Lumifer comments on Open thread, August 4 - 10, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 05 August 2014 04:46:41PM 2 points [-]

Ebola is very hard to transmit person to person.

Um. Given that an epidemic is actually happening and given that more than one doctor attending Ebola patients got infected, I'm not sure that "very hard" is the right term here.

Having said that, if you don't live in West Africa your chances of getting Ebola are pretty close to zero. You should be much more afraid of lightning strikes, for example.