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LostInAnomie

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46. It takes as few as 10 virions to successfully infect someone with Ebola.

Reply to riqster (Reply #41)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 02:29 PM

Oct 2014

How confident are you in your ability to spot 10 virions worth of biological material?

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Have you touched an Ebola Patient�s Puke, Sweat, Sh*t, or Blood? If Not, You Don�t Have Ebola. [View all] riqster Oct 2014 OP

Or sweat. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #1

I'll add that. riqster Oct 2014 #4

what about tears? hfojvt Oct 2014 #92

And tears grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #97

Interesting article: riqster Oct 2014 #112

while that may be true, the virus can live cali Oct 2014 #2

The period of time and quantity are open questions, so I left that out. riqster Oct 2014 #3

The CDC hasn't been great on Ebola. cali Oct 2014 #5

Their understanding of the virus seems in line with other agencies. riqster Oct 2014 #6

no, it is not entirely in line with other agencies and experts. cali Oct 2014 #7

Protocols, yes. Policies, yes. Procedures, yes. riqster Oct 2014 #10

The CDC says it can be caught through sneezing and coughing, if an Ebola patient is close enough pnwmom Oct 2014 #24

That is direct contact with bodily fluids. riqster Oct 2014 #29

this is from the public health agency of Canada... HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #9

Very interesting! Thanks. riqster Oct 2014 #21

immune? Sivart Oct 2014 #8

yes, some people appear to be immune to ebola. Just read an article cali Oct 2014 #11

So far, no proof of it. Not enough cases. riqster Oct 2014 #13

Pajamas can give immunity? (grin) moriah Oct 2014 #38

That ducking autocorrect! riqster Oct 2014 #39

Irrational fear and finger pointing is how us Americans deal with crises. Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #12

It's also how we are manipulated. The Propaganda of Panic. riqster Oct 2014 #14

I've also read a bit about it. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #15

Actually, the opposite of your last paragraph is true. riqster Oct 2014 #16

Great, so we can rule out Mosquito's as a method of transmission Savannahmann Oct 2014 #17

As an engineer myself, I respond to evidence and facts. riqster Oct 2014 #19

Sneezes and coughs carry bodily fluids in the form of spit and mucous. pnwmom Oct 2014 #23

That's what I'm talking about. Thanks. Citations. riqster Oct 2014 #43

Strange how liberals who profess to love science abandon it instantly at the crack of the whip of Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #72

Dengue is mosquito-borne.. People EAT bats SoCalDem Oct 2014 #106

I only drive in the "Ebola Free" lane on the highways now. JoePhilly Oct 2014 #18

Dang, I thought "HOV" meant "High Occupancy Vehicle". riqster Oct 2014 #20

You left out spit and mucous from the nose, both of which could land on surfaces pnwmom Oct 2014 #22

Edited the OP. Thanks. riqster Oct 2014 #32

Tell that to the NBC camera man who was infected. former9thward Oct 2014 #25

And exactly how was that person infected? riqster Oct 2014 #30

He says not. former9thward Oct 2014 #31

Ummhmmm. "Some people". Yup. riqster Oct 2014 #33

Hey - "some people say" is enough to run an entire news network on. trotsky Oct 2014 #35

It's right up there with "I know a guy". riqster Oct 2014 #37

Yeah, like the CDC Director sitting in his comfortable office in Atlanta former9thward Oct 2014 #56

Exactly. We need facts. riqster Oct 2014 #58

Off to Ignore for you! valerief Oct 2014 #26

Poor me. riqster Oct 2014 #44

LOL, add me too if that offended you. nt Logical Oct 2014 #49

Let's start an organization: I. O. I. D. riqster Oct 2014 #50

Or, have been within three feet of someone with it... LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #27

Point, although remember symptoms and transmission. riqster Oct 2014 #36

Or, they could cough, sneeze, wipe vomit from their mouth, wipe poorly, etc. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #40

Again, possible. But it is still contact with bodily fluids. If I see puke on a doorknob, do I grab? riqster Oct 2014 #41

It takes as few as 10 virions to successfully infect someone with Ebola. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #46

