The Glade 4.0

Many countries have already closed their borders, and stopped commercial flights, but not us, nope, not here.

I'm all for imposing a travel ban on anyone who has been in or near the core infected areas recently, but at this point, it's not going to accomplish much. The only way to really contain these outbreaks is a full-court press in the affected areas themselves when the outbreak first starts. The initial response in West Africa should have been significantly larger, faster, better organized and more aggressive.

First, Ebola is not spread through the air like the flu,” Obama said in the video released by the White House Thursday. “You cannot get it through casual contact like sitting next to someone one a bus.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/brittany-m-hughes/obama-you-cant-get-ebola-sitting-next-someone-bus-cdc-avoid-public



You *can* get Ebola by sitting next to someone on the bus. That is such a lie.

So pretty much don't touch someones blood, saliva and vomit if they look sick.

Yeah, go to town.

The hospital has repeatedly changed its account of what the medical team knew when it released Duncan from the emergency room early on September 26.

A few days later, on September 30, it initially said Duncan did not tell the staff he had been in Africa.

On October 1, it said Duncan's nurse had been aware of the Africa connection but did not share that information with the rest of the medical team.

The next day, the hospital blamed a flaw in its electronic health-records systems for not making Duncan's travel history directly accessible to his doctor.

A day later, on October 3, the hospital issued a statement saying Duncan's travel history had been available to all hospital workers, including doctors, who treated him during his initial visit.

People who display no symptoms are not yet infectious and casual social contact (being nearby, or even shaking hands) generally doesn’t spread the virus. So pretty much don't touch someones blood, saliva and vomit if they look sick.

What are body fluids?
Ebola has been detected in blood and many body fluids. Body fluids include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen.

Can Ebola spread by coughing? By sneezing?
Unlike respiratory illnesses like measles or chickenpox, which can be transmitted by virus particles that remain suspended in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes, Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with body fluids of a person who has symptoms of Ebola disease. Although coughing and sneezing are not common symptoms of Ebola, if a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that person’s eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease.

What does “direct contact” mean?
Direct contact means that body fluids (blood, saliva, mucus, vomit, urine, or feces) from an infected person (alive or dead) have touched someone’s eyes, nose, or mouth or an open cut, wound, or abrasion.

How long does Ebola live outside the body?
Ebola is killed with hospital-grade disinfectants (such as household bleach). Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature.

Sucks to be ^ that guy.

Another worker in Dallas is infected.