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Posted on 10/27/2014 7:37:43 PM PDT by Kartographer
The number of confirmed Ebola cases passed the 10,000 mark over the weekend, despite efforts to curb its spread. And while the disease typically dies on surfaces within hours, research has discovered it can survive for more than seven weeks under certain conditions. During tests, the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) found that the Zaire strain will live on samples stored on glass at low temperatures for as long as 50 days.
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How many times is this story going to be posted today?
No doubt. Several will be along shortly to declare their superior knowledge and accuse the people doing the study of scare-mongering.
I did a search nothing came up. Ping the mod and have it deleted.
Is this true?
Nobody is an expert, mainly because there are not a lot of studies on the virus and most studies have small sample sizes. But those studies say there is not much of a threat from fomites: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/196/Supplement_2/S142.full But there are some potential vectors like saliva. The biggest concern right now is we don't know how well the virus will survive in the cold and damp conditions here this winter. I don't think there's too much of a threat from dry surfaces, but cold and damp surfaces could be a problem.
The fact that nobody in the apartment with Duncan got it means indoor contact from victims who are not yet in late stage disease may not be a big threat. Nonzero, but small. Those contacts included kids ages 2, 4, and 6.
I think terrorism s a huge potential threat mainly from the 150 incoming a day from Ebola land. Our odds go up with those kinds of numbers. Also the 150 a day will contain infected, but not-yet-symptomatic victims who will end up infecting and possibly killing American first responders, health care workers and others.
Nobody has superior knowledge. All we have is the facts so far: doesn't spread easily, but 150 a day coming in to the country possibly infected and without symptoms. There will be more infections here as well as fatalities before finally some common sense prevails.
Nobody has superior knowledge.
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There are some, and one in particular that thinks they know more than anyone on this forum.
That is always true on any topic. There are always the know-it-alls, and the people who post facts and sometimes the two categories overlap. If you have other information to dispute the facts, then post that. Otherwise it’s ad hom. Ad hom is fine here, people should defend their postings, fact by fact.
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