From all I have been able to find, the virus has to be in suspension. riqster Oct 2014 #47

Let's increase the volume then: One drop. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #65

This is different from other diseases, how? riqster Oct 2014 #69

A few ways... LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #73

I don't think anyone deathly ill with Ebola is going to be taking a subway any time soon. hedgehog Oct 2014 #71

Amber Vinson took a plane from Ohio to Texas while infected and feverish. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #74

A mild fever is something a lot of people go to work with - hedgehog Oct 2014 #75

Ebola has been bouncing around in West Africa almost a year now - hedgehog Oct 2014 #28

Poverty is a huge factor. And local customs. riqster Oct 2014 #34

And where burial rituals involve direct contact with the deceased... trotsky Oct 2014 #42

Again, proof that while it is contagious and deadly, it's not that easy to contract Ebola. hedgehog Oct 2014 #45

Not in America, at least. riqster Oct 2014 #48

this Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #51

Our infrastructure is poorly equipped for Ebola. riqster Oct 2014 #52

but Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #53

No, the health care workers treated him. riqster Oct 2014 #54

I've read it and I disagree with your premise and your source Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #55

Nor should it be sensationalized. riqster Oct 2014 #57

here's an authoritative source Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #59

There is something from the same source in the OP. riqster Oct 2014 #60

Wrong absolutely Wrong Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #62

Reston is the airborne version that kills monkeys but does not create illness in humans Marrah_G Oct 2014 #94

Yes. This! If ebola was easy to contract elias49 Oct 2014 #79

Indeed. All the people who are dead from Ebola deserve to be alive. riqster Oct 2014 #80

I was referring to the general public. Health care workers here and in Africa hedgehog Oct 2014 #61

Quite true. The same precautions we take against other bugs serve us well. riqster Oct 2014 #63

Wrong Again Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #64

The problem with that premise is that you don't know. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #66

Hear Hear, sanity prevails Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #67

Link please. riqster Oct 2014 #68

I've posted links (as have many others) in multiple threads already. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #70

So, she may have felt this, and somebody told somebody that. riqster Oct 2014 #77

Anyone trained in medicine, Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #78

Most of the emotional cost has been inflicted by the panic fetishests. riqster Oct 2014 #81

It is not hysterical nonsense Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #82

"Exposed" is the key here. riqster Oct 2014 #83

When did I define it that way? Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #85

One example of hysteria was treating the wedding dress she tried on as a possible Ebola source. riqster Oct 2014 #86

If she was sweating while she tried it on, for at least a short time it is a possible Ebola source. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #87

I trust the epidemiology teams on the ground. riqster Oct 2014 #88

I call BS on your whole premise and agument Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #93

You have debunked nothing. Your links did not disprove my thesis. riqster Oct 2014 #95

Ding Ding we have a winner. Eugene Stoner Oct 2014 #96

Really? Contained like two new infections Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #98

There is a huge difference between clinical care and the general environment. riqster Oct 2014 #99

There is a difference, Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #100

Hysteria is hysteria. And that is what you are peddling. riqster Oct 2014 #101

Try again. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #102

Look up "confirmation bias" in a dictionary. riqster Oct 2014 #103

You asked me to provide a single case, and stated flat out that there were none. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #104

Bullshit. Bodily fluid contact is NOT absent per your sources. riqster Oct 2014 #109

Tell it to the researchers who reported it in the peer reviewed article. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #114

Read the facts: riqster Oct 2014 #111

I prefer peer reviewed articles. Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #113

A few years ago I flew on a commercial airline... ljm2002 Oct 2014 #76

Another way of putting it: riqster Oct 2014 #84

I'm not afraid of getting ebola librechik Oct 2014 #89

Very true. Our "system" is the worst in the developed world. riqster Oct 2014 #90

The Rude Pundit on the subject: riqster Oct 2014 #91

I watched the movie Out of Africa, I feel a fever coming on. kairos12 Oct 2014 #105

Quick! What is your address? We need to quarantine you! Alert the media! riqster Oct 2014 #107

Ted Cruz with his fear promoting remarks on Ebola slanders Africa-he is the Lying King. kairos12 Oct 2014 #108

He has forgotten who he is. riqster Oct 2014 #110