Posted on 10/15/2014 1:17:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The plane that transported an Ebola-infected nurse from Cleveland to Dallas was cleaned and put back into service the next day, according to Frontier Airlines.
The plane has flown to at least one other U.S. city after being cleaned in Dallas, according to the airline, which confirmed it was cleaned again in Cleveland on Tuesday.
The plane that transported Vinson was cleaned after her flight and then put back into service the next day, according to Frontier Airlines. The airline stressed that the flight was the last of the day and that the plane was cleaned "within CDC guidelines" after Vinson's flight.
Frontier Airlines has not confirmed what other cities the plane was flown to besides Cleveland, where the plane was cleaned again on Tuesday.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Director Ricky Smith said that since this morning, the Frontier Airlines aircraft has been decontaminated twice at a remote location at the airport. It was scheduled for a flight to Denver today, Smith said.
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Yeah, I think they should tell us how they disinfected it. And they really ought to let it sit for at least 24 hours. Not sure how long the virus can survive on seats, etc.
They should probably replace all the seats and send them through an intensive sterilization process.
Well they could add them to the “Do not fly list” with an expiration date.
They told her it was okay.
They don’t need robots. They can just put UV lights in the plane and leave them on for a while.
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The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
It is pretty well understood that this stuff does not live that long out of a host. I still would rather they douse the thing in formaldehyde.
It is pretty well understood that this stuff does not live that long out of a host.
What rock do you live under?
0bola lives on surfaces for up to five days.
Formaldehyde? That’s for things that are already dead. Better to use bleach, to kill the live 0bola virus, on surfaces.
As soon as it dries it is not going to kill you. The five days number is BS.
Formaldehyde is used for high level sterilization. You put crystals in a heater and gas a building or contained area for three days. Nothing is going to be alive in there.
"Well, that's unsettling!"
PING!
I vote for thermite or acetylene...
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Thanks for the ping!
Yes. I too would like to see those written guidelines. Probably their existencew is the same as the infamous protocols for nurses treating ebola patients.
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