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Only beaten back, but not defeated.

Other sources say:

"But studies conducted during previous outbreaks have found that the Ebola virus can be found in semen up to 82 days after a patient's initial symptoms. Scientists don't know if the man's semen contains live Ebola viruses, although they plan to conduct such tests, the CDC report says.

Tests of the man's semen did find genetic material from the Ebola virus, called RNA. The tests were performed 199 days — or about 6½ months — after he first developed symptoms, suggesting that the genetic material can remain in semen much longer than previously known. Earlier studies have found genetic material from Ebola up to 101 days after the beginning of symptoms, the CDC says."

1 posted on 05/02/2015 9:57:07 AM PDT by Rockitz
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To: Rockitz

If that’s the case, the entire continent of Africa will catch Ebola.

Apparently, that’s not happening.


2 posted on 05/02/2015 10:02:01 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Rockitz

Behind door #1 is an Ebola survivor.
Behind door #2 is a pit bull infected with Black Plague.
And Michelle Obama is serving up lunch behind door #3.

Why is life so hard recently?


4 posted on 05/02/2015 10:09:10 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Rockitz

Talk about “demon seed.” Catching Ebola thru sex fits the bill.


5 posted on 05/02/2015 10:09:25 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Rockitz
So, according to AIDS rules, the doctor cannot
warn the sex partner of the danger.
6 posted on 05/02/2015 10:11:33 AM PDT by donna (I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Nachum; null and void

For your perusal, gentlemen...


7 posted on 05/02/2015 10:13:48 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

Ping...


9 posted on 05/02/2015 10:29:21 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Rockitz

The importance of the 82 day finding is that researchers were able to culture the virus from the sample.

Finding viral RNA doesn’t mean anything by itself, since RNA can be present even when the virus is dead. But finding culturable virus indicates a strong possibility that the virus is contagious and infectious.

Here is the reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9988181

In the table, the 82 day seminal fluid sample contained virus that was cultured in cells, meaning it was active. Several other samples only contained RNA, but did not infect cells.


11 posted on 05/02/2015 10:34:00 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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12 posted on 05/02/2015 10:51:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Rockitz

he’s wielding ... the dick of death !


16 posted on 05/02/2015 1:08:30 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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If male survivors have sex (oral, vaginal or anal), a condom should be used correctly and consistently every time. within six months, they're idiots!"

Fixed it.

18 posted on 05/02/2015 7:28:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (No Whizz, No Peace!)
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