Measles, not Ebola, is the real threat at the World Cup because it spreads through the air in crowded stadiums and gets mistaken for other rashes. Ebola isn't airborne and sick people won't show up to games, so the travel ban is political theater, not science.
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To me, measles may not sound as exotic as Ebola, but to me it's the one I'm probably most worried about. And I wish that, I hope people think about, because I could see someone coming in with a fever and a rash and then being like, oh, that's varicella, right?
I have to say, it's very frustrating that I agree with you completely. I think that of all the things they've talked about, we can't have Ebola spreading in a crowded stadium. This is one of the things that the Canadian Health Minister said, because the government of Canada and Mexico have just decided decided not to fight the U.S. on the travel ban. And effectively, it was ridiculous. The Health Minister of Canada said there is no scientific basis for this. We're basically just doing it because the U.S. is making us and we don't want to have a fight with them. But they painted this scenario— they defended it by saying we're going to have a bunch of people in stadiums all together, and what if Ebola starts spreading? Ebola is not going to start spreading that way because people are not shedding it into their airways. And if they are symptomatic with Ebola virus, they're probably not going to be going to a World Cup game, but measles does spread that way.
