# How concerned should we be about Ebola now that it is in the U.S.? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [October 2, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214 "2014-10-02T22:13:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01) #### Post date: [October 2, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214/1 "2014-10-02T22:13:29Z")
And what steps should we take to prevent it’s spread? This is an a really nasty virus, and extremely deadly. Incubation periods, as I understand it, can be weeks, with no signs of infection. The Powers that Be (I’m not trying to pin anything whatsoever on Obama here) assured us not long ago, when they brought to Americans infected with it back, that we are safe from it. But now there are patients in the U.S. I think Hawaii, Utah, and I know, Dallas. And the U.N. fears it could become airborne, the ramifications of which are hard to fathom. So, what should be done. How cautious should we be? How quickly do we start to quarantine the homes of the infected? How quickly do we close schools? I’m not suggesting at all that we do these things now? But are they on the horizon? This could get very, very ugly. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214)._