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To: DouglasKC
The body fluids "pour out" of Ebola victims and all of these body fluids are heavily virus laden. Sweat, puke, diarrhea, vomit, snot and blood all exit the body in copious amounts and leave the virus wherever they touch.

But again you're completely missing the point. It's highly virulent AND has an extremely high death rate. That's why people are concerned. It's a very dangerous disease.

Did you ever read the Hot Zone yet? I'm pretty sure it's been linked multiple times.

Contaminated bodily fluids being expelled by the body is not the same as virus "pouring out" of the body.

Keep in mind, I am a scientist, and my mind is extremely literal. I also insist on absolute precision of expression.

No, I have not read the Hot Zone, nor do I plan to. Sensationalist books like that annoy me greatly. I restrict my Ebola reading to the many scientific journal articles on the subject, and I also watch documentaries about it. I prefer to keep things real.

60 posted on 09/30/2014 6:56:06 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom
No, I have not read the Hot Zone, nor do I plan to. Sensationalist books like that annoy me greatly. I restrict my Ebola reading to the many scientific journal articles on the subject, and I also watch documentaries about it. I prefer to keep things real.

It's not sensationalist. It's pretty much a chronicle of the Ebola outbreaks up to the time of the publication. It's based on interviews with the people who actually have experience both fighting and treating ebola. You would do well to read it....

61 posted on 09/30/2014 7:01:31 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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