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To: palmer
A droplet from vomit or saliva or blood will transmit the virus. But the virus does not aerosolize like the influenza virus does.

Only partially correct. The droplets from sneezing or coughing are not defined as an aerosol. However, they are quite infective.

Below links are pictures of sneezes and coughs using an high speed camera. You will not like what you see.

Coughs and sneezes pictures

https://www.google.com/#q=picture+of+a+sneeze

Slow motion camera from Myth Busters showing the same, you will have to watch an advertisement first but it is entertaining.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/slow-motion-sneezes.htm

48 posted on 10/12/2014 8:47:29 AM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!!!!)
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To: cpdiii

Try the links below instead, they will work.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/slow-motion-sneezes.htm

https://www.google.com/#q=picture+of+a+sneeze


50 posted on 10/12/2014 8:54:10 AM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!!!!)
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To: cpdiii

I agree a sneeze like that is infective. Furthermore the saliva samples from new patients in Africa tested positive earlier than other body fluids. It is a threat, and I am not trivializing it. But it is not aerosolized like influenza virus. If that were the case there would be thousands of new cases a day in the big cities in West Africa instead of sporadic spread.


51 posted on 10/12/2014 8:56:29 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: cpdiii

Yeah, they’re using weasel words. Technically, the common cold and influenza aren’t airborne either.


61 posted on 10/12/2014 10:52:18 AM PDT by DrGunsforHands
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