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A wise Navy Admiral once told me the most dangerous words in the world were "in the name of national security." He knew what he was saying from experience.
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?
Now we know why the cdc workers were wearing space suits.
A wise Navy Admiral once told me the most dangerous words in the world were "in the name of national security." He knew what he was saying from experience.
"noting that the patient in isolation recently traveled to West Africa."
"Police, fire officials and emergency medical services have arrived at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree, Massachusetts, Joe Zanca, with the Braintree Fire Department, told the Globe."
Fire Department and police involved?? Good grief. Wouldn't it be cool if we could get some people off the campaign trail/raising money and take this seriously?
No, the problem is that the CDC let Texas health handle it. It's not about hating Texas. Texas blew it. Stop defending incompetency.
This was the first case in the U.S. of an Ebola patient coming in through emergency.
There is absolutely no proof that any other hospital in the country would have handled it better. So until other cases come in through emergency and we have something to go on, I'd say that Texas handled it as best they could with the information they had at the time.
Do you recall when they told us that Ebola patients would be too sick to fly ?
Duncan began his journey to the U.S. 25 days ago, Monrovia to Brussels to Dulles to DFW and had some serious layover time in Brussels and Dulles. It is reasonable to assume he had close contact with hundreds - thousands of people during his journey.
They have all cleared the 21 day period and none have acquired Ebola. This is consistent with WHO/ CDC communications that the level of contagion increases with symptoms, especially vomit and diarrhea.
By the time Duncan had reached this point he was in no shape to ride a bus or take a flight, anywhere.
"noting that the patient in isolation recently traveled to West Africa."
"Police, fire officials and emergency medical services have arrived at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree, Massachusetts, Joe Zanca, with the Braintree Fire Department, told the Globe."
Fire Department and police involved?? Good grief. Wouldn't it be cool if we could get some people off the campaign trail/raising money and take this seriously?
Maybe the fire department was considering running bleach in its pumpers.
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