I’m not trying to pick a fight either.
This research should have been done months ago. Past Ebola strains killed so quick that a lot of this research was moot. This one takes up to 21 days. This should have been a clue. HCW’s dying in droves, even if they only came into contact with the equipment. That’s a clue.
They should have been worried about transmissibility in June.
There are labs that do nothing more that experiment with beasts like the one we are dealing with now.
The Reston Monkey Die Off back in the 80’s was a case of Ebola that was proven to be airborne. The dodged bullet there was the strain didn’t infect humans.
Transmisability is the first, second, and third question that has to be answered in any infectious disease outbreak. It dictates everything in the response protocol.
It’s clear they have not done this work.
This is the VA scandal, only this time the incompetence is going to be historical.
I will take science over logic any day of the week. Logic has failed us so often in science that the examples could fill (indeed, do fill) libraries.
Example - time slows down as something is accelerated to the speed of light. In addition, distances shrink, and mass ‘increases’ (momenergy increases). The speed of light, wherever it is observed, is what’s constant. There is zero logical about that.
They should be assuming less and proving more. This is the reason why Al Gore is flying about the planet, spewing thousands of tons of CO2, heralding the end of the world.
CO2 is a heavy gas. Heavier than air. It settles to the bottom of any volume. It’s use as a ‘greenhouse gas’ (no such thing in science) is horrible. (Water vapor is a good ‘greenhouse gas’)
Other questions we should answer about Ebola Guinea:
1. How long can it live on a hard surface?
2. Are there any surfaces that reduce its viability?
3. Does sunlight or UV light kill it?
4. If so, how fast?
5. What substances kill the virus on surfaces?
6. What foods, vitamins, spirits, beverages found in the market kill the virus, if any (quinine was effective on yellow fever)
WHO now says that 42 days is the appropriate quarantine time.
With cages that were 20cm apart.
1. How long can it live on a hard surface?
2. Are there any surfaces that reduce its viability?
3. Does sunlight or UV light kill it?
4. If so, how fast?
5. What substances kill the virus on surfaces?
6. What foods, vitamins, spirits, beverages found in the market kill the virus, if any (quinine was effective on yellow fever)
1. Up to 6 days when it stays damp, probably a few hours in most cases. Cooler temperatures help maintain the virus (e.g. 40F).
2. Bleach or detergent kills it because of the viral envelope
3, 4, Presumably UV kills it but probably not much quicker than drying.
5. see 2.
6. I think zinc is a good antiviral in the blood stream. There are survivors who drank lots of some stuff I never heard of http://www.academia.edu/8376294/HOW_TO_SURVIVE_EBOLA_VIRUS_EBOLA_SURVIVAL_STORY
UV light sterilization of surfaces that may be contaminated with Ebola.