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Warpy

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16. Thank you. The disease is damned hard to catch

Reply to Whiskeytide (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:12 PM

Oct 2014

unless you're in ultra close physical contact with a patient who is running a constant stream of vomit, diarrhea, and blood. Nursing puts you into that kind of contact and the barrier methods that stop MRSA and HIV are woefully inadequate for this one.

The virus doesn't live long on surfaces and sunlight kills it, so those rats are going to have to come up with a different disease. We can send them some bubonic plague from NM, they'll like that, they've done that one before.

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The Dallas events re Ebola are actually weirdly reassuring, and are strong evidence ... [View all] Whiskeytide Oct 2014 OP

What do you think will happen if this shuts down our healthcare facilities? B2G Oct 2014 #1

No. It might strain it, but ... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #3

I can't find any indication that the hospital has been shut down, hedgehog Oct 2014 #5

If it shut down a facility it would be temporary upaloopa Oct 2014 #8

Hospital was not shut down... FloriTexan Oct 2014 #23

The hospital shut down their ER temporarily LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #26

K and R etherealtruth Oct 2014 #2

Again with the good sense? What has DU come to when people post good sense? hedgehog Oct 2014 #4

I know get the red out Oct 2014 #7

lower viral loads can have incubation periods of up to 42 days. ecstatic Oct 2014 #6

Where is your Ebola contact going to happen? upaloopa Oct 2014 #11

It's not really about me right now, but it could be, if the carefree strategy ecstatic Oct 2014 #14

Everyone? How many is that? upaloopa Oct 2014 #18

The people they've identified as potentially exposed or infected. ecstatic Oct 2014 #20

Well, I can understand that. But... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #13

So far, the unprepared staff (Dallas) are the ones to contract Ebola from mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #9

Some folks just want to be scared or want to scare others. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #10

I Have Same Feeling-4 Physicians/Nurses and a Caregiver Stallion Oct 2014 #12

Exactly. n/t Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #15

Thank you. The disease is damned hard to catch Warpy Oct 2014 #16

Still a good movie, though... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #19

Thank you. Bookmarking this thread! freshwest Oct 2014 #17

Not my first virus scare. For some people, fear is a sort of talisman, if they are afraid enough Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #21

Oh, Whiskeytide, jen63 Oct 2014 #22

Let me guess--Your Real Life Name is Pollyanna Demeter Oct 2014 #24

I was just thinking this morning AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #25

Well said, my sentiments exactly. marble falls Oct 2014 #27

I'm truly fortunate. Hatchling Oct 2014 #28

A whisper of sanity in a day of chaos. 7wo7rees Oct 2014 #29

I hope freepers use the duct tape and plastic wrap IronLionZion Oct 2014 #30