[cologal]

Originally Posted by TexaninVA

CDC is reportedly monitoring about 700 people as a result of the 2nd nurse’s travel to Cleveland. As I think about it, that number is likely low because it does not include people she may have passed by in the airport (sneeze?) and so forth. As I understand it, these 700 people are not quarantined but simply told to monitor while 21 days pass. But, they can interact with people. Should one of the 700 come down with Ebola, then presumably another network of many people would have to be tracked down and added to the list.

Thus, if we have say 10 infected people fly in from West Africa over the next month or so, and who do not show symptoms at the airport and thus let into the US (under current policy), I guess that means maybe 7,000 more people to monitor? Or maybe just 5,000? No one knows, except to say it would be a big number.

Thus, with only a few cases, the number of people needing to be monitored goes exponential and quickly outstrips our ability to do it. That’s why it needs to be prevented by restricting entry, not reacted to after a case is diagnosed.

You are misinformed....Ebola is NOT a cold. It is difficult to get.