power and mishandling of this event by every government agency involved is already suspect.

The "administration" (pronounced Regime) absolutely positively must keep a media lid on this situation until after that election!