Did someone say aliens?
Posted on 07/30/2014 12:20:42 PM PDT by EBH
Fears of a global Ebola pandemic are 'justified' an expert has said as Nigerian health officials try to trace 30,000 people at risk of contracting the deadly disease following the death of Patrick Sawyer.
The U.S. citizen boarded a flight in Liberia carrying the disease to Nigeria, potentially infecting 'anyone on the same plane'.
It comes as Nigerian actor Jim Iyke sparked outrage, posting a picture of himself wearing an Ebola mask while sitting in a first class airport lounge as he fled Liberia.
The 'Nollywood' star posted a message on his Instagram page saying he had cut short a business trip to Monrovia in Liberia - where at least 600 people have already died from the disease.
The death toll for this, the worst outbreak recorded since the Ebola virus was discovered in 1976, stands at 672, while more than 1,200 people have been infected.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bodily fluids include semen, blood, sweat, vomit, sneezes, coughs ( they spray fluid as an aerosol), feces and it can live for 5 days at room temperature as a dried spec on a hard surface.
Neither am I but I find a little levity, at least for me, helps dealing with situations like this. It does not mean I lack awareness of the ability of a disease to spread like wildfire across the globe with our fast mass transit abilities.
Jim Iyke’s reaction to flee the area is very natural, but people fleeing the area is exactly what will spread the disease.
Yeah, I was thinking they might come here and claim asylum, it being so dangerous there.
Obamagumbe would promise to deport them, after settling them next door to you.
NOT correct.
Man, the ignorance out there is amazing.
LGBT would be my first guess, followed by day-care workers.
“Skilled” nursing facilities will be decimated, too.
I’ve seen their protocols.
Employees and residents will pass along the virus, along with anyone dumb enough to visit.
This will be a share & share alike thing. Enough to make ObamaCare suddenly affordable, or unneccessary...
According to the Canadian Health Dept it can survive for days dried up on a table. Takes 5 minutes of boiling to kill it. Disinfectants do also work. A few as 1 organism can result in an infection.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php
Went through all of this horror during the very beginning of the AIDs crisis in NYC when nobody knew what was going on. In retrospect, there was not much to worry about but who knew in the early 80s?
later
I do think this needs to be watched, but the coverage is becoming somewhat hysterical IMO.
How many times over the last five years have we been led to believe massive portions of human populations were going to be lost due to some disease or another?
30,000 linked...
Good grief!
You’ve just given me a homework assignment. Now, I’m curious as to what Weyland-Yutani means. Hmmm, says here Weyland -Yutani, a large FICTITIOUS conglomerate aka ‘The Company” is involved in Weapons Research and Development. Very interesting and quite elaborate in it’s detail.
SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: The virus can survive in liquid or dried material for a number of days (23). Infectivity is found to be stable at room temperature or at 4°C for several days, and indefinitely stable at -70°C (6, 20). Infectivity can be preserved by lyophilisation.
Public Health Agency of Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php
You beat me to it!
I have a project starting in a large public hospital. Very large immigrant population. This has me scared.
There has never been a cure for a virus.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.