Ebola the trigger for martial law?

[Daniel91]

I believe that if the rate on which this disease is spreading in a certain area exceeds a certain rate and not declining, I believe it is necessary to trigger martial law, Ebola right now is no joke

I don't know... the epidemic shows no sign of slowing down... and the affected countries have declared cordon sanitaire in many of the affected villages.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/science/using-a-tactic-unseen-in-a-century-countries-cordon-off-ebola-racked-areas.html?_r=0

It send chills up my spine, just when I think what would have happened if I had been a resident in any of those villages.

If the infection spreads to the US, will they declare cordon sanitaire?

Reminds me of a Hollywood movie, which I saw recently (The Crazies?). 

Yes, I agree with you.
This Ebola situation is every day more and more dangerous.
We are lucky that this problem is still limited only for Africa but question is for how long?
Still, from cordon sanitaire to the martial law is long way and surely medical help in developed, western world, is on much higher level and they can do much more to stop Ebola than doctors in Africa, with their very limited resources.

[jcoin200]

I believe that if the rate on which this disease is spreading in a certain area exceeds a certain rate and not declining, I believe it is necessary to trigger martial law, Ebola right now is no joke

I don't know... the epidemic shows no sign of slowing down... and the affected countries have declared cordon sanitaire in many of the affected villages.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/science/using-a-tactic-unseen-in-a-century-countries-cordon-off-ebola-racked-areas.html?_r=0

It send chills up my spine, just when I think what would have happened if I had been a resident in any of those villages.

If the infection spreads to the US, will they declare cordon sanitaire?

Reminds me of a Hollywood movie, which I saw recently (The Crazies?). 

Yes, I agree with you.
This Ebola situation is every day more and more dangerous.
We are lucky that this problem is still limited only for Africa but question is for how long?
Still, from cordon sanitaire to the martial law is long way and surely medical help in developed, western world, is on much higher level and they can do much more to stop Ebola than doctors in Africa, with their very limited resources.

They cannot even contain the people there who are fleeing.  The scary thing is, symptoms may not be visible for 21 days! Thats more than enough time for a person to travel to literally ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD without knowing they are infected.  That is scary!

[bryant.coleman]

They cannot even contain the people there who are fleeing.  The scary thing is, symptoms may not be visible for 21 days! Thats more than enough time for a person to travel to literally ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD without knowing they are infected.  That is scary!

Right now, the disease is mostly contained in some of the villages of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone (although it is spreading rapidly). The urban population is not that affected. Once the urban population gets hit, then I am afraid that we'll have to ban all international travel from these nations.

[Fray]

They cannot even contain the people there who are fleeing.  The scary thing is, symptoms may not be visible for 21 days! Thats more than enough time for a person to travel to literally ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD without knowing they are infected.  That is scary!

Right now, the disease is mostly contained in some of the villages of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone (although it is spreading rapidly). The urban population is not that affected. Once the urban population gets hit, then I am afraid that we'll have to ban all international travel from these nations.

The US has experimental drugs that treat ebola that have not been fully tested/vetted via the clinical trial process. These drugs have shown to work in the limited number of times they have been administered. It would be possible to administer these drugs to more of the population in the event that this were to spread to more populous areas.

[Benjig]

Ebola virus is not so easy to get it to trigger a martial law, its not like if some guy sits right to you in the train you will get it, as Bryant said, you need to be in contact with fluids, in Africa its a epidemic for the poor healthcare they have.

[Daniel91]

Ebola virus is not so easy to get it to trigger a martial law, its not like if some guy sits right to you in the train you will get it, as Bryant said, you need to be in contact with fluids, in Africa its a epidemic for the poor healthcare they have.

Yes, I agree with this.
Not just their poor health care but also their their superstition and distrust of doctors is problem there.
In Western world situation is different so I don't think that this epidemic can spread easily outside of Africa.

[bryant.coleman]

The US has experimental drugs that treat ebola that have not been fully tested/vetted via the clinical trial process. These drugs have shown to work in the limited number of times they have been administered. It would be possible to administer these drugs to more of the population in the event that this were to spread to more populous areas.

No. You are wrong. There are only two or three experimental drugs for Ebola. And the stocks of all these drugs have already run out. It will take many more months to replenish the stocks now.

[Fray]

The US has experimental drugs that treat ebola that have not been fully tested/vetted via the clinical trial process. These drugs have shown to work in the limited number of times they have been administered. It would be possible to administer these drugs to more of the population in the event that this were to spread to more populous areas.

No. You are wrong. There are only two or three experimental drugs for Ebola. And the stocks of all these drugs have already run out. It will take many more months to replenish the stocks now.

It has taken several months for the outbreak to spread so far. As far as I can tell the growth rate of infections is not accelerating. It is also possible to quarantine people who have contracted the virus.

While the virus is being fought via quarantine, it would be possible to stat producing more of the experimental drugs. 

[bryant.coleman]

As far as I can tell the growth rate of infections is not accelerating.

No. It is spreading rapidly and accelerating. As per the latest reports from the WHO, there were a total of 128 new infections in the 48-hour time period staring August 10. The disease seems to be under control in Guinea. But in the two other affected nations (Sierra Leone and Liberia) nothing seems to be working against the epidemic.