We've already had a lot of problems here in GA because of the concealed carry law--more crime.

The ZMapp serum was used to treat two American missionaries who recovered from Ebola, but is not available for the Dallas man currently fighting the disease as the limited supplies made for clinical trials ran out in August.

Scientists acknowledge that despite the new efforts, they may not be able to produce more than a few hundred treatment courses by early next spring.

Other communicable diseases of similar transmission are Herpes, HIV and ring worm.  The Hollywood-style hemorrhages associated with Ebola are less likely to cause morbidity or mortality than organ failure (e.g. kidney) or blood clots (concentrated blood)--stemming from dehydration (severe (vomiting, diarrhea).

Public health/hygiene standards and symptomatic and palliative treatment (e.g., IV fluids, fever attenuation) readily available in the US should relieve worries and lessen the likelihood of a stampede by a nation of fraidy cats.

Here's an another opinion, not from a no-name in the pajama media, but Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, writing in the New York Times.

In 2012, a team of Canadian researchers proved that Ebola Zaire, the same virus that is causing the West Africa outbreak, could be transmitted by the respiratory route from pigs to monkeys, both of whose lungs are very similar to those of humans.

But the bottom line here is that while Duncan was undoubtedly aware that he had been probably exposed to the Ebola virus by playing good Samaritan to a pregnant neighbor, he did not know he had actually been infected until nearly a week after his arrival in the United States. And Townhall.com was wrong to state otherwise, and thus further fan the flames of ignorance and hysteria.

Further, as other countries -- particularly in Europe -- presently seek to impose severe restrictions on travel to and from the aforementioned three countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, similar actions by the U.S. government might well be redundant, since as I noted, direct air travel between the U.S. and the African continent is actually quite limited. Generally, to get to most of Africa from our country and vice versa, you have to first go through Europe. And the Europeans are very strict about health and immigration matters at their international airports, even if you are merely changing planes to go someplace else.

From my own experience, I would note that South Africa actively screens the body temperature of all incoming international travelers -- including those arriving on nonstop flights from the United States -- with thermal body scanners as they deplane and go through customs in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Those passengers who are running a higher than normal temperature are asked to step aside for further questioning and examination by health officials.

Strictly my opinion, but I find that way too long to be cooped up on a plane. Were I to do that again, we'd overnight in Europe and break the trip up. I can handle an 11-hour flight, but 17 hours nonstop is just too much. It was so discouraging to look at my watch, noting that we had been in the air for eight hours and still had another nine to go.

On the upside, Delta Air Lines has great inflight entertainment on its international service. I binge-watched the entire third and fourth seasons of "The Tudors."

What I did say above is that the U.S. government did not require us to fill out a medical declaration form upon our re-entry to this country from Africa. Further, none of the thirteen countries we visited in Africa did the same upon our departure. And of those thirteen countries, only Zimbabwe required an entry visa from American visitors, which cost US$100 per person. The others only required that we have our valid passport and declare our purpose for visiting.

Also, as I stated earlier, the only country we visited that actively guarded against the introduction of disease by screening the body temperature of arriving international passengers was South Africa. Granted, that may well change with the latest Ebola outbreak.

But then again, it may not, because many African governments are quite poor and can't necessarily afford the expensive screening technology on their own, given that many of them can barely afford the present security screening they have at airports and border crossings. And further, each country has its own particular dynamic relationships with its neighbors to consider, and this includes intertribal exchange.

Because national borders were often drawn arbitrarily by Africa's former European overlords, it's not uncommon for members of the same tribes to be found on either side of a given border, and these tribes have long been used to free interchange across national boundaries. I would imagine that some African governments would find it very difficult to disrupt that migratory flow, without courting a resultant and perhaps even bloody backlash.

Exactly -- and thanks to Duncan now a large amount of our medical resources are now being shifted to diagnosing and dealing with Ebola instead of on the enterovirus.

I felt really bad about Michael Hastings' death when it happened last year. He really was one of our best investigative journalists, and "The Runaway General" was a masterwork. But unfortunately, he had to battle some personal issues and demons, as do so many talented and creative people, and he likely also suffered from PTSD as a result of his time as an in-theatre freelance war correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is some evidence that he started using drugs again after 14 years of sobriety. Anyway, that's neither here nor there anymore. He's very sorely missed, and I hope that his soul is finally at peace.