Apples and Orangutangs
ie: worthless comparison.
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/
Let's see, a .3% death rate. VS about 50% for the current ebola run.
And to be the absolute cynic, 90% of those that die of malaria are under 5 years old. So the death rate of people who think about it in personal terms is a mere .03% rate. We ignore those types of risks every day, crossing the street, eating an unhealthy meal, etc. Doesn't even trigger the worry threshold.
Then add the regional issue. If you don't live in a malaria region, the risk drops again, dramatically. There is simply no comparison.
After a certain percentage of population is sick with ebola, the health care system will collapse. Only a very small number of isolation rooms with staff capable of handling them. Once you cross that line, the infection rate will skyrocket since people are simply being turned away from hospitals and the bodies pile up on the street. Once the bodies are piling up, then no one can go anywhere, people stop working, and the economy collapses, which in turn triggers food and water and electricity shortages.
The world has been living with malaria for quite a while. It may suck, but we know how to deal with it. We simply cannot deal with ebola. Too infectious and too deadly. And that 50% survival rate will get far worse once the health care system collapses, since the reason most of the 50% of people survive is not due to immunity, but to other people caring for them to get past the peak awfulness period.
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/
Let's see, a .3% death rate. VS about 50% for the current ebola run.
And to be the absolute cynic, 90% of those that die of malaria are under 5 years old. So the death rate of people who think about it in personal terms is a mere .03% rate. We ignore those types of risks every day, crossing the street, eating an unhealthy meal, etc. Doesn't even trigger the worry threshold.
Then add the regional issue. If you don't live in a malaria region, the risk drops again, dramatically. There is simply no comparison.
After a certain percentage of population is sick with ebola, the health care system will collapse. Only a very small number of isolation rooms with staff capable of handling them. Once you cross that line, the infection rate will skyrocket since people are simply being turned away from hospitals and the bodies pile up on the street. Once the bodies are piling up, then no one can go anywhere, people stop working, and the economy collapses, which in turn triggers food and water and electricity shortages.
The world has been living with malaria for quite a while. It may suck, but we know how to deal with it. We simply cannot deal with ebola. Too infectious and too deadly. And that 50% survival rate will get far worse once the health care system collapses, since the reason most of the 50% of people survive is not due to immunity, but to other people caring for them to get past the peak awfulness period.
