Posted on 09/11/2014 11:23:51 PM PDT by DouglasKC
Why? Roughly 50% of people don’t wash their hands after a bowel movement so we aren’t any cleaner.
Our hospitals are better but how long would that last once you have an overwhelming number of patients.
The Liberian was visiting family. He lived in Minnesota.
I’m still wondering why we’re even talking about Africa becauseI they’re all dead aren’t they?...I mean they were all killed off by Aids as predicted by our betters....so there can’t be any Africans to worry about now...
I don't wipe my ass like a Muslim.
Sure, doesn’t mean you don’t end up with fecal material on your hand.
I bet it makes that donut you eat afterwards taste special.
I think Dr. Osterholm is absolutely correct that some type of incident command structure has to be put in place, and quickly.
Of course, the idea that the UN has some sort of capability along these lines is, well, a little off - but if I wanted to ring the alarm and I wanted to do it in the NYT, I might have said the same thing.
The airports and harbors in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia need to be closed, now, and only the Global Force for Good can do it. Closing Nigeria is several orders of magnitude more difficult, and the evidence in hand doesn’t show that it’s necessary (yet).
But allowing outbound flights from Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry (and probably Bamako) any more is just crazy. Within a month, you’re going to see plague ships trying to make the run to Brazil.
This female psychopath nicknamed “Lady al Qaeda” now in a US jail was carrying plans to use ebola as a bioweapon when she was arrested. That was in 2008
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/08/22/08/28/foley-s-killers-demanded-release-of-female-terrorist
planeloads of Africans are now departing for the hajj in Mecca
what could go wrong
also spread by urine
now think about public transportation restrooms etc
Spend two hours in the emergency room of the largest hospital near you on a Friday or Saturday night. Then get back to me. After you have visited WalMart on your way back home, and counted the times you have touched your eyes, nose, or mouth before disinfecting them.
Not really. He has published scary stories before: http://www.nyu.edu/intercep/lapietra/Osterholm_PreparingforPandemic.pdf
And Muslims from the USA will be mingling with those Africans around their rock and then will fly home to your city. That’s why those who live in small homogeneous places should give thanks. Diversity kills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire
Ebola Roulette:
Abstract
A substantial portion of human respiratory tract infection is thought to be transmitted via contaminated hand contact with the mouth, eyes, and/or nostrils. Thus, a key risk factor for infection transmission should be the rate of hand contact with these areas termed target facial membranes. A study was conducted in which 10 subjects were each videotaped for 3 hr while performing office-type work in isolation from other persons. The number of contacts to the eyes, nostrils, and lips was scored during subsequent viewing of the tapes. The total contacts per subject had sample mean x = 47 and sample standard deviation s = 34. The average total contact rate per hour was 15.7. The authors developed a relatively simple algebraic model for estimating the dose of pathogens transferred to target facial membranes during a defined exposure period. The model considers the rate of pathogen transfer to the hands via contact with contaminated environmental surfaces, and the rate of pathogen loss from the hands due to pathogen die-off and transfer from the hands to environmental surfaces and to target facial membranes during touching. The estimation of infection risk due to this dose also is discussed. A hypothetical but plausible example involving influenza A virus transmission is presented to illustrate the model.
PMID: 18357546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Good thing it is not airborne then.....oh wait, there is that pesky little 2012 Canadian study that sort of puts that line firmly in the bs category. Airborne now requires a Clinton explanation of I guess it depends on what the meaning of airborne is.
Also, males “cured” and released back into society can carry live ebola in their reproductive system for a couple of months. I am not sure they have determined how long females can carry it.
With the CDC now acting its political role, I respectfully disagree. Think of the new diseases that have arrived via our southern border for which the American public has no immunity. What makes you think the administration would all of a sudden start being honest?
Based on information, it can be transmitted through the air if it becomes aerosolized such as through a sneeze.
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