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To: dangus; 2ndDivisionVet; null and void; Smokin' Joe; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Marcella

My source is the CDC.

When an infection does occur in humans, the virus can be spread in several ways to others. Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with blood or body fluids (including but not limited to urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and semen) of a person who is sick with Ebola

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/

What is your Source?


30 posted on 10/02/2014 9:56:04 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

When an infection does occur in humans, the virus can be spread in several ways to others. Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with blood or body fluids (including but not limited to urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and semen) of a person who is sick with Ebola

Kartographer, what I have found interesting/frightening is that some doctors indicated that you do not need a break in the skin as a port of entry—Ebola seems to be able to infect thru unbroken skin, which is one of the reasons the workers in Africa cover every square inch of their bodies. I don’t have sources, but perhaps other do.


33 posted on 10/02/2014 10:52:45 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (w)
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To: Kartographer; dangus

The problem with the data in the OP is that it’s essentially describing the conditions where a microbe that has been defined or described as airborne may be transmitted. In other words, the aerosols generated by sneezing are what transmit airborne viruses, bacteria, and fungi already.

The OP is the definition of “airborne transmission” in other words. See here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_disease

Now with all that said, it would appear Ebola cannot be transmitted even in the tiny aerosolized droplets of a sneeze IF indeed its not airborne. The CDC has said it’s not airborne. So assuming they are telling the truth, (which I’ll grant with today’s fedgov who can really trust anything they say) sneezes can’t transmit the virus.

Otherwise the definition of “airborne” has no real meaning.


38 posted on 10/03/2014 4:44:39 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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