That An Ebola Epidemic in the U.S Is very Unlikely.

Wow... you respond pretty quickly! Good job by con, and refuting his arguments should be pretty fun!==Framework==May I first point out that my opponent did not respond to me requested changes in round II, so the debate format and the BoP stands. However, since if the chances fall outside of the range given in the first round, I urge the voters to vote for whoever fulfills their BoP better. Also, I am worried about his second argument. He states we can not contain this forever. I meant the current outbreak in Africa will not trigger an epidemic in America. I will admit it was heavily implied (all my sources were current about the current outbreak, my arguments were about the current outbreak.) Though I feel that is the case, I will refute the second argument like he told it.My outline will be refuting all of his arguments, then asking a question that sums up my argument. Please note the simple answering of the question is not enough. My opponent still has to refute all my arguments/rebuttals. Off we go!Note: The mutation chance for Ebola to spread like the Flu is very, very low (see round 2, Argument IVc, source and quote.)==Rebuttal I==a. My opponent states that Ebola spreads easier than I think. However, he fails to mention that the severe onset of symptoms are not like other diseases. The first four symptoms alone are enough to merit a trip to the hospital. Ebola can also easily be singled out by the patients travel history. If a patient travels to Liberia, Sierra Leone, etc. Ebola would then be on the list. There was a low-risk patient in DC who was admitted to the hospital after showing signs of a cold after traveling to Nigeria [1].b. Second, you should know better than webMD with a disease like Ebola brewing on. You should ask yourself your travel history, have you touched anyone who was sick in Africa, etc. If you have, you would go to the hospital, contact your travel information, and be quickly isolated. WebMD is not a valid argument whatsoever. Also, the symptoms start getting serious after a day [2]. You would not deem it something "not serious.""This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding." -WHOc. Human interaction is common, yes. If one patient in your family has Ebola, you will be quarantined in a tiny Dallas apartment for 21 days [3]. We are not taking any chances here. In a common practice with diseases like this, health workers single out people who have had contact with the patient, and quarantine them for 21 days. When a patient is starting to show symptoms, they are isolated. Second, SARS, Smallpox, Spanish Flu, etc. are all spread by air, even before symptoms start to show. Thus, the contagious rate is much, much higher than Ebola. And yet humanity, not even at its most advanced stage, stopped it. So, we can stop Ebola in one of the most advanced countries of the most advanced time.This argument is refuted. I ask my opponent: Does Ebola spread easier than Smallpox or the Spanish Flu? If he can not prove Ebola will spread like the Flu, I have successfully negated this point.Rebuttal IIa. Despite this being a debate about the current outbreak of Ebola, I will refute this as if the debate were about Ebola in any case. First, the man in Liberia is facing prosecution if he survives for lying at the airport [4]. There's a case that he should be charged for negligent [attempted] murder if his spouse or anyone else gets it from him. The airport security is going up, and Obama is mulling the idea of significantly increasing airport checks. It's also a matter of time that, if the case in Africa is serious enough, flights to and from will be banned.b. Just in case, I will also tell you that the use of ZMapp has shown patients improving when given it. We are already showing significant progress in the fight for a cure, with patients antibodies to study, ZMapp, cAd3-ZEBOV, and rVSV-ZEBOV already helping [5]. We can contain this forever, if we find a vaccination. We have contained other diseases so far, ones we haven't even discovered yet, etc. Plus, we won't spend "forever" on Earth. We may move to another planet in a few hundred years.This argument is refuted. I ask my opponent: if we have eradicated Smallpox, developed vaccinations for polio and the Flu, why can't Ebola follow suit, especially with the successful experimental drugs already in existence? If he can not answer this question, this argument is negated.I hand this debate back over to my opponent. I wish him luck! Sources are as followed:[1] http://www.newser.com...[2] http://www.who.int...[3] http://www.usatoday.com...[4] http://www.newsday.com...[5] http://www.who.int...