To: dangerdoc
Ebola is spread through contact with infected bodily fluids. It can spread through droplets, but is not airborne. Fomites may be a means of transmission, but there is no good data on that.
I could envision a situation where someone would have diarrhea, and flushing the toilet would propel droplets of Ebola contaminated liquid around the restroom, which might be highly infectious for a short period of time afterwards. I do not know if this is a plausible situation, however.
83 posted on
09/20/2014 7:16:29 AM PDT by
exDemMom
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To: exDemMom
"I could envision a situation where someone would have diarrhea, and flushing the toilet would propel droplets of Ebola contaminated liquid around the restroom, which might be highly infectious for a short period of time afterwards. I do not know if this is a plausible situation, however."
Now place the toilet in your situation on a international flight.
85 posted on
09/20/2014 7:36:20 AM PDT by
Kartographer
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