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The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart plane!

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[KeyLargo]

The Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew (2002)

“Passengers and crew themselves are the sources of several contaminants (e.g., bioeffluents, viruses, bacteria, allergens, and fungal spores) that originate in the cabin. Furthermore, structural components of the aircraft, luggage, personal articles, animals brought on board, food, and sanitation fluids can be sources of vapors or particles. Cabin surfaces can be sources of residues of cleaning compounds, pesticides, and dust. Passengers and crew have raised questions about exposure to pesticides (e.g., d-phenothrin and permethrin), because they are sprayed on selected international flights to limit the spread of insect pests, but no quantitative data are available on passenger or crew exposures to these compounds.”

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10238&page=5