The first ever confirmed EBOLA case in the United States was that of a Dallas patient. When news broke out about the virus, citizens were too concerned for its spreading across the nation. And the Dallas EBOLA incident stoked hysteria among Americans.
However, Dallas EBOLA hysteria is irrational. It only causes gratuitous dread and worries among the US populaces. The best way to do is not to panic or get paranoid but instead to stay calm. It is not really out of the demesne of chance that other cases will be known in the US. But with its prompt actions regarding the virus, an outbreak is improbable to happen.
EBOLA was already in the United States for a long time and not only in Dallas. Although, the patient's case was the first ever confirmed, the virus has been existent in the US laboratories for decades. Researchers have been conducting studies with experimental primates and other animals with no spread into the open. And with the virus' outbreak in West Africa, it is possible for the US and any other nation that an imported EBOLA case might make its way in. So, being panic-stricken about a possible outbreak is just absurd.
The EBOLA outbreak in West Africa continues to cause fatalities and the widespread of infection. It is because the region doesn't have sufficient facilities and its community lacks information dissemination about the disease. While in the United States, the facilities are adequate to control and prevent the spreading of the virus across the nation. And the Dallas EBOLA case is just an isolated one. Frantic hysteria is simply unnecessary.
The United States has great infection control teams who have been keenly observing the outbreak unravel in a distance. And the hospitals and staffs are trained well. Maybe another cause for the EBOLA hysteria was not just the Dallas case but also the returning of some of the medical volunteers to the US from the virus-affected areas. But despite the preliminary community clamor, no medical staff or other hospital personnel have become sick after caring for the said patients. No one has been out at risk in the community.
In such industrialized nations like the United States, the EBOLA virus can easily be controlled. And with the nation's preventive measures and healthcare setup, the outbreak is least likely to occur. So, be fretful for those in West and Central Africa infected areas but cease having hysteria over the probable spreading of the deadly virus in the country. With just one isolated Dallas case, the CDC has it under control.
It is usually normal to fear demise and to dread the indeterminate. But these irrational fears, worries, doubts and uncertainties can overpower the necessary wide-reaching response over EBOLA. The comprehensive response requires calmness, for patients in the US and across the world. And hysteria is not what the world needs in this time of crisis.
