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muriel_volestrangler

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14. There's a separate BBC article on it now, if you want:

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 12:26 PM

Aug 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28678699

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BREAKING NEWS: Saudi man suspected of contracting Ebola on trip to Sierra Leone dies in a Jeddah ho [View all] eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 OP

I didn't think they had many of those in Jeddah jberryhill Aug 2014 #1

. Ghost Dog Aug 2014 #3

Well what was she doing in a hospital? jberryhill Aug 2014 #4

You're a sick bastard Garthem Aug 2014 #13

Hmm, well, I should maybe get me to one o' them hospitals jberryhill Aug 2014 #15

The straightjackets at Bellevue in NYC are actually quite comfortable Garthem Aug 2014 #16

She must have been transferred to Jeddah jberryhill Aug 2014 #19

!!! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #32

I can't even catch my breath Aerows Aug 2014 #35

I read it as "hotel" KamaAina Aug 2014 #37

! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #17

I don't get it? Aerows Aug 2014 #30

I am Googling "Jeddah ho" Skittles Aug 2014 #33

OMFG Aerows Aug 2014 #34

Right, and they don't even say what happened to her! jberryhill Aug 2014 #46

it is surprisingly easy to do Skittles Aug 2014 #49

Read the title phonetically.... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #45

DUzy Aerows Aug 2014 #36

That's because you're a Classy Lady Garthem Aug 2014 #50

If Ebola hits Asia then it will go to a Global Pandemic FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #2

Yeah, in the US the armed trigger-happy idiots are scarier than the virus. nt raccoon Aug 2014 #5

true that FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #9

Umm! Not likely. longship Aug 2014 #6

No it is NOT Bodily fluids - ANY contact FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #8

Well, how else can it transmit? longship Aug 2014 #12

Exactly. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #29

WRONG again FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #39

Well, I guess it's magic then. longship Aug 2014 #40

When you say "Bodily Fluids" people think "Swapping Spit" or Sex FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #41

Again, it transmits by bodily fluids. longship Aug 2014 #42

I don't know about that. laundry_queen Aug 2014 #44

I know; i know. But ask yourself: How did the VERY careful Dr. Brantley acquire it? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #18

Because there are few protocols in those areas of Africa to protect physicians. longship Aug 2014 #21

To hear many here, B2G Aug 2014 #22

My source is Wikipedia. longship Aug 2014 #23

Those are labs, not treatment facilities B2G Aug 2014 #24

All hospitals in the US have isolation protocols. longship Aug 2014 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author onecent Aug 2014 #26

He isn't an African; it is not his culture. We've been aware of Ebola protocols for decades. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #27

No Handshakes & No Sex..(from the OP's same article) misterhighwasted Aug 2014 #7

Fruit bats are implicated as the natural host of the virus ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #10

Creepy..Is that's what's roasting on the BBQ grill? (photo from link) misterhighwasted Aug 2014 #11

Pigs and monkeys may also be vectors: DeSwiss Aug 2014 #20

AKA: Air-borne. THIS is the fear of both laymen and doctors alike. It is X, the Unknown. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author bench scientist Aug 2014 #47

I have a lot to say about that 2012 study.. alot of misleading/ misunderstood info . bench scientist Aug 2014 #48

I've eaten fruit bat mainer Aug 2014 #31

Does it taste like chicken? KamaAina Aug 2014 #38

Tasted like coconut milk mainer Aug 2014 #43

There's a separate BBC article on it now, if you want: muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #14