Posted on 10/27/2014 10:44:33 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
Ebola can survive on surfaces for almost TWO MONTHS: Tests reveal certain strains survive for weeks when stored at low temperatures
Research claims certain strains of Ebola can remain on surfaces for 50 days
It survived the longest on glass surfaces stored at 4° (39°F)
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention claims Ebola typically lives on a ‘dry’ surface for hours - including doorknobs and tables
But when stored in moist conditions such in mucus, this is extended
Survival time depends on the surface, and the room temperature
Virus can be killed using household bleach and people must come into direct contact with the sample to risk infection
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Headline news for demo’rat enclaves - voting machine levers hit hardest.
So mucous covered counter tops not good? Lysol should see a surge in stocks.
How much more will leak out before the election?
Seeing how long it can be kept “alive” doesn’t really translate into the real world very well. For instance, how long does it survive in full sunlight?
(hat tip to: fivecatsandadog!)
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...
This is so much WORSE than anybody first thought.
Cold, in and of itself, does not kill a virus strain. Only chemical or possibly biological agents can.
And there is not enough Clorox in the world to do that. At least, not without causing a great deal of collateral damage just from its use.
As anybody who has been paying attention knows, the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 provides many lessons that apply equally well here today.
I am dreading what the real story is behind this virus because without question they are withholding info. Remember, this is an administration that allowed 4 Americans to die in Benghazi then tried to blame it on a Youtube video all because an election, so God knows what they are withholding about this as well. “Oh the election is over...Oh and by the way: We estimate 2.5 million are infected”
”This matters not. Your King has deemed this as two days.
Henceforth, a day shall equal a month, with your taxes due biweekly."
Most virus' don't do very well under DIRECT sunlight exposure. It literally obliterates them down to atoms. That is why it is important when you go to the grocery store to pick the cart furthest away from the store, and hopefully at the "front" of the grocery cart recepticle.
"Winter is coming."
The survivability of ebola on surfaces always causes me to think about sweat, a bodily fluid mentioned as carrying the virus, but seldom discussed as a possible source of actual infections.
A person infected with the virus sweats. Sweat dries and the residue remains on the skin, probably until someone takes a good bath or shower. The person touches various parts of the body with his hands and the sweat residue is on the hands.
Then, the residue could be smeared on all sorts of objects: doorknobs, armrests, chairs, tables, most anything people routinely touch.
It’s odd that these possibilities aren’t mentioned more often as a possible means of transmission of the virus. Seems like sweat could be the bodily fluid most likely to be left on objects, or even transmitted directly.
Winter is Coming....
surfaces like....bowling balls?
Virus can be killed using household bleach
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Huh that’s like saying mold can be killed using household bleach ..
The far north will be the safest place to spend the winter. That means less snowbirds in Texas.
The headline: EBOLO Hurts Texas Economy!
So we can fly again two months after travel restrictions from affected countries go into effect, if and when they ever do.
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