re: First confirmed case of Ebola in US

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Its sounded like the CDC isnt really too worried about Ebola's ability to spread in the US in its current form. The fear is it mutates and becomes airborne.

The articles I read is that the interest is in keeping the virus to the lowest amount of cases possible worldwide simply to lower the percentage chances that it mutates. Lower amount of cases. lower chance of pandemic inducing mutation.

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Yeah, the worry with ebola is more its mortality rate than its transmission vectors. It's relatively easy to contain that kind of disease with the proper sanitation and health care services in place.

Another thing worth considering is whether the mortality rate in a country with state-of-the-art medical care would even be as high as it is in areas with rudimentary healthcare services, such as central and western Africa.