[Uncle Miltie]

"Ebola dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature."

There ya go.

[RummyChick]

here is an interesting piece of info I had not heard..wonder what it means:

“worried because Ms. Pham had become ill, Ms. Vinson was assured that her fears were unfounded, and her request for special arrangements to bring her home a day early were denied, the family’s statement said.”

So is Billy Martin trying to claim that Vinson wanted a special arrangement not to infect other passengers and was denied???????????????????????????? They are really worried about lawsuits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/us/texas-officials-clear-43-people-after-ebola-monitoring.html

[Cvengr]

There have been lab cases where blood splatter on painted aluminum surfaces have survived in the dark at ambient temperatures for up to 51 days.

The concentrations have substantially decreased when not in an environment promoting their growth, but they are not fully disinfected with several hours of dry exposure to ambient conditions.

The trick in reading the CDC warnings is recognizing they are in the habit of reading statistics into their advisories. Compared to the measles, ebola isn’t very infectious.

Compared to a virus which is dieing out, ebola is over twice as infectious.

Conditions which allow the virus to replicate at exponential rates need to be identified and controlled within the first 5 days of symptoms, or else they tend to become fatal.