In the U.S., 3 confirmed cases of Ebola, 1 death.
This year between 15 and 60 million Americans will contract the Flu. Up to 50,000 will die from it.
What would you say is the more pressing Public Health issue?
I get that.
But lets look at it this way. One patient got into the US with ebola... now two health care workers have it.
In Africa it has had a 70% mortality rate.
I am sure there were plenty of more important issues to deal with on the day that the Black Death came to Europe.
Should there be no concern?
Also, if you are a healthy person you won't die from the flu. It's people with compromised immune systems, the elderly, and the very young who are likely to die from the flu. AND there's a vaccine against the flu.
Ebola does not discriminate. Even though they say its very difficult to catch 2 nurses who were in protective garb STILL contracted it. There should definately be concern.
A wrong step or 2 in dealing with the public and the containment could go sideways. Travel restrictions, it's been said, would cause people to seek other methods of getting to where they want to go and there'd be no monitoring, no knowing of who, when or where.