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Congressional Report: Ebola Bio Kits Deployed to National Guard Units In All 50 States
SHTF Plan ^ | 7-30-2014 | Mac Slavo

Posted on 07/29/2014 10:03:02 PM PDT by blam

Mac Slavo
July 29th, 2014

The Department of Defense informed Congress that it has deployed biological diagnostics systems to National Guard support teams in all 50 states, according to a report published by the Committee on Armed Services. The report, published in April amid growing fears that the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus might spread outside of West Africa, says that the portable systems are designed for “low probability, high consequence” scenarios.

Some 340 Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) units have thus far been given to emergency response personnel. The systems are “rapid, reliable, and [provide] simultaneous identification of specific biological agents and pathogens,” says executive officer for the DOD’s Chemical and Biological Defense group Carmen J. Spencer.

The Chemical and Biological Defense Program has sharpened the DoD diagnostics portfolio by increasing the capability of our fielded system, some 340 of which have been provided to the Military Services.

The Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System is a portable system capable of rapid, reliable, and simultaneous identification of specific biological agents and pathogens. By partnering with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Food and Drug Administration, we have made accessible additional diagnostic assays for high consequence, low probability biological threat agents for use during declared public health emergencies.

This collaboration has facilitated the availability of viral hemorrhagic fever diagnostic assays for use during a declared emergency and adds previously unavailable preparedness capabilities to this fielded system.

Full Congressional Report via POTR

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disease; dod; ebola; nationalguard
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To: blam

I’m thinking the panic over an out break in, say, Los Angeles, might kill more people than the disease itself.


41 posted on 07/30/2014 3:28:34 AM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: dynachrome
"I’m thinking the panic over an out break in, say, Los Angeles, might kill more people than the disease itself."

Hmmmm.
That sounds like motivation to keep an outbreak secret as long as possible, eh?

42 posted on 07/30/2014 4:12:05 AM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Rashputin

I didnt say I was in favor of martial law - I think I’d rather trust my chances with Ebola than with the government scene we saw in Boston after the bombings. I just said an outbreak of Ebola in this country would be one of the few legit uses of martial law....


43 posted on 07/30/2014 4:59:05 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: ansel12

sorry to burst your bubble, but snot is a bodily fluid. If someone coughs or sneezes directly on you, or you come in contact with the snot they just blew all over the seat you just sat in, you can contract ebola. The real problem with ebola is it causes the victims to bleed and leak body fluids everywhere. Trained professionals in full gear are now coming down with the disease. Think again about transmission,


44 posted on 07/30/2014 5:04:37 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Black Agnes

GMTA. I love the “accurate” medical advice on this forum by people who know so much about it.


45 posted on 07/30/2014 5:06:58 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Mom MD
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46 posted on 07/30/2014 5:45:06 AM PDT by Stentor (Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence. /S)
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To: Mom MD
Trained professionals in full gear are now coming down with the disease. Think again about transmission,

Meaning?

47 posted on 07/30/2014 5:46:50 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Mom MD

The link posted upthread also lsits sweat as bodily fluid which will transmit ebola.

sweat, in central Africa

I live in Tampa.


48 posted on 07/30/2014 5:51:01 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Mom MD; Black Agnes

“The real problem with ebola is it causes the victims to bleed and leak body fluids everywhere.”

Does the virus require a fluid solution to survive 5 days? Does anyone know how long can it survive once the fluid has dried?


49 posted on 07/30/2014 6:14:52 AM PDT by Justa
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To: MarkL

“The Hot Zone” free .pdf download:

http://learn.flvs.net/educator/common/EnglishIIv10/TheHotZone.pdf


50 posted on 07/30/2014 6:15:42 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: Justa

That’s a good question and I haven’t been able to find an answer. Some viruses can survive years on surfaces. Others only a few hours.


51 posted on 07/30/2014 6:23:13 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Lady Heron

Meaning if it is so hard to spread that the average person does not need to worry about casual contact with an infected person (as the poster I was replying to said), how are people who know what they are doing and taking full precautions coming down with the illness? This is a highly infectious virus and should not be taken lightly. Just because we dont have 3rd world health care (yet) does not mean there isnt a cause for concern.


52 posted on 07/30/2014 6:45:03 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: blam; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Proactive? Good!

Bring Out Your Dead

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...

53 posted on 07/30/2014 6:46:23 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: Justa

I’m not entirely sure, but I think it can live on surfaces for hours to days - Id have to do some research beyond that. There is no doubt actual body fluid is the most infectious though


54 posted on 07/30/2014 6:46:57 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Mom MD

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php

INFECTIOUS DOSE: 1 – 10 aerosolized organisms are sufficient to cause infection in humans

In the laboratory, infection through small-particle aerosols has been demonstrated in primates, and airborne spread among humans is strongly suspected, although it has not yet been conclusively demonstrated

HYSICAL INACTIVATION: Ebola are moderately thermolabile and can be inactivated by heating for 30 minutes to 60 minutes at 60ºC, boiling for 5 minutes, gamma irradiation (1.2 x106 rads to 1.27 x106 rads), and/or UV radiation

SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: The virus can survive in liquid or dried material for a number of days (23). Infectivity is found to be stable at room temperature or at 4°C for several days, and indefinitely stable at -70°C (6, 20). Infectivity can be preserved by lyophilisation.


55 posted on 07/30/2014 7:00:22 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Mom MD; driftdiver

If you think it spells an end of the world threat to advanced people’s, I guess we will just have to wait and see if the next 40 years of the disease lives up to that claim.

So far, I don’t see it as creating an apocalypse type situation in America.


56 posted on 07/30/2014 7:28:51 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12; Mom MD

What I think is what I’ve posted. That you are underestimating how dangerous this virus is.

Underestimating a threat is a sure way to finding out how bad it is.


57 posted on 07/30/2014 7:51:27 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Mom MD; Black Agnes

And they’re having this African Summit next week hosting multiple delegations from across the infected region. The delegations will likely contain dozens of aides and associates who will patronize many DC establishments -of all sorts.

No wonder the fed has warned of the possibility of shutting the government down. Unfortunately, due to the 7-day incubation period this may occur after the delegations have departed DC for excursions across the US -as they typically do on their diplomatic visas.


58 posted on 07/30/2014 8:08:58 AM PDT by Justa
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To: blam
I can't confirm, but I am pretty certain that I saw this kit 3 years ago at the 61st CST. They have all sorts of chemical/biological test kits there that we got a briefing on.
59 posted on 07/30/2014 8:09:01 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: driftdiver

My “estimate” is that it isn’t an “end of the world” disease, that it won’t result in an “apocalypse” scenario for America.

If you think that is underestimating it, then we will just have to wait and see, if it becomes the end of the world EMP type road warrior scenario that you seem to want to argue, then my preps will still apply.


60 posted on 07/30/2014 8:15:20 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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