[justlittleoleme]

Just in time for winter.....

[C210N]

Headline news for demo’rat enclaves - voting machine levers hit hardest.

[rktman]

So mucous covered counter tops not good? Lysol should see a surge in stocks.

[Cowboy Bob]

How much more will leak out before the election?

[cripplecreek]

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?

[Dallas59]

[null and void]

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(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...

[alloysteel]

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.

[Diogenesis]

”This matters not. Your King has deemed this as two days.
Henceforth, a day shall equal a month, with your taxes due biweekly."

[Enterprise]

"Ebola can survive on surfaces for almost TWO MONTHS: Tests reveal certain strains survive for weeks when stored at low temperatures "

"Winter is coming."

[Will88]

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.

[Kozak]

Winter is Coming....

[dangerdoc]

surfaces like....bowling balls?

[Tennessee Nana]

Virus can be killed using household bleach
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Huh that’s like saying mold can be killed using household bleach ..

[VerySadAmerican]

The far north will be the safest place to spend the winter. That means less snowbirds in Texas.

The headline: EBOLO Hurts Texas Economy!

[Art in Idaho]

The bottom line is no one truly understands the full scope of the spread of Ebola and really can’t anyway because of the threat of exponential mutation if the virus goes pandemic. It was and still is a tragedy that potential ebola cases are being allowed to fly into the United States. And don’t give me the excuse that HCW and supplies need to have access to hot zone countries. We, the Brits, French and others have our MACs (Military Airlift Commands) and could do the job. We did D-Day and the Berlin Airlift, we could do this. It takes leaders though. .

[DannyTN]

So we can fly again two months after travel restrictions from affected countries go into effect, if and when they ever do.

[capydick]

Just in time for the NY Marathon next weekend - all those runners coming in from plagued nations moving about the city at will, just great.

[Christie at the beach]

There is so many unknowns in which makes this even more

worrisome especially for those already with weak immune systems.

[Paine in the Neck]

Nothing to worry about. Our glorious leader, Barak Hussein Obama [mmm...mmm...mmm], is up on all the latest public health technology and protocols.

[SparkyBass]

Why not? It’s survived in the White House for 6 or so years...