Ebola Surveillance Thread

Family of US Ebola Patient Moves into Donated Home in Gated Community

Wow. Stop by, bring a deadly disease, get put up in free housing...

2,881 posted on 10/03/2014 5:57:52 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,882 posted on 10/03/2014 6:08:47 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,883 posted on 10/03/2014 6:09:33 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,884 posted on 10/03/2014 6:10:24 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,885 posted on 10/03/2014 6:13:42 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,886 posted on 10/03/2014 6:14:24 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,887 posted on 10/03/2014 6:20:56 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,888 posted on 10/03/2014 6:22:31 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,889 posted on 10/03/2014 6:22:54 PM PDT by angelsonmyside

2,890 posted on 10/03/2014 6:23:43 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,891 posted on 10/03/2014 6:24:51 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,892 posted on 10/03/2014 6:54:12 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,893 posted on 10/03/2014 6:56:21 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,894 posted on 10/03/2014 6:57:28 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

2,895 posted on 10/03/2014 6:58:24 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

That is interesting because in the NBC special “Saving Dr. Brantly”, Dr. Ribner said that they did not flush the waste of the Ebola patients at Emory because the sewage treatment plant wouldn’t be very happy with them. Instead, they put a sterilizing solution in the toilet, let it sit for 5-10 minutes, and then they could “safely flush it down”.

He says it in Part 5.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/saving-dr-brantly/saving-dr-brantly-part-5-n197261

2,896 posted on 10/03/2014 7:06:53 PM PDT by Shelayne

This may strain of Ebola may be far worse.

2,897 posted on 10/03/2014 7:10:06 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)

It seems that way doesn’t it?

2,898 posted on 10/03/2014 7:10:34 PM PDT by Black Agnes

To: Black Agnes; All

Here is the complete paper. Frieden is lying and he knows it.

The survival of filoviruses in liquids, on solid substrates and in a dynamic aerosol

DISCUSSION

This study has demonstrated that filoviruses are able to survive and remain infectious for cell culture, for extended periods when suspended within liquid media and dried onto surfaces. In addition, decay rates of a range of filoviruses, within small-particle aerosols, have been calculated, and these rates suggest that filoviruses are able to survive and remain infectious for cell culture for at least 90 min.

SNIP

Studies with the wild-type ZEBOV and MARV strains used in these survival studies in a susceptible mouse model demonstrated 100% mortality with <10 TCID50 of either virus by the aerosol or intraperitoneal challenge route (M.S. Lever, personal communication). These low infectious dose reports suggest that if the initial viral titre is high, infectious quantities of viable virus could be recovered from samples stored at +4°C for periods of up to 46 days in liquid media, and from samples dried onto glass at both 26 and 50 days. This demonstrates the need for good control measures when handling and disposing of clinical samples that may be contaminated with filoviruses.

This study was from 2010 and was based on epidemiological studies of small rural outbreaks. This is not the case in the current pandemic and therefore primary transmission conclusions may not apply.

What is worrisome, is the low temperature sustainability of the virus. We may have been spared a disaster in Dallas with the outside vomit mess and the complete failure of our government agencies to address numerous risk factors elsewhere. I don't believe the virus stayed viable with the temperatures and UV exposure typical of Dallas in September. I am certain we will not be so lucky if this occurs in a very cold urban setting. Contact tracing would be absurd in such a case.

For everyone's consideration and comment.

2,899 posted on 10/03/2014 10:21:09 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)

Interesting the supposition about silver metal surfaces and virucidal properties.

2,900 posted on 10/03/2014 10:42:02 PM PDT by Black Agnes

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