"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
...

I don't understand why the press is making such a big to-do about the
thing.
From what I have heard, there have only been some 139 cases in human
beings in
the entire world. That's 139 out of some 3 billions......you have a far
better
chance of being struck by lightning or winning four lotteries within the
same
year than you have of contracting that thing.

It is a new, incurable, infectious, deadly disease with freighting symptoms.
With proper attention the disease itself can likely be sent the way of
smallpox
at minimal cost but if ignored it could be epidemic.

The human population is so dense and interconnected with frequent, easy
and quick travel that a really biologically hot new disease could kill
multiple
billions of people. Luck has been with us so far, if we keep on top of it we
may be able to substitute wisdom and knowledge in when our luck runs thin.

Quite frankly, I think the media has this one just about right. Maybe a tad
overblown but not by much.