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To: pieceofthepuzzle
There's a study in which Ebola was aerosolized, and was able to infect Rhesus Monkeys. That's scary, as it suggests respiratory transmission and the possibility to weaponize

Terrorists are not going to be able to achieve respiratory transmission. What they can do is spray it in small droplets which is obviously bad enough. In that study the animal's cages were 20 cm apart. Apparently in the book Hot Zone which I haven't read, it spread room to room, but that's not what the study says: http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/full/srep00811.html?message-global=remove&goback=.gde_4429892_member_187356406

136 posted on 10/15/2014 4:38:15 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer
Terrorists are not going to be able to achieve respiratory transmission. What they can do is spray it in small droplets which is obviously bad enough.

They can smear it on public door knobs, bus seats, toilet seats, etc. They can get jobs in eateries and put it in the food. Lots of ways for them to spread it.

qaStaHvIS wa' ram loSSaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD! (Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man -- Klingon proverb)

202 posted on 10/15/2014 5:16:45 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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