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Male Ebola survivors told: Use a condom
Reuters ^ | Tue Oct 7, 2014 1:01pm EDT

Posted on 10/07/2014 10:10:45 AM PDT by GonzoII

(Reuters) - Sex could keep the Ebola epidemic alive even after the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an area free of the disease, one of the discoverers of the deadly virus said on Tuesday.

The WHO is hoping to announce later this week that Nigeria and Senegal are free of Ebola after 42 days with no infections -- the standard period for declaring an outbreak over, twice the maximum 21-day incubation period of the virus.

However, it appears the disease can last much longer in semen.

"In a convalescent male, the virus can persist in semen for at least 70 days; one study suggests persistence for more than 90 days," the WHO said in an information note on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; aids2; antiabstinence; condoms; culturewar; ebola; ehtics; health; hedonism; hookupculture; ifitfeelsgooddohim; medicine; moralabsolutes; science; stds; who; worldhealthorg
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To: GonzoII

41 posted on 10/07/2014 11:08:51 AM PDT by jiggyboy
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To: GonzoII

Send Sandra Fluke to Liberia to dispense Govt Issue condoms...


42 posted on 10/07/2014 11:18:04 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: BitWielder1
After 30 years of undiminished AIDS in Africa, it seems the concept of "Bodily Fluids Spreads Disease" is completely lost on a large percentage of male Africans.

Fixed it for you.

43 posted on 10/07/2014 11:18:49 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: BitWielder1
After 30 years of undiminished AIDS in Africa, it seems the concept of "Bodily Fluids Spreads Disease" is completely lost on a large percentage of male Africans.

Fixed it for you.

44 posted on 10/07/2014 11:18:50 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: GonzoII

If the Ebola male uses a condom it will keep the participant from getting AIDS.


45 posted on 10/07/2014 11:26:48 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: al baby

Then wherever you ‘purge’ will be a BHL4 contaminated zone.

Will you wash those towels with the rest of the laundry? Will you scrub the ‘member’ with bleach to make sure any bodily fluid there gets decond? What about the tub or shower. And shower curtain.

etc.

It’s a nightmare scenario.

Not to mention that guys can do that inadvertently while they’re asleep.


46 posted on 10/07/2014 11:28:36 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: GonzoII
Ebola is not like AIDS/HIV. Ebola is much more infectious because of the differing ways it can be transmitted. The only way a condom could help is if it was a full BODY condom. In other words, folks — a full hazmat suit. Duh.
47 posted on 10/07/2014 11:54:29 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
You mean.....like this slimeball did?

48 posted on 10/07/2014 11:55:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: GonzoII

Could we manage to hang all the politicians and bureaucrats before we all die of the plague?


49 posted on 10/07/2014 11:57:20 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly ;)

You ain’t a man in ‘Frica unless you got at least 3 wives.


50 posted on 10/07/2014 11:58:48 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Beowulf9

Actually, he was in the vehicle with a pregnant woman who was dying of ebola, taking her to the hospital.
He left the country to come to America right after she died.
So he knew he’d been exposed, and chose to come here where he had family/social ties.


51 posted on 10/07/2014 12:02:16 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

You knew Obama Sr?


52 posted on 10/07/2014 12:18:18 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: tbw2

That’s the official story.

The real story may not have been told.


53 posted on 10/07/2014 12:18:24 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: clintonh8r

Or that “Gaitan” Part II has a LAYover in Monrovia


54 posted on 10/07/2014 12:19:45 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (STOP flights and immigration from HOT Zones . . .NOW)
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To: Sherman Logan

What is a condom going to do if he kisses her, how stupid...body fluids are body fluids. It might keep him from getting AIDS, but if he gets E bola again it isn’t going to matter in the long run...
Of course if he has other partners....OMG, it’s a wonder half the world’s population isn’t already infected.


55 posted on 10/07/2014 12:21:25 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: Sacajaweau
Yeh...you tell me you had ebola and I’m gonna have sex with you?? Sure....

Planned Parenthood and homosexual activist groups are fighting the laws that require a person with AIDS to disclose this status to potential sex partners.

Ebola will fall in line with politically protected AIDS.

This society is doomed by liberalism.

Yet now the gub'mint wants mandatory screening for diabetes for those 45 and above. You can't catch diabetes from someone else (no matter how sweet they are).

57 posted on 10/07/2014 12:37:27 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: All

Hmmmm I could tell some stories from Africa that would make you hurl.

Suffice to say - a large percentage of men in Africa have no sexual restraint of any kind.


58 posted on 10/07/2014 12:51:15 PM PDT by QuisCustodiet1776 (Live free or die.)
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To: cherokee1; Admin Moderator

What is it with people on this thread and racial slurs? Did I enter a Klan meeting by mistake?


59 posted on 10/07/2014 12:51:53 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: cherokee1
I remember the bead thing cuz I had friends that owned a science lab that prepared the items for distribution.

. I also remember them saying that in 20 years, we'll be able to get rid of many "problems" via genetics....one of them being diabetes...

60 posted on 10/07/2014 1:18:48 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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