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Most Say U.S. Is Prepared for Possible Ebola Outbreak, Poll Shows
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majority of Americans say the United States is ready for a possible
outbreak of the Ebola virus, but only about one in ten say the country
is “very prepared,” according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The new poll shows that
56 percent of Americans say that the nation is prepared for an outbreak,
while 42 percent disagree – including 20 percent who say that the U.S.
is not prepared “at all.”
Confidence in the
country’s ability to manage Ebola also varies by party. Sixty-one
percent of Democrats believe the U.S. is prepared, while only 54 percent
of independents and 52 percent of Republicans say the same. Majorities
of rural voters (54 percent) and Tea Party supporters (57 percent)
believe the U.S. isn’t prepared. Those with a college degree (57
percent) or post graduate degree (67 percent) have more confidence in
the country’s readiness than those with a high school education or less
(52 percent.)
Despite some skepticism
of the country’s handling of the disease, Americans report generally
positive feelings about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the agency most directly handling the nation’s Ebola response.
Forty-nine percent say they have a positive view of the CDC, while just
22 percent say they view it negatively.
The findings come amid
high interest in the story. A whopping 97 percent of respondents told
pollsters that they’d seen, heard, or read about the treatment and death
of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of the disease in a Dallas hospital
last week. And 98 percent said the same of the spread of the disease in
West Africa. Those are the top two most recognized news stories during
President Barack Obama’s tenure in office, even more widely known than
the ISIS beheadings of Western journalists (94 percent) and the Travon
Martin shooting (91 percent).
The NBC/WSJ poll was
conducted Oct. 8-12 of 1,000 registered voters – including 350 cell
phone-only respondents and another 41 who were reached on a cell phone
but who also have a landline – and it has a margin of error of
plus-minus 3.1 percentage points.
Carrie Dann
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Do I agree with this?
I'd say the proof is in the pudding. In other words it might work and it might not. However, it likely will be 80% better than 1/2 the nations on earth will do if and when they get ebola cases.
What we do have here is a whole lot of educated people (at least High School and now many or even most with some college). What this means in real time is that people mostly are medically disciplined enough to prevent Ebola given half a chance.
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