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Wow. Though it's buried deep in a story about dealing with Ebola-tainted waste, the NYT actually admitted what many of us on this thread have been saying for ages.

Waste From Ebola Poses Challenge to Hospitals
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When they are highly contagious, disposing of the waste and cleaning up what is left behind require expertise and equipment that some specialists said are lacking even in highly regarded medical facilities.
Those shortcomings are compounded, they said, by surprising gaps in scientists’ knowledge about the Ebola virus itself, down to the time it can survive in different environments outside the body.
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That is not the only unresolved question. “The recommendations from C.D.C. on what to do and not to do are based on relatively sparse science,” Dr. Roepe said. “I can only find two that address the simple question of how long the virus persists outside the human body.
“The number you’ll hear from most people is from a few days up to a week,” he said. “But the context in which the virus is found outside the body matters a great deal. How long can it last on a doorknob? We don’t have a lot of raw data, believe it or not.”

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Excellent article.

Bump to say my spot.