ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
I understand that you have a greater understanding of infectious diseases such as Ebola and other potential public health and safety risks, and appreciate your contributions to the board, but frankly you appear to be grossly overreacting. Nobody is saying "Ebola can't happen here"; On the contrary, Ebola could strike the community in which you live (with a handful of potential cases) but never be seen within 100 miles of Walt Disney World. Or you could stay home - avoiding leisure travel to "manage' risk - only to have a fatal traffic accident or catch the flu, which despite the odds, proves lethal.
Managing risk is always prudent, but you can never eliminate all risk completely even if you literally lived in a cave. How much of life do you want to miss out on to avoid something that has a very, very slim chance of ever happening anyway?
My problem is I fly a LOT and I don't control the destinations so my risk profile is a lot higher than most people so minimizing the number of flights I take DOES minimize MY risk and those around me. For the average person the risk is much much much smaller.
I'm seriously disappointed in probably missing the last year of the Osborne lights and a few other favorites.