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24. Transmission of this virus, as understood by the CDC...

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 09:40 PM

Aug 2014

When an infection does occur in humans, there are several ways in which the virus can be transmitted to others. These include:
direct contact with the blood or secretions of an infected person
exposure to objects (such as needles) that have been contaminated with infected secretions

As someone who has worked as a respiratory therapist within environments where universal precautions must be observed (you have to treat everyone as if they are infected, even if they are not, to be safe), we have the means to contain it.

Link:

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/index.html

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EBOLA Outbreak Thread [View all] morningfog Aug 2014 OP

Thank you for an informative thread. Aerows Aug 2014 #1

Unfamiliar (to me) sources from Lagos: 2 of Sawyer's contacts with fever, negative morningfog Aug 2014 #2

I wish some of these reports defacto7 Aug 2014 #3

I know. I heard laundry_queen Aug 2014 #9

Ebola Zaire has a mortality rate of 90% without care; 60% with care magical thyme Aug 2014 #16

I had not heard this was Zaire. Thanks. nt laundry_queen Aug 2014 #18

a belated thank you. n/t defacto7 Aug 2014 #26

timeline? this week: US deliberately brings ebola infected people into the country msongs Aug 2014 #4

Those two cwydro Aug 2014 #13

they had every right and deserve the best we can give them magical thyme Aug 2014 #17

What a soft people we Americans have become. Katashi_itto Aug 2014 #22

Is it time to call Dustin Hoffman in yet? snooper2 Aug 2014 #31

As we should! n/t hootinholler Aug 2014 #32

US citizens. jberryhill Aug 2014 #58

the gov't absolutely can deny return ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #65

Show me the statute jberryhill Aug 2014 #66

you are correct... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #67

And that's pretty much what happened here jberryhill Aug 2014 #69

i should have been more careful in my assumptions ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #70

"a little escort" included the FBI magical thyme Aug 2014 #74

and no one has ever made a mistake ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #75

Two workers who helped Sawyer into wheelchair had fever, not yet positive for Ebola. morningfog Aug 2014 #5

Not so lucky after all. LisaL Aug 2014 #29

National Geographic: Why Deadly Ebola Virus Is Likely to Hit the U.S. But Not Spread morningfog Aug 2014 #6

Scary. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #7

CNN opinion: What Obama can do about Ebola Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #8

Here are some numbers that show how Ebola has spread (number of dead) CoffeeCat Aug 2014 #10

So the rate of spread is increasing quickly, which is not good news. Squinch Aug 2014 #14

It is scary. 840high Aug 2014 #57

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2014 #11

kick dembotoz Aug 2014 #12

Aug. 2:American Doctor With Ebola Able to Walk Into Georgia Hospital morningfog Aug 2014 #15

Looks like he may make it KamaAina Aug 2014 #36

Bayesian methods to judge expectations in the coming months for 3 countries: morningfog Aug 2014 #19

(very good interactive) Mapping the Ebola epidemic morningfog Aug 2014 #20

Between July 27 and July 30, an average of almost 40 new cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #21

Between July 30 and Aug 1, an average of 82 new cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #43

Where ebola is gaining momentum (Liberia and Sierra Leone): morningfog Aug 2014 #23

Transmission of this virus, as understood by the CDC... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #24

Important clarification - it's an epidemic, not a pandemic. Avalux Aug 2014 #25

Thanks for the clarification. morningfog Aug 2014 #27

It's spreading. LisaL Aug 2014 #28

The second American--woman missionary--is expected to fly to the US tomorrow (Tuesday, 8/5) mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #30

It's a serious outbreak to be sure, but the media isn't helping with their scaremongering tactics Hugabear Aug 2014 #33

If it was so hard to get, how did the doctors get it? LisaL Aug 2014 #34

Because they're working in close proximity to bodily fluids Hugabear Aug 2014 #35

Because we are not being told the entire story, which is: THEY DON'T KNOW HOW. And victims are said WinkyDink Aug 2014 #40

I think scientists do have a fairly good grasp on how the virus spreads Hugabear Aug 2014 #41

I agree… It's a matter of how it's transmitted... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #47

Conakry is the capital of Guinea KamaAina Aug 2014 #38

Thanks, I've edited to correct that Hugabear Aug 2014 #39

Patrick Sawyer's doctor just diagnosed with Ebola (What---Me Worry?): WinkyDink Aug 2014 #37

Once the news focused on the US doc, it ignored the toll. morningfog Aug 2014 #42

UPDATE from Nigeria: 2nd case confirmed, "hope to have 8" quarantined by Monday. morningfog Aug 2014 #44

21 days from Aug. 4 (doctor's confirmed infection) is Aug. 25. morningfog Aug 2014 #49

Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887 (3 new suspected cases in Nigeria) morningfog Aug 2014 #45

Charting the spread: morningfog Aug 2014 #46

"can only be declared over after two successive incubation periods, or six weeks, have passed" morningfog Aug 2014 #48

Aug. 10 will be 21 days after Saywer's July 20 collapse. morningfog Aug 2014 #50

British Airways suspends flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone, citing Ebola concerns morningfog Aug 2014 #51

Thanks and glad to hear, still no word on the Mount Sinai patient. n/t slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #52

The hospital said it will take up to 48 hours for testing to be completed. morningfog Aug 2014 #53

Thank you for the link and also for the thread ... slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #56

Mount Sinai Hospital: Patient In Isolation Does Not Have Ebola morningfog Aug 2014 #76

Many thanks for the update :))) n/t slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #77

Thanks for the updates. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #55

Wow, thank you all for the information davidpdx Aug 2014 #54

Very helpful and well researched--thank you emsimon33 Aug 2014 #59

Nigeria confirms 5 new cases, second death morningfog Aug 2014 #60

Spain sends plane to evacuate missionary with Ebola morningfog Aug 2014 #61

Saudi being tested for Ebola dies in hospital morningfog Aug 2014 #62

Nigeria details, good info here: morningfog Aug 2014 #63

New WHO numbers out B2G Aug 2014 #64

107 reported new cases between Aug 1 and Aug 4. Hopefully the fewer avg. # reported cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #71

Doesn't look like it to me B2G Aug 2014 #72

Hope that is the case. Still, with hospitals closing, people dying at homes and reports that people suffragette Aug 2014 #79

Thanks for this thread. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2014 #68

U.S. allows use of Ebola test overseas as crisis deepens morningfog Aug 2014 #73

Liberia, Sierra Leone Impose Ebola Quarantines (of entire districts and counties) morningfog Aug 2014 #78