Posted on 07/27/2014 2:57:41 PM PDT by Kartographer
Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world’s deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa’s largest city with 21 million people.
The fact that the traveler from Liberia could board an international flight also raised new fears that other passengers could take the disease beyond Africa due to weak inspection of passengers and the fact Ebola’s symptoms are similar to other diseases.
Officials in the country of Togo, where the sick man’s flight had a stopover, also went on high alert after learning that Ebola could possibly have spread to a fifth country.
Screening people as they enter the country may help slow the spread of the disease, but it is no guarantee Ebola won’t travel by airplane, according to Dr. Lance Plyler, who heads Ebola medical efforts in Liberia for aid organization Samaritan’s Purse.
“Unfortunately the initial signs of Ebola imitate other diseases, like malaria or typhoid,” he said.
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Then there is pathogenicity to consider, in which I think Ebola rates very high.
So this is a very very bad bug.
Last night at work a stool exploded under the hood but went out and everywhere. Just one example of how easily body fluids can become killers.
Not good at all.
Stool exploding not good, either :-/
From what I've read, Ebola is similar to AIDS in that it's transmitted via bodily fluids (and by fruit bats, which are carriers). Since the infected people die quite quickly, they don't have much opportunity to have sex and spread it too much. Medical personal are at risk, even those dealing with the corpse as the virus is still active after death.
Hospitals in this country don't have the capability to deal with even moderate numbers of people infected with that kind of virus.
Let us hope it does not make it out of Africa.
My coworker had left a lid on the stool and it has been warmer than usual here. It was actually kinda funny.
Anyway it is time for a vaccine for Ebola.
In the hospital we have doors you can open with your elbows for a reason.
You know, I am usually the germaphobe (using towel to open ladies room door, elbow to open door, etc.), but for some reason haven’t given much thought to the grocery cart handle....until NOW!
You can bet I’ll be wiping that - and EVERYTHING ELSE - down, starting now.
Welcome to my nightmare, ha ha.
I'm hoping it doesn't make it to Zambia, since that's where I'm going in a few days.
So you need to take some stuff with you just to be safe. A mask would be a good start. You don’t need one for particle protection, any mask would do. Gloves too.
And find a good hand decontaminator especially..
Droplet precautions are three feet, btw. I have to train on this stuff nonstop.
You may not know it has reached Zambia until you have been exposed so be very careful.
Got all my other shots though, and my Malaria pills ready. I just have to make sure I don't get eaten by a lion or something :-)
How long are you staying?
3 weeks
let us know when you have returned home!
It’s a photo safari... hope to get some good pic to share!
Ebay, $12.99 shipped. Half of Amazon.
I am looking forward to seeing them!
And Dr Brantley was already here in the US a few days before his likely exposure. Sounds like a closer call than I feel good about....
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