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JDPriestly

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13. I'm with you on this. What does "come in contact with the bodily fluids" mean exactly?

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 12:46 AM

Oct 2014

I use public restrooms like everyone else. I buy groceries from a store in which other people shop and blow their noses and touch their mouths and then food.

I know that a lot of people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. It's not that I expect to get ebola, but depending on what "contact with bodily fluids" means, I don't think that the risk is as low as some would have us think.

I understand that panic does not help matters, but neither does a careless lack of concern for real risks.

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Are You Concerned About Ebola? [View all] Turborama Sep 2014 OP

Well, that would be the narcissist's view on things. kestrel91316 Sep 2014 #1

Er, I don't think it means what you think it means n/t Turborama Oct 2014 #7

Same Here Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #34

Concerned about it in the US? NO! Concerned about it in the African countries? YES! napi21 Sep 2014 #2

This, pretty much. nt AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #4

Thank you BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #25

Right. I've been concerned since the first reports of the outbreak deutsey Oct 2014 #39

So long as this single case does not mutate into a form with easier transmission... MohRokTah Sep 2014 #3

Agreed JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #30

For me personally? No. For thise infected, yes. uppityperson Sep 2014 #5

Not at all Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #6

Not nearly 1/10 as much as I am concerned about anti vaccination crusaders. Initech Oct 2014 #8

I keep hearing this, and I'm not alarmed (concerned, but not alarmed)... C Moon Oct 2014 #9

there haven't been any studies showing how long it persists on surfaces or on fomite transmission magical thyme Oct 2014 #12

I'm with you on this. What does "come in contact with the bodily fluids" mean exactly? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #13

More details from The WHO on what type of contact can lead to infection... Turborama Oct 2014 #15

Blood, spit, mucous from the nose, mouth? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #18

I tried, but I can't imagine how... Turborama Oct 2014 #20

Very small but not to be ignored. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #21

To make it zero, don't wear shorts when sitting in a plane or a cinema. Turborama Oct 2014 #22

For that I gave you an Internet. progressoid Oct 2014 #10

I'm a medical lab tech magical thyme Oct 2014 #11

I'm concerned as well. LuvNewcastle Oct 2014 #14

growth is already exponential magical thyme Oct 2014 #35

I'm listening to the radio today Maynar Oct 2014 #16

Travel advisory for the countries in which ebola is present should be enforced, not just JDPriestly Oct 2014 #19

OF COURSE we should be concerned. pnwmom Oct 2014 #17

Less concerned than I would be before Obamacare. ErikJ Oct 2014 #23

As if the only reason for ones concern is their own immediate health seveneyes Oct 2014 #24

Another is: "I don't know". Current patient was infectious in US for 4 days, I believe. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #26

I am not very concerned. SheilaT Oct 2014 #27

Yes, Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #28

So I've been reading a lot on this The Traveler Oct 2014 #29

Several virologists? Turborama Oct 2014 #33

Ebola Is Rapidly Mutating As It Spreads Across West Africa magical thyme Oct 2014 #38

This is the same carefree attitude that caused the hospital to release this guy ecstatic Oct 2014 #31

concerned? Yes Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #32

That decision tree assumes you know the status of people around you. HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #36

I live in Austin. I'm not the least bit worried. nt Javaman Oct 2014 #37

Concerned in what way? MineralMan Oct 2014 #40

More concerned about a car accident PasadenaTrudy Oct 2014 #41