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Originally Posted by donquixote99
Yeah, i wasn't in the right location.
In any case, the third world problem is mainly that they try to treat sick people at home and even hide them. So lots more people get it from dying and dead people. First world medicine isolates victims and cuts off transmission.
Absent end-stage transmission, Ebola is a lousy disease for killing lots of people. The victims are incapacitated too fast. They can't go around spreading it very long.
But by all means keep your hands clean. That's a great idea in any case.
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Problem is, people don't immediately change their habits just because they travel or migrate to the other side of the planet. It's entirely possible someone will hole up with their family, and the family perform traditional washing/ceremonies on the corpse.
It's also not beyond the realm that a lone wolf extremist, or even a group, might intentionally seek out a method/medium to quickly spread the virus using an aerosol or food contamination.
Admittedly, the casualty numbers would probably not be very impressive, unless of course, if you or a loved one were among the count.
As I said before, I don't see the harm in being a little paranoid about it.