The reason that Ebola gets the attention that it does is because it is very visibly horrific. It is a truly awful disease and very difficult to treat. However, there is not a long period of transmissibility before a person becomes symptomatic and the transmission of the virus is (relatively) difficult because it is not airborne.
Ebola is not often, if ever at all, transmitted through sneezing and never through coughing as far as anyone knows. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/06-october-2014/en/ It's an awful disease, no doubt. But not one that is really made for a pandemic. Cheers, Judah On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:11 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm reading about Ebola in the US. And the one side that claims it is a > massive pandemic waiting to happen, like the plague. And the doctors saying > that it's transmission rate is actually quite low, and it has only spread > the way it has in Africa because of the culture and socio-economic > situation. > > Then the man in Dallas died. And now they say someone he came into contact > with is showing symptoms. > > Point is, even if Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, isn't that a major > issue? Sneezing, coughing etc. can suspend droplets in the air around > someone for a period of time. how much bodily fluid does it take to catch > Ebola? I haven't been able to find answers to those questions. Certainly > not from mainstream news sources. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
