Ebola's exponential growth

Monday, October 13th 2014 - 00:26 UTC

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By Gwynne Dyer - Here are two good things about the Ebola virus. It is unlikely to mutate into a version that can spread through the air, as some other viruses have done. And people who have been infected by Ebola cannot pass it on to others during the incubation period (between two and 21 days). Only when they develop detectable symptoms, notably fever, do they become infectious to others, and only by the transfer of bodily fluids. Read full article

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golfcronie
Just send phials of blood to Argentina they can detect if a person has full blown Ebola.
Oct 13th, 2014 - 08:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Right at the beginning of this sorry tale I predicted that very little would be done for the poor sods in these forgotten countries UNTIL westerners started to die AND it looked like it might get out of control.

It's now on the cusp of millions dying, what's the betting that's where we will be before something effective happens?

The UN WHO pissed about and couldn't make its mind up whether it was a global threat of potentially Armageddon proportions or not: why are we surprised?

Let’s all hope it’s not too late.
Oct 13th, 2014 - 12:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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US Air Force
All differences aside - this is a nasty bug and I don't think that there is any organization that quite knows what to do with this one. I have read reports that the virus will live for days in blood spatter, hours from a sneeze or sweat and can also be spread through bodily interaction such as the case of HIV. A direct sneeze from an infected person onto another is not considered airborne but will still infect. Look how we have managed to stamp AIDS out. I read another report that state that people who have managed to live through the initial infection are potentially able to give to other for up to 7 weeks!!!

Careful reading the official guidelines, half of them are stated to keep people from panicking.
Oct 14th, 2014 - 06:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Just think of those inoculations you will be going through ....being “active duty” and all. My first years it was H1N1 and it was live viruses.....typhus, they still giving the double injections for typhus? What about yellow fever and how bout that bio-thrax.....is it still an annual booster?
Oct 16th, 2014 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
Air Farce has finally succumbed
Oct 20th, 2014 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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US Air Force
Don't know which ones exactly, just stand in line and keep going until the shots are finished. The list is extremely long and dependent on where you are going.
Oct 21st, 2014 - 12:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
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Still no answer, then.
Oct 21st, 2014 - 03:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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US Air Force
7 tt- honestly jeez, I'm not a nurse. sorry you don't like the answer.
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Troy Tempest
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Geez, so far you've answered NO questions put to you on any threads, put to you about about the US or the US military.
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Captain Poppy
Still use you yellow book? They went back to using shots?
Oct 21st, 2014 - 08:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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