Ebola in Our Midsts (Massachusetts, money, Texas, world)

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

From Dallas, too. The US is an "Ebola country" now too along with the west African ones and Spain.

Do you still predict that 2 years from now millions of Americans will have died from Ebola?

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

They are contradicting themselves in a single press conference.


The nurse was low risk.
The nurse was directly exposed to Duncan and his body fluids.

The nurse breached protocol (their theory, not verified by nurse)
We don't want to speculate (after they STATED the nurse breached protocol).

The CDC is bleaching their protocols as we speak.

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

This nurse has literally been sacrificed because of political correctness.

It's a credibility catastrophe.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

Then it's airborne.

No. Aerosol droplets are not the same as being airborne.

This is tiresome, but here it is again:

VDU's blog: Ebola virus may be spread by droplets, but not by an airborne route: what that means

Look at figure 1.

[LuckyGem]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

No. Aerosol droplets are not the same as being airborne.

This is tiresome, but here it is again:

VDU's blog: Ebola virus may be spread by droplets, but not by an airborne route: what that means

Look at figure 1.

Spread by droplets. I'm not going to split hairs with you or anybody else on this subject.

Droplets in the air? O.K. let's go!....

Aerosol = a colloidal suspension of particles dispersed in air or gas.

Airborne = transported by air = "airborne pollutants"

If you can contract Ebola from breathing droplets in the air, by sitting within 3 feet (1 meter) of them.

I call it airborne and I don't give a fig about semantics.

Can tuberculosis be contracted by an airborne method?

Yes. You contract the bacterium by breathing it into your air passages.

Droplets in the air... Can you see them? No. Can you see humidity in the air (often) or feel it on your skin (more likely)? Is there water in the air? Yes.

Airborne water droplets = humidity.
Aerosolized water droplets = humidity.

How about you sit in a room with someone who has Ebola 6 feet away wearing no protective gear.

You think that's safe?

Remember that being within 3 feet is considered LOW RISK... You think 6 feet is NO RISK?

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

If you can contract Ebola from breathing droplets in the air, by sitting within 3 feet (1 meter) of them.

I call it airborne and I don't give a fig about semantics.

Can tuberculosis be contracted by an airborne method?

Yes. You contract the bacterium by breathing it into your air passages.

Well, you can call an apple an orange. Doesn't mean it's true.

Like it or not, Ebola can be transmitted by aerosols but is not airborne.

Edited to add: I see you edited your post. You still do not get to change definitions to suit your opinion.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

This is from the CDC website.

Stop reading the CDC site..they whitewashed this.

Read the WHO site instead.

[LuckyGem]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Stop reading the CDC site..they whitewashed this.

Read the WHO site instead.

No doubt it's been sanitized for our protection.

Sheeple don't read do they?


Post a WHO link so we can all read it.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

If you can contract Ebola from breathing droplets in the air, by sitting within 3 feet (1 meter) of them.

I call it airborne and I don't give a fig about semantics.

Can tuberculosis be contracted by an airborne method?

Yes. You contract the bacterium by breathing it into your air passages.

Droplets in the air... Can you see them? No. Can you see humidity in the air (often) or feel it on your skin (more likely)? Is there water in the air? Yes.

Airborne water droplets = humidity.

a sneeze can be up to 35 mph, so 3 feet away is a bunch of bs.. a sneeze can blast larger particles of saliva a lot farther than 3 feet.. more like up to 17 feet!!! that's airborne in my book...


Sneeze Travels 100 mph : Discovery Channel

[TrapperJohn]

Originally Posted by Rakin

I think I'll invent an automatic glove remover. Surely there is something that uses air and suction.

They exist now - just expensive.