Questioning the Ebola Epidemic

Examining the Ebola Epidemic of 2014. 

Understanding the crisis and asking questions.

According to the CDC, they have watched Ebola pop up in poor countries in small quantities over the last few decades, then vanish. Unlike now, where Ebola is set to become a major concern for even highly developed countries, the current situation seems to be unstoppable in West Africa. Whereas only now, months after the epidemic, when safety should have been a major concern early on, we are only now starting safety checks on flights arriving from these infected countries.

Ebola was seemingly contained to Liberia and other West African nations, but now with a case in Dallas, Texas, why did the CDC wait so long to stop the spread of this virus? Why were there no precautions in place early on in US airports to detect the arrival of suspected infected people? It bothers me that we haven't been testing people long before the case in Dallas. Why did the CDC wait? What was the purpose of holding out on airport screenings until after a case was spotted?

Symptoms of Ebola generally show up 2 to 21 days after coming in contact and becoming infected.

Symptoms usually include:

High fever.

Headache.

Joint and muscle aches.

Sore throat.

Weakness.

Stomach pain.

Lack of appetite.

Early stages of Ebola, generally speaking, have many of the same symptoms of the common flu. As shown above, for many American's these symptoms could be assumed to be that of a common cold, or flu viruses that right now are in the season of normal outbreaks. Thus, in my opinion, America will see a major influx of people who read the information contained above from the CDC website, and rush to the hospital thinking the worse.

The problem is, this man in Dallas died, but not before enabling the possibility of spreading the virus in major airports. It's possible to assume he may have came in indirect contact of potentially thousands of people, just by sweating and touching things like doors, water faucets and anything else a person might touch. If you think about it, this Liberian was what is called the Easter egg of hosts. The greatest fear amongst disease scientists.

I was thinking after the case in Dallas was discovered, did this man from Liberia use the bathroom in flight? I know it is common for jets to dump their onboard sewage over rural less inhabited areas. In Florida for instance, cases of sewage dumping were reported by homeowners who discovered bluish green rain like spots on their driveways. After the reports were filed, it was found that airlines were dumping human waste over wooded areas. I don't remember if this action was stopped or not, but if it did continue, wouldn't it be possible to spread Ebola in such a manner?

Did the aircraft that carried this Liberian, dump their sewage? Did the man from Liberia use the bathroom on the flight from Washington DC to Dallas, or from Brussels to Washington DC? I'm slightly concerned that this practice of in flight dumping hasn't been brought up?

WEAPONIZED EBOLA?

I read many years ago about the genetic engineering of certain viruses for use as a weapon. (biological warfare) I know Ebola and small pox were mentioned as viruses that offered to become easily weaponized by tweeking their genetic code. Others were mentioned as well, like Anthrax.

What concerns me is that early on in the very beginning of this epidemic I read a post about this particular strain being unlike any strain of Ebola ever seen by the CDC. That the infection rate was much higher, and the life to death ratio was extremely out of bounds.

Earlier reports I read on Ebola outbreaks in the 80's and 90's stated that those strains were much more easily managed. So I'm left to question if this outbreak wasn't man made? Possible, I'm not sure, what I am sure of is that I doubt very much that we have seen the true seriousness of this outbreak unfold, and that we are only now worried because we have no choice but to be. I feel that what we are facing now might become a serious economic issue as well as a global pandemic, that is posed to cause serious problems for Humanity. Yet, the biggest response to been seen in America came only after a case popped up.

Why did we wait? That's my question. Why didn't we have established precautions in place early on, we have had hundreds of flights land in the USA from infected regions before the Dallas infection became known. Are we to be amused by the dereliction of the CDC's handling of the Ebola Epidemic? I find, that to be just now starting screening procedures in airports to be a huge failure in part of both the CDC and our government. To have waited this long is nothing short of negligence.

While the director of the CDC opposes hindering or stopping flights? What? How the hell can he even justify having the position of the Director of the CDC if he opposes stopping flights from infected regions? Donald Trump's copyrighted "Your Fired" plays out in my head every time the Director of the CDC appears on my T.V..

If ISIS wanted to come here with Ebola carrying hosts, they very easily could have already. I suggest that Americans stay vigilant and watchful and prepare for the possibility of an Ebola outbreak. Not to sound an alarm or anything, but would you be better off waiting for our government or the cdc to initiate sounding an alarm, weeks after they should have?