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But for a microbe to be able to infect via airborne transmission is so very specific in the micro/virology world. That is why I am saying, to say that it is not airborne, or better yet, transmission is not airborne is a disservice and a horrible lack of public education. For the most part, the laymen has no understanding b/w the specifics of airborne transmission and droplet transmission. This is why I have been so frustrated. I have talked to many people that do not have a background in micro/virology/public health and those that do have an extensive background and the conversations all agree that when an official says that Ebola is not an airborne pathogen, the laymen automatically assume that they cannot contract the disease in an “airborne” manner. I put “airborne” in quotes b/c the laymen assumes that coughs/sneezes et al equate to airborne and that is simply, not scientifically the case due to the transmission via droplets which is TOTALLY different than airborne transmission.

Understand your reasoning; however, when the mucosial membranes are agitated, as happens in most infections ( as with Ebola) an infected person will cough and sneeze as the body tries to clear pathways. Just understand that this disease, in early stages, mimics diseases like influenza and malaria....

My agent orange is sooooo acting up. I am so frustrated by seeing all these posts and articles about Ebola not being an airborne pathogen. So many people posted this crap and the media talking about this and even the medical community highlighting this don't even really understand a) what they are posting/reporting b) understand the layman's understanding of what an airborne pathogen entails. It is so very specific in the world of microbiology...to say that a disease is not airborne is not to say that it cannot be transmitted via droplets. The distinction is so specific that to put out a blanket statement saying it is not airborne or it is airborne w/o laying out the science behind those statements is very very bad reporting/science/information disbursement. In order for a pathogen to be deemed airborne, it must be able to infect over a long distance and time (in microbe standards), hence the saying in the early 20th century, "Open the window and In FLU ENZA". When a person is in the mid to late stages of a disease, where viral loads are high, especially when the pathogen can be transmitted via bodily fluids, transmission can occur from sneezes/coughs where saliva and mucous are exchanged in close proximity and the non-infected person comes into contact with those droplets on "wet" membranes, i.e. Nasal, pharyngeal, eyes, cuts in the skin. This DOES NOT MEAN it is an airborne pathogen. My fear is that when people say it is not airborne, that the layman thinks it cannot be transmitted via droplet form b/c the doctors/medical community and the laymen understand the vocabulary from two distinct points of view. This is JUST NOT THE CASE!

I love the quote that this is a “wimpy” virus *rolls eyes*. This is another lapse in medical community judgement regarding the type of vocabulary used when communicating to the public about the sustainability of this virus to hold up against various environmental factors/pressures. One would say that Bacillus anthracis is not a “wimpy” microbe b/c it can “hibernate” in spore form under extreme environmental factors/pressures over years and even decades. However, the Ebola virus does not have this capability thus it being labeled as “wimpy”. This is so dangerously misleading b/c this virus can “live” outside of its host for prolonged periods of time in a microbial sense. Granted UV light is a death sentence for this microbe as it is for so many other various other microbes but to say that the Ebola virus is “wimpy” is such an egregious medical semantical error when speaking to laymen about the virulent nature of this disease.

Have you ever been to Salinas....this does not surprise me at all, littered with gangs, MS13, etc etc....hardly a surprise at all.

This means he is doing the right thing. Now if all of us conservatives will do the right thing as well and stand behind and around Cruz....we may start heading in the RIGHT direction!

*thumbs up*

Romney doesn’t need to get into the “meme” of his 47% comment... all he needs to say, if challenged by Obama regarding his 47% comment, is this:: “Mr. President, Americans want a leader that is more focused on lowering that number by increasing employment rather than increasing that number by lowering employment, as your policies have done over the last four year. On top of that, Americans all over the country have expressed great concern to me over your comments earlier this year to Russian President Medvedev as you assured him that you would have more flexibility in missile defense negotiations after November should you be reelected. I would like for you to explain to me and the American people what you meant by that comment?”

Yes the crack pipe that those over at Gallup are smoking as well as the DOJ investigation *laughs*

Well what makes me smh is all of this was out in ‘07 ‘08, granted not in its full entirety, but still out there...black theology, etc...but people voted for this hack b/c they wanted to “feel good” about themselves. Anywho, hopefully this has done damage for those sympathy voters to vote for Romney or cause those that would have voted for 0 to stay home. I dunno b/c all this crap was out there 4+ years ago and many people chose not to inform themselves...let us pray that they do now or sleep in on Nov. 6th. If 0 wins *shudders at the thought*, well then.....I hate to say we get the government that we deserve....BUT ....

Ummmm DUH!!!!

Nah you have to realize the grade that he gave himself was indeed eerily correct and one that many of us should take heed of....as he didn’t lie about anything that he wanted to do to America in his run up to the 2008 election, he is not lying or even flubbing the grade he gave himself. In his mind, he does deserve an incomplete as the America that our fore fathers and ancestors fought so hard and died for in creating and defending still stands. I don’t know what it is about a large part of our population that doesn’t get what this man stands for *shakes head*. I don’t think he is incompetent at all....he is doing EXACTLY what he has set out to do; therefore, in his mind, he has all the time in the world to play golf and vacation b/c his plan is going exactly as he described it would in the 2008 campaign and even prior. Our country could probably survive another 4 years of BO BUT WHAT IT CANNOT SURVIVE is the people that would actually cast their vote for this man. So I would give him an incomplete as well....and if he IS elected to another 4 years it just may be an A+ as he and those that would cast a vote for him destroy the last beacon of freedom on Earth...

Some people need to do a little more research....Planned parenthood doesn’t offer mammograms....this crap is old news...there have been numerous stories about the “farce” that is planned parenthood. Also, taking away cancer screenings...again another freaking lie....ever heard of your local public health departments? Local women’s centers, etc, etc , etc all where doctors donate their time to do this very thing...again all lies b/c they don’t want to run on their failed policies...or should I say they can’t *SMH*

Actually a true headline....it broke the back of the recession, which would have lead to a recovery, but instead has sunk us into a depression.

We should pray for so much.......

Will probably never get by the lackeys...but seriously *shakes head* there is NOTHING good about what he wrote regardless of how the pundits are trying to spin this...

It isn’t just against the American people it is against the idea of America as a whole....it would behoove you to research the soviet insurgency here in the US pre-cold war. Now don’t get your panties in a wad and call me a conspiracy theorist b/c I am not one of those wackos...but the soviets had a very predetermined psychological warfare plot on the US....just took a little longer than they had planned....

rant rant rant a quiet populace is a controlled populace...

Thank you English teacher *sheesh* give me a f*ing break