69MOPE
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I am reading that the clean up crews in Dallas are treating the items in the sick mans apartment like they are still contagious, days after he left. Does that mean that the Ebola germ can live outside the body and how long?
How long does Ebola live on items?
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/health/ebola-us/index.html
Ebola can live outside the body on those kinds of materials, says CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The length of time it remains active depends on the environment -- from hours to days -- but it is possible for someone to contract the disease from touching those materials.
Ebola can live outside the body on those kinds of materials, says CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The length of time it remains active depends on the environment -- from hours to days -- but it is possible for someone to contract the disease from touching those materials.
69MOPE
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That is some scary sh*t, right there!
So, a discarded tissue could start an epidemic ?
So, a discarded tissue could start an epidemic ?
mopowers
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Yeah if you go through the guy's garbage and lick his tissues.
Uh oh....
69MOPE
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Don't be an ***. Someone touching the tissue then touching their face or eyes.
I've read the HIV virus can live like seven days with no host, just sittin there.
Honestly though, Ebola has been here since the 1980s. The media as usual is makin stuff worse.......not that I think it needs to be made light of.
Honestly though, Ebola has been here since the 1980s. The media as usual is makin stuff worse.......not that I think it needs to be made light of.
mopowers
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If someone's going around touching used tissues, they've got other problems to deal with.
Yep.
Not true. HIV is a very fragile virus, it dies almost immediately when exposed to air. Meaning, if the body fluid hosting it dries up, its dead.
From a "chances you'll get it if exposed" perspective, HIV is one of the least scary viruses out there. Hepatitis, on the other hand, is much more resilient and can hang around for days. Which is why EMS personnel are vaccinated against Hep B, leaving only Hep C as a possible exposure problem.
Supposedly the guy in Texas was infected when he carried an infected and symptomatic woman from a car into the hospital, which sounds like Ebola is a more easily spread than some of the media stories out there. Not that it warrants full panic mode, but the level of precautions that the medical personnel are taking seem more appropriate.
longarm
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not want to leave the house let alone shop, eat or use
a public facility.
not want to leave the house let alone shop, eat or use
a public facility.
Hemioutlaw
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I was being serious !!!
Frankie
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The problem is that Ebola has a lot more potential. than either of them.
It could become more deadly much faster than either, too.
markfh
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I found this interesting. My problem is that although some are more contagious they kill as many.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebola?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202402
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebola?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202402
I personally have NO confidence in our gov't, OR the media, etc.....
personally, I try to be as self suffuent as possible. enough food to last an extended period, I heat with wood, venison makes great steak, roast, chili!!!
personally, I try to be as self suffuent as possible. enough food to last an extended period, I heat with wood, venison makes great steak, roast, chili!!!
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