” yet examples in Africa appear to show transmission on inanimate objects, such as the doctor’s assistant mentioned above who was adjusting the doctor’s protective gear.”
Ebola has several cousins in the normal spectrum of viruses like measles, and rabies. Viruses as a general rule cannot last long away from nutrients, but that depends on the conditions, like humidity and filth.
Again, Africa is like petri dish. far as I know, as soon as it dries up, it’s dead, but that can take a while in some conditions. Perhaps as long as 3 weeks. Ebola has a capsule so it’s resistant and can live a while in a medium like bat guano.
But you can’t kill all the fruit bats in Africa, so I think we are going to be seeing it pop up from time to time for a very long time to come. Unless it burns it’s self out. But that seems unlikely to me.
All that said, we really should not be all that concerned about it. I can assume at some point it will cross our border, likely on a aircraft. It has not happened yet that I am aware of, but it’s just a matter of time.
I think when that happens, it will not result in a brush fire, more likely just a match that failed to light.
Thanks for your responses.
But what about the current changes in OUR situation? Medical care is not as good as it was, and could be overwhelmed by this illness, illnesses of and spread by the Central American hordes, people coming back to the US from all over the globe for the start of the school year. The strains on the economy probably have led to more poorly maintained ventilation systems and more people living on the edge. The numbers of people not speaking English and not aware of US health protocals has increased.
What needs to be done is stabilizie the US population, makie the world healthier and having less disruptions from war, and some honesty about potentially dangerous situations and what we as individuals can do to avoid being exposed to some dread disease.
What we're getting is none of the above.