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WHO now recommends 42 day quarantine
World Health Organization ^
| 14 October 2014
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Posted on 10/16/2014 6:14:17 PM PDT by Boundless
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And they left 2% unexplained. Make of that what you will.
In the case of the late Mr. Duncan, even the old 21-day period won't support an all-clear until Oct 29. This new 42-day WHO posture suggests we won't really know until late November.
And of course his known victims have reset that clock to sometime in December.
Propagation of this infection is just slow enough to keep the complacent complacent, but it's inexorable and geometric unless deliberate and intensive contact tracing up&down is done, along with quarantine. And, of course, the inflow of new case risks by air must be stopped. Nigeria (with help from Firestone) figured this out, and may have arrested the epidemic there.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:14:17 PM PDT
by
Boundless
To: Boundless
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:15:50 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: Boundless
"For instance, a 1977 study of an outbreak in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo found Ebola in the semen of one survivor 61 days after the onset of his disease. And a 1999 study found the virus in an Ebola survivor's semen 82 days after he first became ill. That study recommended that survivors use condoms for "at least" three months after contracting the disease."
Well, THAT's helpful....
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:19:20 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Boundless
Obama was kissing nurses 26-days after they were exposed.
Whoops.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:19:54 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: Boundless
What's the 99.99999 time?
Millions need to know....
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:20:23 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
That study recommended that survivors use condoms for "at least" three months after contracting the disease." The used condom becomes bio-safety level 4 HazMat. I don't know about you, but my home is not equipped to handle such material.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:21:25 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: ClearCase_guy
Call the CDC for disposal....
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:24:15 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Boundless
Anyone want to sit down on a bus next to someone on day 43?
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:26:12 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Slyfox
No one truly knows anything about anything. In light of that, would not the prudent thing be to shut down all contact, all travel to and from, just to err on the side of caution? I know that I am just a dumb f**k hick from Wyoming County, New York, but that’s how it seems to me.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:28:30 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Boundless
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:35:33 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: ClearCase_guy
Obama was kissing nurses 26-days after they were exposed.Now you're just being a tease.
To: Boundless
But...But...Obama said.......!
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:40:11 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Boundless
The Who? ♫ they should stay for days, and days, and days, and days and daaaaaays. ♫
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:40:32 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
To: PGalt
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:40:36 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
The US should order all Americans out of the West African hot zone, and then stop all air flights to and from America except for CDC personnel.
The dems are so enamored with everything European you'd think that they would do exactly what the Europeans are doing.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:43:43 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: Boundless
What a mess...
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:44:42 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: fhayek
We won’t get fooled again!
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:50:32 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: ClearCase_guy
> Obama was kissing nurses 26-days after they were exposed.
Then he needs to be informed of the new recommendation.
But even if he attended a briefing, it’s unlikely that his lapdog Frieden would provide up to date information on the true hazards of this virus. Frieden seems to have confused EHF (ebola) with HIV.
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:54:35 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Survive Obamacare by not needing it.)
To: Boundless
AFAIK, the usual recommendation for quarantine (any disease) is TWICE the incubation period.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:02:09 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(You know what, just do it.)
To: ctdonath2
> AFAIK, the usual recommendation for quarantine (any disease) is TWICE the incubation period.
That doesn’t seem to be the motivation in this case, as they are citing data for positive test results beyond 21 days.
We all need to learn whatever we can about this virus, and the strain involved in this outbreak, because it’s clear that the CDC is utterly clueless (or something even more sinister).
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:02 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Survive Obamacare by not needing it.)
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