First, everyone was saying that only backwards people doing backwards things in backwards places could possibly get Ebola (paraphrasing; and I am not condoning the message, just repeating it).
Now, we see that Western medical workers with education, resources, and the focus of single patients in Western hospitals are catching it. And now I feel like the message is shifting toward something like: "It's impossible for doctors to do their job without a high risk of transmitting Ebola, and even if the protocols work, it's impossible to follow them. But still: Ebola is nothing to worry about, and any significant response is counterproductive panic."
I don't know whether that's what you're saying or not. But I am done hearing about how Ebola is not really a problem[1][2]. We just don't know anywhere near enough to be confident that it won't spread.
Even if you grant that modern rich areas can control it, that still leaves an awful lot of people exposed.
Now, we see that Western medical workers with education, resources, and the focus of single patients in Western hospitals are catching it. And now I feel like the message is shifting toward something like: "It's impossible for doctors to do their job without a high risk of transmitting Ebola, and even if the protocols work, it's impossible to follow them. But still: Ebola is nothing to worry about, and any significant response is counterproductive panic."
I don't know whether that's what you're saying or not. But I am done hearing about how Ebola is not really a problem[1][2]. We just don't know anywhere near enough to be confident that it won't spread.
Even if you grant that modern rich areas can control it, that still leaves an awful lot of people exposed.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8161937 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8429867