What happened in Spain?

Ebola in Spain Raises Questions About Protection

I have seen it reported that several disgruntled Spanish unions and leftists, along with The Guardian, are blaming this on austerity economics resulting in dangerous under-funding.

Maybe, and maybe that's just The Guardian and other leftists taking their turn at the spinning machine.

Too, anybody wishing to play down the threat posed by people fleeing West Africa would rather see this attributed to some sort of procedural error or to budget cuts than have people realizing care givers dealing with Ebola patients and so also people they are close to are much at risk, not only in Africa but anywhere.

And that creates a risk of contagion through them to the community at large that we should not close our eyes to.

People, this is not AIDS.

This is much, much more readily contagious and it is not a threat primarily to limited sectors of the population, but a threat to everyone.

Spanish nurse was sick for days before going to hospital

A pattern is become quite clear.

People who come down with Ebola are sick for days before they seek medical attention.

Perhaps this is perfectly normal human denial, or common procrastination, or normal behavior of persons who at first think they have a cold and then days later suspect worse - but even then maybe only flu.

But the sick are out there for days before they seek help and are isolated.

And every minute they are sick Ebola patients are dreadfully contagious.

This is not a happy thought.