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ALERT: Delivered By Airplane: Ebola Now Threatens 21 Million People In Major Metro Area
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| 7/27/14
| Mac Slavo
Posted on 07/27/2014 2:57:41 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: driftdiver
Not good. Bleach works apparently. So sad, because all it takes is one small paper cut on a finger and touching a counter top at the hospital.
Then there is pathogenicity to consider, in which I think Ebola rates very high.
So this is a very very bad bug.
Last night at work a stool exploded under the hood but went out and everywhere. Just one example of how easily body fluids can become killers.
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posted on
07/27/2014 7:59:21 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
Not good at all.
Stool exploding not good, either :-/
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:04:37 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Islander7
The potential for the spread of Ebola is terrifying. From what I've read, Ebola is similar to AIDS in that it's transmitted via bodily fluids (and by fruit bats, which are carriers). Since the infected people die quite quickly, they don't have much opportunity to have sex and spread it too much. Medical personal are at risk, even those dealing with the corpse as the virus is still active after death.
To: Cementjungle
The virus can live, they say, for several days in dried material on a surface. Like a doorknob. Or the top of your shoe.
Hospitals in this country don't have the capability to deal with even moderate numbers of people infected with that kind of virus.
Let us hope it does not make it out of Africa.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:13:45 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: Jane Long
Well Hep B is able to live for weeks on a surface but HIV dies rapidly under florescent light. Hep C was always the one that worried me as a healthcare professional who handles body fluids for a living.
My coworker had left a lid on the stool and it has been warmer than usual here. It was actually kinda funny.
Anyway it is time for a vaccine for Ebola.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:16:02 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: Jane Long
I am one of those people who has worried more about the handle on the grocery cart than stuff in the lab, actually.
In the hospital we have doors you can open with your elbows for a reason.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:18:02 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
You know, I am usually the germaphobe (using towel to open ladies room door, elbow to open door, etc.), but for some reason haven’t given much thought to the grocery cart handle....until NOW!
You can bet I’ll be wiping that - and EVERYTHING ELSE - down, starting now.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:21:51 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Jane Long
Welcome to my nightmare, ha ha.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:23:33 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
Let us hope it does not make it out of Africa. I'm hoping it doesn't make it to Zambia, since that's where I'm going in a few days.
To: Cementjungle
So you need to take some stuff with you just to be safe. A mask would be a good start. You don’t need one for particle protection, any mask would do. Gloves too.
And find a good hand decontaminator especially..
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:47:42 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: Cementjungle
Droplet precautions are three feet, btw. I have to train on this stuff nonstop.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:49:00 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: Cementjungle
Cover your cuts with bandaids. I do even under my gloves.
You may not know it has reached Zambia until you have been exposed so be very careful.
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posted on
07/27/2014 8:51:14 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
I'll definately be careful.
Got all my other shots though, and my Malaria pills ready. I just have to make sure I don't get eaten by a lion or something :-)
To: Cementjungle
How long are you staying?
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posted on
07/27/2014 9:10:15 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
To: Cementjungle
let us know when you have returned home!
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posted on
07/27/2014 9:27:10 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: MarMema
It’s a photo safari... hope to get some good pic to share!
To: MHGinTN
Ebay, $12.99 shipped. Half of Amazon.
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posted on
07/27/2014 10:17:17 PM PDT
by
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
(It's only a matter of time now before SHTF.....)
To: Cementjungle
I am looking forward to seeing them!
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posted on
07/27/2014 11:59:03 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: Jane Long
Check this outAnd Dr Brantley was already here in the US a few days before his likely exposure. Sounds like a closer call than I feel good about....
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posted on
07/28/2014 12:04:12 AM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
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