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To: RummyChick
Because I feel you are an idiot to claim that there is no way that Ebola can be spread via aerosol transmission.

Even top scientists say it is possible.

Because you feel, hmm? No thinking allowed, is that the case?

I don't know what a "top scientist" is. However, there is not a single Ebola researcher or healthcare worker who has cared for Ebola patients who claims that Ebola spreads by any means other than direct and close contact, within 3 feet. Because of the size and physical structure of the virus, it is as likely to go airborne as it is for pigs to start flying. It doesn't even infect the respiratory tissues that it would need to infect in order to be present in respiratory secretions.

btw, go tell these people that respirators shouldn’t be used because there is no chance of aerosol transmission

That was an advertisement for PAPRs, of the highly technical type of advertisement that is aimed at scientists such as myself. I get technical ads like that in snail mail and email all the time.

BTW, I bet you didn't read the article CIDRAP posted after so many non-scientists misinterpreted the one you linked to mean that there is proof that Ebola is airborne.

Response to statements falsely attributed to CIDRAP regarding Ebola transmission
In an effort to correct misinformation, we want to state clearly that:
CIDRAP has not made claims that "Ebola is Airbone" or that "Ebola [is] Transmittable by Air."
(Emphasis mine.)

Being a scientist, I have read hundreds of scientific papers on Ebola--unlike you, I know what I'm talking about. How many Ebola original research papers have you read?

I'm glad that CIDRAP posted a clarification on that article. Now, whenever I see someone posting that article as "proof" that Ebola is airborne, I can post CIDRAP's clarification.

37 posted on 10/21/2014 6:59:35 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

And I guess you missed this part:

“CIDRAP concludes that the commentary is based on sound science and believes it is an important consideration in the safety of healthcare workers who provide care to Ebola patients.”


41 posted on 10/22/2014 5:40:11 AM PDT by RummyChick
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