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To: Gen.Blather
Imagine this loose on an international flight. They recirculate the air so everybody would be exposed by the time it reached the states.

Supposedly, the Ebola virus is not airborne, so re-circulated air would not by itself be dangerous. Nonetheless, I wouldn't want to share a lavatory or a middle seat with anyone suspected of harboring such a virus.

A recent caveat--there was talk that maybe this latest strain DID mutate into an airborne virus. THAT would be scary.

9 posted on 04/09/2014 9:57:25 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Lou L
Supposedly, the Ebola virus is not airborne, so re-circulated air would not by itself be dangerous.

I've read that Ebola can be transmitted via air, although you would be in danger only in very close proximity. On an aircraft, the recirculated air is clean. Only half is recirculated, and is done through HEPA filters that remove bacteria, fungi and viruses.

18 posted on 04/09/2014 10:19:53 AM PDT by roadcat
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