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To: EternalHope

Since EVD is present in saliva, ie nose mouth, sneezing or coughing will carry it on expulsion.


4,353 posted on 10/20/2014 3:04:03 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor
Since EVD is present in saliva, ie nose mouth, sneezing or coughing will carry it on expulsion.

I know.

The issue has been how well it survives in the air, and how long it hangs in the air once the tiny liquid droplets dry.

It's known that "fomites" (essentially, what's left when a droplet dries out) can survive quite a while. If you breathe one of these in, and it lands on a cell Ebola is capable of infecting, you are most likely going to get Ebola.

4,354 posted on 10/20/2014 3:45:34 PM PDT by EternalHope (Something wicked this way comes. Be ready.)
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To: Covenantor
As of 2217 EDT 10/20/14, the new PPE recommendations are still forthcoming.

What on earth is hanging them up???

4,355 posted on 10/20/2014 7:17:32 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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