Posted on 10/03/2014 5:25:33 PM PDT by grundle
America wants to know: Why in the world isn’t the Ebola clean-up crew in Dallas, Texas, wearing protective biohazard suits to prevent further spread of the deadly virus?
A photo posted online by Dallas/Fort Worth’s WFAA-TV News showed workers pressure washing the sidewalk where Thomas Duncan, a man who arrived from Liberia on Sept. 20 and was confirmed to have the Ebola virus, had vomited all over the ground outside The Ivy Apartments on Sept. 26. Hunter’s family members are reportedly quarantined in an apartment unit under armed guard after they attempted to violate orders to remain in their home.
The workers, who appeared to be allowing the potentially contaminated water wash down the storm drains, wore no protective gear – not even gloves.
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The Ebola virus is not particularly hardy, so regular disinfectants work on it quite well. Importantly, you should take your time. That is, to be sure the virus is destroyed it should be exposed to a bleach solution for 10 minutes. The process can be accelerated by blending it together, of course.
When was that photo taken? Three or four days after he threw up? Those two men had better hope that the sun shine render the virus harmless, else I would think that they are at pretty good risk for getting a big dose of exposure.
And who knows whats going to happen with the sewer rats etc. I wonder sewer rats could become the species that makes it endemic here?
Yes, I understand it takes a while for the disinfection to take place. But you have to remove the biologic material beforehand. Pouring bleach onto vomit or worse doesn’t make it germ-free vomit.
The container directions on any disinfectant will tell you to clean any visibly dirty surface first.
Does anyone know what chemical will neutralize it?
*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…BANG!
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!
Bring Out Your Dead
We’re gonna need 
a bigger cart!
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...
All that stuff will probably make its way to White Rock Lake.
I’ve read that bleach is very effective in killing the virus. If it was first soaked in bleach in daylight, it might not be the same risk as it appears to be.
I am not medically trained, but do not wish to over state the risks.
Lots of virus kicked up into the air with that little machine...
Effective Aqueous Concentration of commonly available disinfectants against Ebola: 6% Hydrogen Peroxide; 70% Ethanol; 8% formaldehyde. (CDC) 1:10 dilution of 5.25% household bleach for 10 minutes (WHO)
Note that Ethanol solution evaporates quickly and probably isn't the best choice for decontamination. For hand-washing, soap, ethanol solution, or betadine are suitable according to multiple references.
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) used formaldehyde vapor to saturate the Reston Virginia primate quarantine facility after an outbreak of filovirus in 1989. An aqueous formaldehyde solution has been used for sterilization of equipment used for viral vaccine production to eliminate contaminants.
Ebola outbreak? Can’t happen here in first world America, no sir, we’re smart, we’re sophisticated. Nothing to worry about, move along, nothing to see... LOOK! A KARDASHIAN!
Thanks for the ping!
You're right. Here in small town TX, sometimes if I go in the front yard at night, I can hear them fighting/mating, whatever they are doing in the storm sewer across the street.
Wasn’t this a plot point in one of the Return Of The Living Dead films?
Chlorox = bleach = sodium hypochlorite solution
This is what your drinking water is chlorinated with, to make it safe to drink.
Sodium hypochlorite plus ammonia mixed will produce deadly chlorine gas, don't ever mix them!!!
Louios Pasteur proved the idea that extreme dilution of bacteria does not destroy the bacterial effect. It just slows down the rate at which the bacteria re-multiply to an intolerable concentration when its food material is added to the solution.. However, heating a solution to an appropriate temperature for a particular bacterial species will destroy all the bacteria. But the ebola is a virus, though destroying it as a sub-microscopic organic material probably is done likewise with heat or a destructive oxidizing chemical.
Also, ultraviolet (= plenty of sunshine or a UV lamp) can destroy bacteria -- perhaps viruses and molds, too??
Even 20 years ago, the US had a better work force to care for an epidemic. Healthcare and public safety workers cared more, as part of a community, were better educated, spoke English, had a connection to the communities. The invasion of the US (legal and illegal) plus affirmative action have ruined all of that.
I don't know if Ebola can spread easily in the US or not. One thing I do know is that the gov constantly "reassuring the public" and adapting the reassurances to the current situation is not helping.
Ebola vomit? That has a nice ring to it.
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