Sad but true.

The fact is, the nurses in Dallas initially were NOT provided the equipment or training to follow the most rigorous protocols. And they were treating Duncan at his sickest and thus most contagious, without going into the clinical details while some people are still eating breakfast.

Arrive at the airport 1 hour before the flight. Flight is about 1 hour. It takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour to get your bags and hit the metro. So 2.5-3 hours in which 2 of those hours can be spent watching a movie, working, reading, sleeping. That seems much better than 4 hours of driving (not to mention having…

Actually, the reason Norovirus is so contagious is because you shed the virus for up to two weeks after your symptoms stop. Most people don't realize they are still contagious for so long. The length of time someone with Ebola is infectious is much more publically known, and so far people here who have been cured are…

"Could be worse."

First ever airplane flight - how old are you?...

Ronald Reagan let 20,000 Americans die of HIV before he even mentioned the disease. The Obama administration started assembling a task force after the first American was diagnosed, or are you somehow blaming the president for what happened in that hospital in Texas, because you expect him to be the overlord of a…

Nigeria didn't even have an Ebola problem at the beginning of the year and they don't have one now, as they have been declared free of the virus.

Excellent trolling is excellent.

We're creating a system that encourages people who feel ill to hide that from everyone because, rather than getting potential help they need, they will face way out of control irrational backlash. This is going to contribute to our inability to keep things controlled if it ever does become a real emergency.

Oh fuck you in the neck.

You should change your name to fartsonly1.

another internet tool trying to get everyone to hide under their beds.

yes, nauseous pregnant women have been known to be global killers

Still, as my grandpa used to say, better safe than bleeding from the anus.