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40. Well, I guess it's magic then.

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 08:49 PM

Aug 2014

For fucking Christ sake. If you touch somebody with a hemoraghic fever, they are going to be sweating, vomiting, and will have loose stool, plus in later stages be bleeding out.

Any physical contact with the patient can transmit the virus. But the vector is bodily fluids, not magic. And no, Ebola is not airborne, and thankfully is not likely to become airborne.

Here: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/

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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