EBOLA - A NIGHTMARE FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL TOURISM

The virus Ebola is the most deadly thing to come along since the swine flu in 2009 and the Asian bird flu or SARS. The first  swine flu influenza pandemic occurred in 1918 and killed an approximate 50-100 million worldwide. The virus reappears often but is not nearly as deadly as ebola. The more recent swine flu was responsible for 1,000,s but not millions of deaths. 

Ebola arrives at a time when people travel more often and with the virus itself being more communicable than the swine flu of 2009 there is a potential recipe for disaster.

Mortality estimates vary widely by the time it burns itself out or worse – mutates and becomes airborne. If it does – we’re looking at a doomsday scenario straight out of Hollywood only much worse. 

The CDC postulates that the number of ebola infections doubles every month with a 50% patient mortality rate. So far 4,000 have died in West Africa and one in the USA. They are predicting 15,000 cases by year end 2014. US Marine General John Kelly is predicting 30 million cases by that time.

The ebola virus has not affected dental tourism yet, being largely contained to few West African countries as of October 12, 2014. Medical and dental tourism in Asia and Mexico still thrives. 

That’s a wide range of predictions. Even if the truth is somewhere in the middle – it looks ugly. The AIDS virus has been running rampant worldwide for over 30 years has claimed 35 million victims. To have many millions of deaths in just a few months is sobering. 

If governments act quickly enough by containing ebola and eliminating it in West Africa, we will all be grateful and paying our taxes will seem less painful when we see our tax dollars saving people rather than bombing them.

As of October 12, 2014, there are not any reported ebola cases in Asia or Mexico – both prime dental tourism destinations for Western patients. 

So pack your bags and get that new cosmetic dental makeover you’ve always dreamed of. Now is still a great time to take a dental vacation! 

Dr. Sandra Jamala

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