Posted on 10/02/2014 11:20:36 PM PDT by DRey
Can you catch Ebola on a crowded bus or train if you are standing next to someone who is infected? What if that person sneezes or coughs on you? If the person has symptoms, the answer could be yes.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Yeah, right.
When I’m in a store and somebody sneezes or coughs near me, I instinctively/impulsively jump away from them like a rattlesnake on crank.
That might be weird but I don’t catch bugs.
Airborne particles, as I understand it are small and can stay in the air and be circulated through the ventilation system system.
Sneezing or coughing spreads larger particles which will not stay in the air for as long, and hit the floor rather than circulating/floating around.
That's just my understanding of how I heard it explained. To most people, a sneeze or cough is considered airborne.
BTW, this Liberian guy should have a thorough forensic investigation of his finances. The likelihood he was paid to catch Ebola and bring it here is mighty high IMHO. Follow the money and tickets.
That occurred to me to. How better to spread bioterror? Easy easy.
How is the common cold transmitted?
The common cold is spread either by direct contact with infected secretions from contaminated surfaces or by inhaling the airborne virus after individuals sneeze or cough. Person-to-person transmission often occurs when an individual who has a cold blows or touches their nose and then touches someone or something else. A healthy individual who then makes direct contact with these secretions can subsequently become infected, often after their contaminated hands make contact with their own eyes, nose, or mouth. A cold virus can live on objects such as pens, books, telephones, computer keyboards, and coffee cups for several hours and can thus be acquired from contact with these objects.
“probably” “likely to stay home”
The guy who was spraying blood on a public sidewalk didn’t stay home.
And I would have painted that wall—that the old boy has decorated with human figures blowing chunks from both ends—a light color so the blood could be seen.
Africans don’t seem to understand or respect AIDs or Ebola, and our Dear Leader, as usual, sees no need to try and protect the citizenry, so now we have to deal with this African mess.
Another stunning performance from Barrymore! And he’s got his hands full, as well, trying to salvage his legacy (as it is) from the judgment of history that he screwed the pooch on everything, but particularly in the Levant with Syria and Iraq.
“Decimated”. “JV”. “Mission accomplished”. Indeed.
Wait till this enters the gay community.
West Africa does not promote homosexuality as we do.
Yeah. I hear it lives in semen for up to three months post CURE.
Biological warfare is an illegal warcrime
What a perfect lousy storm this is having a president who is from Africa at a moment when Africans are now bringing deadly 3rd world diseases to us. Do we really beleive he will make his brothers stay home when the treatment here is so much better?
A whole new twist on “Out Of Africa”.
What do you think that African Nation Leaders Conference was Obola held back in July? It was to make arrangements to share.
It's really quite stunning. What's even more stunning is that the stupid beltway crowd endorses him, thinking their way of life is guaranteed. They will be the first to see the pitchforks, torches, tar, and feathers.
What’s going on at the NYT? They aren’t reading the talking points from Obama.
I guess now we need a definition of “suspended.”
Suspended, as in the constitution, because that is where the
Obama hopes this leads.
So when your lungs are liquefying and bleeding out, you shouldn't have any breathing problems, right?
Our tax dollars at work.
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