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To: chessplayer
RE :”Before someone says the usual “coming to a border state near you,” it has an incubation period of up to 3 weeks and cannot be diagnosed on the spot. Someone who has it can just get on a plane and be in any major city in the world in under 24 hours”

I found this:

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EVD is believed to occur after an ebola virus is transmitted to a human index case via contact with an infected animal host.[citation needed] Human-to-human transmission occurs via direct contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person (including embalming of an infected dead person) or by contact with contaminated medical equipment such as needles.[citation needed] In the past, explosive nosocomial transmission has occurred in under-equipped African hospitals due to the reuse of needles and lack of implementation of universal precautions.[citation needed] Aerosol transmission has not been observed during natural EVD outbreaks.[citation needed] The potential for widespread EVD epidemics is considered low due to the high case-fatality rate, the rapidity of demise of patients, and the often remote areas where infections occur

Ebola virus disease

It can be transmitted through sex.

9 posted on 07/28/2014 8:28:24 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: sickoflibs

Aerosol dispersal ala sneezing I suspect remains as a possible vector for ebola. Note that I mean aerosol as fine droplets containing the virus as opposed to airborne as free floating virus.

Now consider what a suicide bomber could do in an ebola tent ward.

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14 posted on 07/28/2014 8:40:45 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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