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[Recidivus Crimen]

Great news. Although it looks like it's still far from perfect its definitely a step in the right direction. The number of casualties is just staggering especially since most of them are children. Mosquitos are just the worst.

 

[Nocebo]

Yay another win in the fight against disease.

 

[Scrooged]

Those incidents were rare and hyped up in the media. The vast, vast vast majority of people did the sensible thing and got what treatment was available. If they hadn't the outbreak would still be out of control. The problem is that they either don't have access to or can't afford vaccines. A vaccine like this could make a massive difference and would for the most part be welcomed with open arms.

The only wide-spread and government sanctioned hysteria happened in the US.

The fact that it happened at all is worrying.

And what was sanctioned by the US government? I must have missed that. There was irrational fear by some people but that's because of the media coverage during that time.

 

[Air]

Great news.

 

[Nivash]

The fact that it happened at all is worrying.

And what was sanctioned by the US government? I must have missed that. There was irrational fear by some people but that's because of the media coverage during that time.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie and Maine governor Paul LePage both instituted quarantine measures for health care professionals returning from West Africa that went far beyond recommendations from the CDC and other experts. It might also have infringed on the rights of said professionals. All in the name of public hysteria.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...e-ebola-quarantine-nurse-go-ahead-sue-n235436

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ntine-talks-fail-with-nurse-Kaci-Hickox-video

This is government sanctioned hysteria in every sense of the word.

EDIT: And as far as the incidents in Africa go we're talking about a handful of people out of the millions affected. What do you think would have happened if Ebola had spread into Texas somehow? If it got so bad that the government would have to enforce strict quarantines for people in the way that happened in Africa, with all the conspiracy theories about Obama letting it in intentionally and the theories about how FEMA is a front for a widescale concentration camp system that's been around for decades? Would it have gone smooth, without incidents like in Africa or worse?

Of course not. People would have been killed. Does that mean that we shouldn't trust Texans with vaccines either?

I'm sorry if this sounds overly aggressive but I'm kind of tired of the myths about how the people in West Africa are supposedly still standing with one foot in barbarism and how this is the reason for why Ebola got as bad as it did. That's not the reason. The reason was because they're poor, that's all.