IMO There has been failure in news reports to mention that the 4000 military folks over there are specifically trained to do that. Containment. Protective gear. They are trained in haz mat stuff, construction of containment centers specifically for something like bio terrorism (which treasures the identical skill set and training).
Their tool kits are specifically designed for just that task. The levels of training and practice scenarios are just what they are to do upon setting up. The media making it seem like we sending over “regular” military folks, as opposed to highly trained specialists leaves out a vital reality.and fact. Instead of causing anger or fear it should be comforting that specialistsare on the move the liklihhod , with them over there is great news and IMO - US should have done so far earlier - the present situation,IMO, would be a far different situation than have allowed uneducatied, supply less, and filthy facilities to address a sitution that requires exacly the opposite parameters to slow it all down.IMO
It is identical , would prefer an oncologist for their treatment, or one the finest, the Pulitzer Prize winning cancer doctor, in the US treating us .The best open heart surgeon in the country vs..........................Your with me .....
The bottom line is it’s the highest level" of training, Rodriguez said. "They are specifically trained to do that, and that is their speciality."
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/the-us-military-wages-war-on-ebola/381197/
Re coughing sneezing
IMO we can apply could and woulds to practically. Lots of pros putting out statements like that is not helpful. In terms of what we know, have seen and watched supports the basic conclusion that direct contact with body fluids is, factual by the evidence thus far ,regarding what is happening. What has happended thus far.
The folks in industrial nations that have tested postive all have been over there, in roles that involve direct contact with already infected people. Statements with the absence of reminding folks, endlessly, that the conditions over there (10 in a room, no sewers, no chlorinated water, sewer that (share) vomit are ripe for any illness (bar cancer and and stuff).
Moreover, they are bathing and washing clothes in the very same place the aforementioned end up. In many respects just the above mentioned in and of themselves make sense in where it has been transmitted to a cluster of cases. Cultural (hands on in death) also adds credence, that we , for the most part, have a solid “information” subset (as it relates to transmission) that is bearing itself out. Factually.
Additionally, if the symptoms were rarer there is less opportunity for misdiagnosis. HIV, the symptoms were far more different (than symtomlgy which can apply to and endless array of illiness)which helped monitor the actual spread. It provided accurate info in terms of actual transmisson.
IE- becoming blind or growing purple lesions is more narrowing in terms of correct diagnosis, The cluster of symptoms are the same symptoms for thousands and thousands of non fatal illness. Anyone who runs a fever sweats. Many illness (drinking some bad milk= vomit and diarrhea etc)
I think I can say that before Duncan arrived there were 19,451,454 individuals , arriving in ER rooms, (with a fever, stomach problems ), across the nation on a daily basis - my made up number (!) is probably way to low!
These realities, IMO, are much more related to the illness spreading in certain locations as opposed to the virus in and of itself – the flu as far easier to get than this. I suppose in one way it could be compared to HIV in very promiscuous individuals are far more likely to get infected than monogmous folks. The illness did not “target” homosexuals , the gay lifestyle tends to be less monogamous than married individuals, generally speaking.
And lets remember that the same behaviors, in the beginning (ie gas masks- HIV) turned out to be panic instead of anything meaningful. The refusal to hug, in the beginning , was, pointless, the notion that only hoamosexuals could become infected - proven not to be the case - it related to sex, in much the same way IMO , living in squaler is far more influential in spreading as oppossed to the virus itslef. The horrific painful death ads to the panic.
