Fear-bola is an airborne disease that spreads through conversation, entering your brain through your ears. Fear-bola is so contagious that some victims have contracted it by simply seeing images and videos about Ebola.Once inside your body, Fear-bola attacks the part of the brain responsible for rational thinking. It starts with a low-grade concern about the two health care workers diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas and slowly builds into fear of a widespread epidemic in the United States. Almost half of the people affected by Fear-bola are also "very" or "somewhat" worried they themselves will catch the virus.Fear-bola is dangerous because it leads to confused decision-making and illusions. People who favor travel bans, for example, suffer from Fear-bola. Anyone convinced Ebola is an airborne virus is suffering from the disease. If the news that a second health care worker in Dallas diagnosed with Ebola made you think you're in a real-life "Contagion" or "Outbreak" movie, you suffer from Fear-bola.
Despite assurance that an outbreak is unlikely & that Ebola will not suddenly mutate to become airborne, I'm hearing a lot of comments regarding the nature of the threat that aren't aligned with reality. It is my hope that those 2 nurses recover soon & any problems with infection control quickly identified. My heart goes out to them. In the meantime, I think we should arm ourselves with facts about Ebola pathophysiology, transmission, & prevention.
Do you have Fearbola? What do you think of our country's response?
Chisca, RN
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