Posted on 09/05/2014 9:57:16 AM PDT by Dallas59
t's only a matter of time, some researchers are warning, before isolated cases of Ebola start turning up in developed nations, as well as hitherto-unaffected African countries.
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more people than all previous outbreaks combined, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The official count includes about 3,600 cases and 1,800 deaths across four countries.
Meanwhile, the authors of a new analysis say many countries — including the U.S. — should gear up to recognize, isolate and treat imported cases of Ebola. Kenyan health officials take the temperatures of passengers arriving at the Nairobi airport on Thursday. Kenya has no reported cases of Ebola, but it's a transportation hub and so is on alert. Shots - Health News A Virtual Outbreak Offers Hints Of Ebola's Future
The probability of seeing at least one imported case of Ebola in the U.S. is as high as 18 percent by late September, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal PLOS Currents: Outbreaks. That's compared with less than 5 percent right now.
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Officia Obama Position
4 SEPTEMBER 2014
By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
http://allafrica.com/stories/201409041117.html?aa_source=acrdn-f0
The Government of the United States of America (USA) through its Ambassador accredited to Liberia, Deborah Malac, has said the US government is closely working with countries that have isolated Liberia and other countries affected with the Ebola virus to stop their isolation and restriction.
Amb. Malac said such isolation and restriction are counterproductive to the fight against the deadly virus.
The US envoy was speaking Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at a launch with some Liberian journalist in Monrovia.
“We are intervening of behalf of Liberia and others so that countries will not close their borders on them or restrict them. There is no need for such restriction or isolation against Liberia and others. There is no need to close borders, and there is no need to prevent travel from these countries. This is not a positive development in the fight of the disease,” said Amb. Malac.
“To those countries that have already closed their borders and sanctioned Liberia, we will work to get these lifted. That isolation has to end. This is not the right way to resolve the problem,” she said.
Oh. Well. Just a few. No big deal, right?
how many days has it been since that group broke into the hospital and TOOK ebola tainted bedsheets?
There'll be no shortage of volunteers from San Francisco for this job if we implement it here.
Why not just cut off all flights from anywhere they have it until things clear up??
“Acceptable losses”.
Not if you are one of the “losses”. Not a disease that would ever be wished upon anybody, no matter how despicable a person they may be.
Sometimes people die for no good reason, only to satisfy some remote and uninterested person’s desire to demonstrate “fairness”.
“Fairness” is easily one of the more pernicious terms in the English language.
Ping.
But will it spread here?
I guess it could be the next aids for those who like to share and trade bodily fluids with many others.
I personally like to avoid touching dead bodies, human or not.(unless its dinner and I fully cook it)
It’s already here. And it won’t be confined. By design.
Just a few days ago it was no way it’d make it’s way to the US. Now it’s just a few might. Next week, it’ll be kumbaya global share and share alike.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
One of the Nigerian medicos (since passed away) contracted it from a doorknob that Patrick Sawyer touched.
Touch any surfaces in the grocery store, big box stores or at work?
I had a neighbor who in stores would lick her fingers to wet them to open those clear produce bags in grocery stores, my fingers stay out of my mouth unless I wash them right before.
Also the deli guy offering a slice of meat where you have to grab it by hand first.
HOW DO YOU GET IT?
Human-to-human transmission, primarily through direct or indirect contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, urine, feces, or semen.
Contact with contaminated objects such as needles and/or soiled bedding or clothing.
It’s not airborne like the flu.
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HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?
Avoid direct contact with bodily fluids, someone suffering from Ebola or already deceased from it.
Wash your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when in risk of such contact.
Wear gloves, a mask, and a long-protective gown if coming within a meter of an infected patient.
Anyone suspected of contracting the virus should be isolated and public health professionals notified.
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Transmission of Ebola between humans can occur in several ways, including through:
?Direct contact through broken skin and mucus membranes with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people
?Indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids
?Exposure to objects (such as needles) that have been contaminated with infected secretions
?Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola
?Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness
?Health care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed EVD
Sometimes you have to touch surfaces. Ever take public transportation? I defy you to stand on the subway the entire journey without touching anything with your hands. Or being sneezed on at least once.
And if you can smell the vomit, you’ve likely inhaled ebola virons.
I avoid public transportation.
Its for population control.
Yes. If possible it’s a good thing to avoid.
Most of the big cities can’t avoid it however.
Or easily avoid those who do take public transportation.
Once it’s loose in the subway of a big city, within 2 or 3 weeks the healthcare systems of that city will be strained if not overwhelmed.
And if you need heart bypass surgery, treatment for cancer or any one of dozens of reasons people visit the ER and get admitted to a hospital...you will be out of luck.
This is one of the perception problems with this disease. It is a Level 4 pathogen.
"Bodily fluids" Has become a code word for "sexual contact" or needle sharing in the US.
With Ebola, "Bodily fluids" means any secretion including sweat, tears, saliva, ANY fluid may contain the 1-10 viron load that is the ID50--or a lot more than that.
If you have a scrape, cut, any open wound, happen to get splattered if they are sick across from you on the subway, or touch a contaminated surface and rub your eye, you have a better than 50% chance of becoming a statistic.
No sexual contact, no shared needle required.
Of course, if it gets into those subcultures you mention, it will spread rapidly among those who are active and have the misfortune to interact with the infected, but even then, the interaction need not be sexual in nature.
Yup...makes us more diverse...and, we know how strong that is making us.
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