If the dog doesn't have Ebola there is no reason to kill it.
As for being airborne, 30+ years of experience shows no sign of Ebola being airborne. Much like AIDS, it requires a transfer of bodily fluids in order to infect. Ebola Reston is the only strain thought to be airborne and it isn't lethal to humans, only monkeys.
It's ironic that AIDS, with is 100% lethality is treated so casually but Ebola with its 70% to 90% lethality has folks running for the hills. The only difference is the speed at which it kills.
Political correctness is going to kill us.
People are more worried about suffering horribly with Ebola than they are about dying from it.
Do not forget the 10 year incubation period for Aids. A even bigger difference. Ebola is not the same and should not be compared to Aids. It is more similar to the Black Plague.
You don’t get AIDs by touching somebody who has it unless you come in direct contact with their blood.
You don’t get AIDs by coming into contact with surface moisture on an armrest left by someone else that is infected with it.
You can with Ebola.
There are risky behaviors that if you don’t do, you are very unlikely to get AIDs. Touching a doorknob after someone with Ebola touches it is practically impossible to protect yourself from.
And there lies the difference. They are not the same. And you know that.
If you are 100% sure of what you posted, would you be willing to treat a person with ebola with the same protective gear Nurse Pham was using?
“As for being airborne, 30+ years of experience shows no sign of Ebola being airborne”
Wrong. Ebola Reston is indeed airborne.
I disagree that AIDS is treated casually. Men who have sex with other men are prohibited from donating blood - much to the chagrin of homosexual activists.
Plus, although HIV can be transmitted sexually, there are certain sex acts that have almost a zero transmission rate, and others which have a high transmission rate. Use of condoms also is a strong preventative, and are widely used. The sex may be casual, but the attitude toward HIV/AIDS is not casual.
Lastly, there are many people who have been exposed to HIV, but never contracted it. I believe that medical researchers have not figured out why some people seem to be naturally immune. I don't think we know yet, whether some people will display a natural immunity to Ebola.
AIDS is avoidable. I'm not sure that Ebola is going to be avoidable if you are unknowingly exposed.
A lot of folks don't practice the life style of those getting AIDS either...that's not to say that only homosexuals get AIDS, but I believe the rate of transmission among that group would be far greater...people not practicing that life style therefore would assume that though the "lethality" rate is 100%, their chances of getting AIDS would be far less than ebola...ebola doesn't appear to discriminate...IMHO
It amazes me how stupidly this Ebola virus is compared to HIV/AIDS, such freaking untruth in a statement like that....experience...pffft.
30+ plus years experience with a very strong virus only teaches us what it did in the past. Something is VERY wrong with the protocols being used in ebola exposure situations. Airborne transmission could be one answer.