Posted on 10/02/2014 2:29:30 PM PDT by blam
August 5, 2014
Benjamin Zhang
On the heels of the worst outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in nearly 40 years — and the first case diagnosed in the U.S. — fears of the potential spread of the deadly virus through air travel have led to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue guidelines on how to deal with Ebola in the air.
The Ebola Virus and its corresponding disease are spread through direct contact with the blood or contaminated bodily fluids of someone who is very sick. Direct contact may include emission of droplets into the air by vomiting or sneezing.
As a result, the cramped confined spaces of an airliner's cabin can become a breeding ground for the virus.
Symptoms of Ebola
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Stay off planes. This epidemic is not designed to kill a lot of us it is designed to finish off our economy. Imagine what happens when airlines are empty, schools close, trucks stop delivering goods, people quit going to work...
They keep not saying SWEAT. Isn’t that a body fluid?
We all perspire some all the time don’t we? Sometimes we sweat at a rate less than the evaporation rate but we still deposit moisture on surfaces we sit on don’t we?
OK ...
Ebola *currenly* is not “airborne”.
Air travel doesn’t per se infect fellow travelers. Contact with the infected and their offal does.
Unrestricted air travel at this time is just stupid, though, as we are allowing ‘typhoid Marys’ to travel at will.
1. grab both cheeks
2. stretch as far as you can
3. kiss your ass good-bye
We perspire all the time, it just isn’t visible all the time.
Unless the passenger lies, and says "nope, never been near it". Then Thomas Eric Duncan, welcome aboard.
We have tickets to fly to our daughter’s in AK at the beginning of December. She’s having their 3rd child and will need some help after hubby has to go back to work. I hope to hell this is contained by that point as it’s scaring me.
Per a lot of FReepers nothing will happen.
I believe we need to be very careful about any sort of compromise in our skin’s integrity. If we have gum abrasions, we need to be very careful what we introduce to our mouth too.
We should keep our hands away from our face at all times. Our hands can come into contact with contaminated surfaces.
If someone chews their fingernails, they could bring contaminated skin surfaces to the mouth. Then if there is a compromised gum situation, there could be a problem.
People need to think, and take every precaution they can on a flight.
Helpful hints from your federal government!
There was a doctor today who boarded the plane wearing a complete hazmat suit as a protest.
I think as a protest we should all go around wearing masks and maybe rubber gloves.
Stay in the bathroom for the whole flight.
if people stop flying, the economy would thrive.
spend your money at home.
avoid Ebola
Due to go on a cruise the 1st of December......having second thoughts.
CDC says ebola ‘may’ also spread thus: “may include emission of droplets into the air by vomiting or sneezing.”
Folks, that’s double-speak for AIR BORNE...which they are trying NOT to admit. And in a plane - air breathed by everyone goes around and around the closed system of the planes oxygen system.
So the CDC is now issuing a warning for flyers:
http://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-ebola-survival-guide-for…;
AND our gov’t is - says it’s taking some precautions regarding people flying here from ebola ravished countries (Other countries like England, France, The Ivory Coast countries, Kenya, Ghana, etc. have BANNED FLIGHTS from ebola stricken countries.) but actually, the U.S. is not going to do anything more than they already do - that is, swipe the forehead thermometer - and if no fever shows - they’re good to climb aboard. The CDC says “ the virus is not especially contagious before sick individuals display the grisly symptoms” - THAT is an outright lie. “Not especially” ??? Russian roulette.
There should be a ‘no fly’ from those countries unless a person goes thru’ a quarantine period. “We’re ready to quarantine ebola patients”???? ONLY if they’re showing ‘grisly symptoms’ . If they aren’t showing them yet - like this guy in Dallas wasn’t - they’re good to go!. How’s that worked out? In other words - we’re still as vulnerable as before.
http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-us-airports-read…;
I think, were I flying, I’d be having me a face mask. Good grief, people in Japan wear one everywhere in public when there’ just a rash of the common cold.
WE need to be pro-active for our own health because the gov ‘t isn’t ‘especially’ going to protect us.
Correct:
airborne,
adj carried through the air. In health care settings, viruses or bacteria may become airborne, e.g., when someone sneezes or coughs.
Mosby’s Dental Dictionary, 2nd edition. © 2008 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
I plan on flying Thanksgiving.
Hopefully the aircraft will be empty, but if not I plan on spraying Lysol at everyone around me.
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