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20. Except that the evidence you discount is that 120 healthcare workers have gotten

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:10 PM

Oct 2014

the virus during the current epidemic, and in many of them there was no known means of transmission. How can we be confident that our current protective requirements are enough -- especially since scientists themselves use respirators because they don't trust face masks to protect themselves from the virus?

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Experts on disease transmission: Ebola may be spread through the air. Respirators ARE necessary. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

Healthcare workers are in a class of their own and need protective equipment. Majority of cases uppityperson Oct 2014 #1

But the CDC is not requiring they be given this equipment, without which their risk of pnwmom Oct 2014 #2

While I agree with the general idea... Agschmid Oct 2014 #10

They don't. The WHO should also change their recommendations, according to these experts. pnwmom Oct 2014 #11

I generally agree. Agschmid Oct 2014 #16

and dealing with the bodies of those who have died. cali Oct 2014 #3

Indeed, they also. High risk groups including dealing with highly infectious dead need better uppityperson Oct 2014 #4

Can't argue with that. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #36

given that some caregivers have contracted the disease after all known precautions... Kalidurga Oct 2014 #5

more from link on concept of "aerosol transmissible" to replace outdated paradigm zazen Oct 2014 #6

this ^^^ librechik Oct 2014 #9

Thank you, zazen, for posting more about the "outdated paradigm" some are using to back up pnwmom Oct 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #22

See post 7. "Outdated paradigms" you've been hearing about are not actually a problem. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #23

One study doesn't prove anything. The point is that the scientific experts disagree on this, pnwmom Oct 2014 #35

Not according to this study published this year. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2014 #7

thx for the access! n/t librechik Oct 2014 #8

The authors in the OP dispute the conclusion of your study, and explain why in their article. pnwmom Oct 2014 #12

As I commented on another post about this: dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #14

Right. We should take the most conservative approach to protecting our health care personnel. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #15

Good article, thanks for posting. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #17

What is clear is that there is no proof that it cannot be transmitted through the air. pnwmom Oct 2014 #18

I'm all for taking as many precautions as possible. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #19

Except that the evidence you discount is that 120 healthcare workers have gotten pnwmom Oct 2014 #20

I didn't discount anything, actually. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #21

And if airborne transmission actually occurred, that number would be 120,000. jeff47 Oct 2014 #24

No, airborne transmission could be unlikely but POSSIBLE. That is clearly what the scientists who pnwmom Oct 2014 #25

No, they really don't. jeff47 Oct 2014 #31

Because whenever there is a case where it might have happened, such as with Dr. Brantley pnwmom Oct 2014 #32

When in danger or in doubt. run in circles, scream and shout. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #26

I agree neverforget Oct 2014 #33

The CDC is lying to us...they really can't say 100% it can't go airborne scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #27

�Being dogmatic is, I think, ill-advised, because there are too many unknowns here.� zazen Oct 2014 #29

I haven't been here long enough to notice the shaming but scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #30

Oh boy, here we go again with the fearmongering.....nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #37

Considering what a grizzly epidemic this is, sadoldgirl Oct 2014 #28

"healthcare workers should be wearing respirators, not (N95) facemasks" riverwalker Oct 2014 #34