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To: hoagy62

Just so you appreciate what Ebola really is.. It is a Biosafety Level 4 agent!

Biosafety level 4

This level is required for work with dangerous and exotic agents that pose a high individual risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections, agents which cause severe to fatal disease in humans for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and various other hemorrhagic diseases. This level is also used for work with agents such as smallpox that are considered dangerous enough to require the additional safety measures, regardless of vaccination availability. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a positive pressure personnel suit, with a segregated air supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a level four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors from opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a biosafety level 4 (or P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level


28 posted on 10/03/2014 7:26:28 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Yike. Thanks.


30 posted on 10/03/2014 7:29:41 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Enlightened1

What? Isn’t some minimum wage guy with a pressure washer enough?


81 posted on 10/03/2014 8:43:05 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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