Christmas 2014 trip booked 11 months ago, still go if ebola spreads?

[delilah]

Like a pp said, Ebola spreads similarly to HIV. My guess is I have been on a plane with people infected with HIV more than once. I'm still fine. If the fear would ruin your trip, then I think it would be better to cancel, but I truly think the risk is minimal.

My community lost a 6 year old last week to (probable) enterovirus. He was feeling a little sick on Friday, went to the ER on Sunday, died on Tuesday. A 5 month old never woke up from his nap and never had symptoms of the virus. That is spread through coughs and sneezes. That is WAY scarier to me and my family! But, I can't live in a bubble, I just gotta wash my hands!

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I highly doubt that the nurses who contracted Ebola were having sexual relations with the patient or had needle sticks from him, which is the typical mode of transmission of HIV. Ebola is different. Sorry. I have cared for HIV/AIDS patients for years, since about 1984. You can't get HIV from the casual contact that a doctor typically has with a patient in a routine visit. We only gown up with HIV patients if we are likely to have a blood exposure.
Enterovirus is scary, and so is influenza, and hepatitis as well. Health care workers are typically required to have immunizations for influenza and hepatitis. Just yesterday, a young child died in our area like the one you describe in your state. Autopsy results are not in. Could have been enterovirus, could have been something else. We have had healthy teenagers succumb to viral endocarditis within 24 hours of becoming ill.

 

[Alice Sr.]

Seriously,I'd be more worried about my children getting Enterovirus D68 than Ebola.

That does make me more nervous. You know it is just one big germ fest down there

 

[jerseygal]

That does make me more nervous. You know it is just one big germ fest down there

I am a little nervous as well. Let's hope that this doesn't reach crisis levels..its a "wait and see" with those under quarantine right now.

 

[drusba]

To sum up how many of us feel with some of the latest world developments: We have been thrusted back to the middle ages when people lived in constant fear of barbarian hordes and the plague.

 

[heynowirv]

One last thing and I am done with this topic.As far as we know Ebola is not an Airborne transmission,mainly contact.Meaning it can live on surfaces but easily killed by washing with bleach.Carry Bleach sheets with you and wipe surfaces down before using.

 

[TagsMissy]

Thank you for all the replies so far. Since my original post, Ebola and public travel have indeed made news and concerns. Imagine you were in that Cleveland flight on your way to Disney World. You just get that airline notice call that you should monitor yourself. Or imagine that Carnival cruise was a Disney cruise.. All of a sudden, these concerns seem a lot closer to reality for DVC owners.

Not really.

Unless I am in direct contact with the person and their bodily fluids somehow intravenously get into me then I'll be concerned ( do work at a job where I do get a lot of paper cuts so... I'll need to be mindful of this )). This is the AIDS fear mongering all over again. People really need to educate themselves and the media needs to be RESPONSIBLE in their reporting, in which they are not. It's about rates and scaring the heck out of people rather than teaching and educating people about the reality of the disease. 2 healthcare workers who had direct contact with a patient in his final days when most contagious does not make an outbreak.

I for one will not stop living my life. If you're that scared about getting ebola I suggest never leaving your home and 'clean room' as there's are more dangerous things lurking out there that are more likely to get you.

 

[sleepydog25]

Annual number of food poisoning deaths in the U.S.: approx. 5,000
Annual number of deaths from flu or conditions evolving from flu: approx. 23,00 (avg. from 1976 - 2007 in one study)

Life is a gamble, but don't worry about over-hyped, sensationalized media rants.

 

[twinsouvenirs]

Ahhhh I am terrified of the Entovirus but Ebola doesn't worry me at this point, despite it's visit to Cleveland.