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originally posted by: miniatus
a reply to: StopThaZionistWorldOrder
There was another thread that had this and as I worked up a reply to someone the thread got deleted before I could submit *facepalm* ..
I was replying to someone who mentioned that you can only get Ebola by direct contact of bodily fluids and that we live in a society that can live with AIDS, so we can live with Ebola.. I had to address it because some people are a little under informed about it and the key phrase "can only catch it by the direct contact of bodily fluid" is a little misleading.. I think that makes people think that they have to have blood splatter in their eyes or mouth.
1. Ebola CAN be transmitted by coughing and sneezing.. Ebola is found in mucus and saliva so when an infected person coughs or sneezes, anyone in proximity is at risk if it is inhaled or one of those droplets hits their eyes.. Keep in mind sneezes travel very fast and can cover a surprising distance.
2. Ebola can survive several days on surfaces if the conditions are good.. in other words, if it's out of direct sunlight and it's room temperature. If the environment isn't ideal it can still survive several hours. What does this mean? well if an Ebola infected person coughs or sneezes and those droplets land on a table or something, that table can be contaminated for days.. if someone comes in contact with that contamination ( does not have to be fluid at this point! ) ... and then they rub their eyes, they are at serious risk.
MYTH: Ebola is only contagious when the person is symptomatic..
This is misleading.. The person can still be contagious even before the onset of symptoms.. However the reason this is usually said is because it's FAR more likely to be transmitted when symptoms set in because that's when the viral count in the body is peaking and the virus is being shed from the body in higher amounts.. That and symptoms often include ways that increase the likelihood of body fluids coming in contact with another person..
It's more likely when symptomatic BECAUSE of the symptoms which include:
Nausea and severe vomiting
Diarrhea
Red eyes
Raised rash
Chest pain and COUGH
Stomach pain
Weight loss
Bleeding from the eyes, ears, nose and rectum
There's multiple sites that discuss how Ebola can be contagious before being symptomatic but I figured i'd just pick one..
Recent studies however, indicate that even in the earlier stages of the Ebola infection, the virus can be present on the surface of the skin of the person who is infected with the virus (either through secretions of sweat through the skin, or in the later stages of the disease - through the virus escaping through the skin cells).
Source: www.brettrussell.com...
No this is not my site... so it states the virus can be found on the skin of an infected person.. so if you have say, a cut on your hand or something along those lines.. shaking the hand of an infected, non-symptomatic person is highly unlikely, but definitely possible.. especially if they have sweaty hands like some people do... Keep in mind that this also means an infected individuals clothing is probably contaminated before they are symptomatic.. it also means surfaces they've touched could potentially be contaminated ( due to sweat ) .. so people need to understand the truth.
NOT FEAR MONGERING .. I'm not even slightly panicked about Ebola myself, however, I think it's very important that people understand how Ebola is transmitted and not just thinking it means they have to touch their blood or bodily fluids directly to be at risk..
And lastly... the person made the AIDS comment... you can't get AIDS from Kissing or being sneezed on .. but you CAN get Ebola from both.. That and our treatment of HIV has become so advanced at this point that most people who contract HIV will never get AIDS from it..
First, the reality check: More Americans have married Kim Kardashian — three — than contracted Ebola in the U.S. The two Dallas nurses who came down with Ebola were infected while treating a Liberian man, who became infected in West Africa. The New York doctor who has tested positive for Ebola had been treating people in West Africa.
Still, schools have been closed, people shunned and members of Congress have demanded travel bans and other dramatic action — even though health officials keep stressing that the disease is only spread through direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person, and the risk to Americans is extremely low.
That’s because Ebola pushes every fear button in our instincts, making us react more emotionally than rationally, experts say.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
a reply to: RunForTheHills
That only proves doctors can be crazy conspiracy theorists too. LoL! If people are being "disappeared", where are their family and friends? Where are the whistle-blowing HCWs, besides this guy of course?
IMHO, the whole thing is crazy enough without bringing it to bat crap crazy levels like this doc is doing.
originally posted by: MarkJS
Yes. I'm reserving judgment as well. Coming from A. Jones - the expert sensationalist, even worse than the MSM... meh.
I would think that family and friends would be ringing the bell loud and long if this was happening - for W. Africaners and also for us US people. If this were happening, they might have a gag order, but I think that people would still raise an alarm....
IMHO - no one would complain if TPTB opened up a Ebola 'treatment' centers for victims of Ebola and put them there. In fact, it would probably be a smart move.
originally posted by: grandmakdw
a reply to: MALBOSIA
An acceptable level of caution. Do not allow people from hot zones into the US without a 40 day quarantine.
For heavens sake, they do that with dogs in a lot of countries to keep diseases out.
Aren't humans more important?
Ebola is not technically airborne, however it does travel on coughs and sneezes for up to 3 feet from the individual who is infected. In scientific terms that is too short a distance to be classified airborne. (not I'm not providing links, I'm sick and tired of providing links to the same source).
Ebola virus can survive from a cough, sneeze, urine droplet, sweat droplet on most surfaces for 8+ hours, and in cooler conditions than in Africa 15-50 hours. (once again I'm sick of copy/pasting the link and Mods have warned me to stop pasting the same stuff over and over - but I got it from instructions to health care workers in Canada)
You don't have to "swim" in vomit or diarrhea to be exposed. Most flu's take at least a hundred copies of the same virus to infect a person, the ebola virus only takes one prion to infect a person.
So if someone who is symptomatic (like the good Doc) coughs, sneezes or sweats on the subway on the way home from bowling, and doesn't wash his hands or cover his face, technically for the next 8-50 hours anyone who accidentally touches the one little droplet in the subway and then touches his/her face, nose, mouth, eyes can be exposed.
Don't believe me, ok, check it out yourself.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: MALBOSIA
You mean proactive like the cdcs irresponsible actions and outright lying in conjunction with the president trying to look busy by appointing a czar w no medical experience????? That kind or proactive?
Please I'll take the word of doctors and nurses and virologists over those media hogs any day of the week
If you want to deny the truth in favor of what you hear on "Good Morning America"
That's your perogative
But I prefer to Err on the side of caution
originally posted by: MGaddafi
a reply to: grandmakdw
about 70% but there is still 40% in there that throws us off.
originally posted by: MALBOSIA
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: MALBOSIA
You mean proactive like the cdcs irresponsible actions and outright lying in conjunction with the president trying to look busy by appointing a czar w no medical experience????? That kind or proactive?
Please I'll take the word of doctors and nurses and virologists over those media hogs any day of the week
If you want to deny the truth in favor of what you hear on "Good Morning America"
That's your perogative
But I prefer to Err on the side of caution
Still though, have just as many Americans married Kim Kardashian than contracted ebola?
Are there not more pressing dangers to be cautious about?
A professor at Simon Fraser University explicitly said that even if you got the fluids from an ebola patient on your skin, it needs to breach your skin before it can infect someone. He was very clear on that point.