I read it cannot be transmitted through the skin? On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes...if you remove your protective suit the wrong way and come in contact > with body fluids that are on your protective suit...yup...you are now > infected. It is very virulent, but you still have to actually come in > contact with body fluids. The virus also lasts longer than most outside > the > body. It will even remain active in dried up fluids for several days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:23 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Ebola in our hemisphere, you scared? > > > I don't know if it's that cut and dry. The latest American with symptoms > didn't have direct contact. Now they're also saying that if you remove your > protective suit the wrong way you'll get it. I think we need to keep asking > questions until they know for sure. I was talking to a friend that works > for > the CDC about a month ago and he said they have no definitive idea of how > it > spreads and how viral it will get. I say, be cautious and wait for the > science. > > . > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:55 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Sam <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > >> > When it comes to disease I tend to listen to doctors over "the > >> > other > >> guys" > >> > yes. > >> > >> The Doctors on the news or the Doctors sent out by the regime for the > >> press? > > > > > > I've been listening to the doctors that have been working on the > > ground in African countries. > > > > The reason it's more infectious "over there" is for two reasons - one > > cultural because of the funeral rites of many tribes that include > > washing, dressing and even kissing the body of the deceased. The > > other is capacity which has been documented. ( > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/kissing-the-corpses-i > > n-ebola-country.html > > ) > > > > In the US the second of those issues is not an issue. The first might > > be a challenge but even then facilities are available. > > > > In short, I'm not buying the fear or the hype. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:372788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
