When Fear Trumps Logic

[Jermyn Davidson]

Catholic School teacher quits amid parental Ebola scare after teacher returns from Kenyan trip.

Good for her! Glad she retained her dignity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...usaolp00000592

[shazeep]

I mean, really, boys and girls...remember SARS? Bird flu? Legionnaires disease? Killer bees? Islamic terrorists? WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? of fright, at the very least lol

[Jermyn Davidson]

This Ebola junk is a smoke screen to hide something and I'm not sure what it is... yet.

I am glad the Nurse in Maine is refusing to cave in to the fear and hysteria of others as well.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

This Ebola junk is a smoke screen to hide something and I'm not sure what it is... yet.

I am glad the Nurse in Maine is refusing to cave in to the fear and hysteria of others as well.

So the dude in Dallas didn't really die of Ebola? The thousands reported infected in W. Africa aren't really infected?

Would you send your kid to a schoolroom in which the teacher just traveled from an airport which is a major hub to/from countries with Ebola?

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by n david

So the dude in Dallas didn't really die of Ebola? The thousands reported infected in W. Africa aren't really infected?

Would you send your kid to a schoolroom in which the teacher just traveled from an airport which is a major hub to/from countries with Ebola?

Yes.

Again, the lack of logic is astounding.

The guy who died in Dallas came through the Dallas Airport-- should everyone who went through that airport be quarantined?

The lady went to a country half a continent away from the Ebola scare.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Or maybe everyone who has ever gone through the airport in Kenya whould be quarantined.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Yes.

Again, the lack of logic is astounding.

The guy who died in Dallas came through the Dallas Airport-- should everyone who went through that airport be quarantined?

The lady went to a country half a continent away from the Ebola scare

It's not a lack of logic. The guy who died in Dallas wasn't symptomatic until after he arrived. Kenya's airport is a major hub to the Western countries with Ebola. Logic would dictate that logically there could be symptomatic passengers from W. Africa flying to or through Kenya.

To claim it's illogical to believe this is rather, illogical.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Catholic School teacher quits amid parental Ebola scare after teacher returns from Kenyan trip.

Good for her! Glad she retained her dignity.

Dignity? Taking 21 days to ensure she doesn't have Ebola is somehow stripping her of her dignity? It's not unreasonable for the school to ask her to remain away for 21 days. She wasn't being quarantined. She wasn't under house arrest. She simply was asked to stay home from school another 3 weeks.

Per the WHO, the parents have every right to be nervous. The WHO put out a warning that, due to Kenya being a major transportation hub with many flights in and out of W Africa, it was "High Risk" for an outbreak.

Hope the teacher's dignity can pay her bills.

There are times to make a stand, this wasn't the time.

[houston]

Selective stupidity?

[jfrog]

With the details given I'm with Jermyn and given that Kenya has no known cases of ebola I would have to side with him that asking the teacher to sit out was illogical.

"The World Health Organization classified Kenya as a high-risk area for transmission of the deadly Ebola virus on Wednesday, as Sierra Leone reported that a second leading physician has died of the disease.

Even though there have been no reported cases of Ebola in Kenya, the country’s role as a transportation hub in East Africa makes it more vulnerable to the disease, WHO said."
http://www.voanews.com/content/germa...k/2411822.html

A bit outdated (given it was in August) but was the best I could find. Still Kenya is a far bit away from the countries affected by ebola. There is some risk there due to its role as a transportation hub but nothing else to really worry about.