Posted on 10/08/2014 9:52:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Now that Thomas Eric Duncan is the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S., the delicate question arises of how to safely dispose of his remains.
Handling and transportation should be kept to a minimum and an autopsy should be avoided unless absolutely essential.
The body should not be washed or cleaned in any way and should be wrapped in plastic to prevent contamination. Following the removal of the body, the hospital room should be thoroughly disinfected. So long as the body is safely shrouded in plastic, any transport drivers do not need to wear protective gear.
Once the body arrives at the mortuary, the agency does not recommend embalming. The shrouded body should be placed directly into a hermetically sealed casket by trained mortuary personnel wearing head-to-toe protective gear. The remains should then be immediately buried or cremated.
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Don’t be surprised if they slice and dice him for resear4ch. All it takes is a little payment to the family.
Scary for everyone doing anything for him.
Put his body on a drone plane in the Middle East.
Crash plane into terrorist camps.
Monitor situation from a distance while terrrorists panic.
After several months, firebomb area.
How about an open pit and a long-distance flamethrower? That sounds pretty safe.
The virus has a pretty short life. Immediate burial is the best route since the body will pass through fewer hands. I suppose immediate cremation is an option, but does anyone know if viable virus would be ejected before cremation was complete?
Buy stock in Amalgamated Body Bags.
“The virus has a pretty short life. Immediate burial is the best route since the body will pass through fewer hands....”
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How long the ebola virus can remain active in a corpse following death is currently unknown:
The reason I was suggesting cremation was its cost and its “finality” (i.e., no one [terrorists?] digging up the corpse at night to harvest biologics with hope of spreading the disease).
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