Quarantine

Yes, Ebola again...

How did this whole conversation about quarantine or no quarantine become political? It's ridiculous.

Here are the facts:

* No, it is not airborne, though it can be spread by droplets (cough, sneeze)

* It is not super contagious, but it IS contagious enough that whole counties are overrun with it and even medical professionals who know how to maintain precautions have become infected

* If someone becomes infected, they have a 70-90% chance of dying. That same mortality rate is the reason we give tetanus vaccines to EVERYBODY for even minor scrapes and give updates even when we aren't sure whether you might have had one recently enough.

Even though your chances of contracting tetanus are very, very low.

So, how has a simple 21 day quarantine been turned into a political battlefield?

Reason, folks.

It's somewhere in between the panic and the insane need to insist that this disease is no threat at all.

And it's apparently beyond this country.