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Ebola has spread across the globe: ...officials try to trace 30,000 linked to death of US victim
Daily Mail UK ^ | 7/29/14 | Lizzy Parrie

Posted on 07/30/2014 12:20:42 PM PDT by EBH

Fears of a global Ebola pandemic are 'justified' an expert has said as Nigerian health officials try to trace 30,000 people at risk of contracting the deadly disease following the death of Patrick Sawyer.

The U.S. citizen boarded a flight in Liberia carrying the disease to Nigeria, potentially infecting 'anyone on the same plane'.

It comes as Nigerian actor Jim Iyke sparked outrage, posting a picture of himself wearing an Ebola mask while sitting in a first class airport lounge as he fled Liberia.

The 'Nollywood' star posted a message on his Instagram page saying he had cut short a business trip to Monrovia in Liberia - where at least 600 people have already died from the disease.

The death toll for this, the worst outbreak recorded since the Ebola virus was discovered in 1976, stands at 672, while more than 1,200 people have been infected.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: africaleaderssummit; ebola; ebolacarrier; eboladrug; ebolamap; ebolaoutbreak; ebolavictim; outbreak; patricksawyer
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To: BenLurkin

Bodily fluids include semen, blood, sweat, vomit, sneezes, coughs ( they spray fluid as an aerosol), feces and it can live for 5 days at room temperature as a dried spec on a hard surface.


21 posted on 07/30/2014 12:41:24 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Ever read “The Hot Zone”? (Richard Preston). I read it back in the 90s. Scared the bejeezus out of me. I’m not looking forward to this.

Neither am I but I find a little levity, at least for me, helps dealing with situations like this. It does not mean I lack awareness of the ability of a disease to spread like wildfire across the globe with our fast mass transit abilities.

22 posted on 07/30/2014 12:41:49 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: EBH

Jim Iyke’s reaction to flee the area is very natural, but people fleeing the area is exactly what will spread the disease.


23 posted on 07/30/2014 12:41:59 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: BenLurkin
Handling infected persons and dead bodies gives rise to creation of infected aerosols. It takes 10 virus particles to initiate an infection. Infected persons are sneezing, coughing, vomiting, have diarrhea and are bleeding from many orifices. The "lifestyle" is living outside a Level 4 bio-hazard suit.
24 posted on 07/30/2014 12:42:32 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: mojito

Did someone say aliens?
25 posted on 07/30/2014 12:42:43 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: EBH; All

Here’s a preview of a possible future - the fun starts at 30 seconds.

http://vimeo.com/58434926


26 posted on 07/30/2014 12:42:54 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

EBOLAPHOBE!


27 posted on 07/30/2014 12:42:59 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Kartographer

Yeah, I was thinking they might come here and claim asylum, it being so dangerous there.
Obamagumbe would promise to deport them, after settling them next door to you.


28 posted on 07/30/2014 12:43:41 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Black Agnes

NOT correct.

Man, the ignorance out there is amazing.


29 posted on 07/30/2014 12:44:06 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: BenLurkin

LGBT would be my first guess, followed by day-care workers.

“Skilled” nursing facilities will be decimated, too.

I’ve seen their protocols.

Employees and residents will pass along the virus, along with anyone dumb enough to visit.

This will be a share & share alike thing. Enough to make ObamaCare suddenly affordable, or unneccessary...


30 posted on 07/30/2014 12:47:21 PM PDT by LadyBuck (Some day very soon, Life's little Twinkie gauge is gonna go......empty.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue; Black Agnes

According to the Canadian Health Dept it can survive for days dried up on a table. Takes 5 minutes of boiling to kill it. Disinfectants do also work. A few as 1 organism can result in an infection.

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


31 posted on 07/30/2014 12:47:59 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: EBH

Went through all of this horror during the very beginning of the AIDs crisis in NYC when nobody knew what was going on. In retrospect, there was not much to worry about but who knew in the early 80s?


32 posted on 07/30/2014 12:48:28 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: EBH

later


33 posted on 07/30/2014 12:48:36 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: EBH

I do think this needs to be watched, but the coverage is becoming somewhat hysterical IMO.

How many times over the last five years have we been led to believe massive portions of human populations were going to be lost due to some disease or another?

30,000 linked...

Good grief!


34 posted on 07/30/2014 12:50:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of the populace is worse than that.)
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To: mojito

You’ve just given me a homework assignment. Now, I’m curious as to what Weyland-Yutani means. Hmmm, says here Weyland -Yutani, a large FICTITIOUS conglomerate aka ‘The Company” is involved in Weapons Research and Development. Very interesting and quite elaborate in it’s detail.


35 posted on 07/30/2014 12:50:13 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: TangledUpInBlue

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.

Public Health Agency of Canada

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


36 posted on 07/30/2014 12:50:18 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: driftdiver

You beat me to it!


37 posted on 07/30/2014 12:51:12 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

I have a project starting in a large public hospital. Very large immigrant population. This has me scared.


38 posted on 07/30/2014 12:55:20 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Kartographer
It was said aids was a bio warfare agent back in the day but I always thought it was too slow, but this is another thing altogether.
39 posted on 07/30/2014 12:56:20 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: EBH

There has never been a cure for a virus.


40 posted on 07/30/2014 12:56:27 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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