Didn’t see SouthWest Airlines listed...
I believe they are the airline that initially transported the illegal petri-dishes BenghaziBarrySoebarkah ordered from Mexico, Central America and places unknown across the nation before they had a chance to be medically inspected.
as if hand sanitizer will prevent Ebola transmission
I doubt they kept surfaces wet with cleaner the prescribed fives minutes, nor did they blast every possible nook and cranny with cleaner or 45 minutes of UV light.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Stewey Griffin said his pillow smelled like farts.
I am sorry; but, the safety issues discussed are totally inadequate when it comes to containing a pandemic.
What?
Let us take a close look at the door-to-door travel cycle of any traveler using an airline to travel.
First he/she must get to the airport. The options here are either public or private transportation. How often do taxis or buses decontaminate their vehicles? What about car rental companies? Mass transit modes in the larger cities? Notice I didn’t say clean because simple cleaning of vehicles probably isn’t enough to contain the spread of a pandemic.
Second, the inter-air port transportation systems also need regular, after the arrival of every international fight from a “hot” zone, decontamination.
Third, any vehicle parked in either short or long term parking might require bio-hazard inspection with decontamination performed on an as-needed basis.
The same rules apply to the point of arrival as the point of departure list above. Plus, it will become necessary to have the ability to track individuals to their homes and perform as-required decontamination of their persons, homes, and vehicles.
And, how much time do we have to perform all of this? How long after being infected with the Ebola virus can a person contaminate others? Two, three, four days?
The nature of the Ebola virus will, not might, make mass international air travel, as we know it today, to/from the “hot zone” impossible.
To date, known infected individuals have been transported by especially equipped aircraft on an individual basis. The real issues are: 1. How to handle the transportation of dozens of known infected individuals. 2. How to handle the transportation of dozens (hundreds?) of individuals who might be infected but aren’t displaying any of the classic symptoms of Ebola virus infection.
Notice I made no attempt to discuss the decontamination/isolation procedures for individuals within the close confines of an air port.
A few years ago there was talk of using ozone and hydrogen peroxide gas to sterilize everything in an operating room. There was talk that it could also be used in hotel rooms and cruise ships. I don’t know if the idea has been developed since then.
But this *was* before ebola.
*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!
Bring Out Your Dead
Were gonna need
a bigger cart!
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
So glad I don’t fly.