On the “Saving Dr. Brantly” NBC special, Dr. Ribner of Emery was asked if could just flush the bodily waste, ripe with Ebola virus, down the toilet. Dr. Ribner replied that the could not do that because the water treatment facility would not be very happy with them. What they had to do was pour a sterilizing solution in the toilet and let it sit 5-10 minutes, and then he said, “we could safely flush it down.”
Have these officials even thought word one about these kinds of things? Oh, noooooo. A regular hospital will handle this just fine. Oh, we are so much more advanced than they are in Africa...
Boy, I see why people have their “bug out” gear at the back door. This is nuts.
True. And think of the people in quarantine in the Ivy apartment complex — family members of Mr. Duncan. They are using the toilet and sinks per their normal daily routine. I wonder if any of them are symptomatic, yet?
And who is taking out their trash? What is being done with it? Is it being burned? I think not.
But there’s nothing to fear. We are in an advanced, civilized country, right?