Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor who contracted Ebola and returned to the US for treatment is returning to the region as a missionary physician.
https://christianchronicle.org/amid-ebo ... pite-fear/
I know him, not personally, but we’ve met and the guy is not making this decision lightly. He’s from Fort Worth.
Thing is, epidemiologically speaking, Ebola is not easy to get. It’s a blood borne pathogen, like HIV. It just kills you a lot faster. You gotta really be exposed to this stuff to get it. Over there, their idea of hygiene is vastly different than ours. It’s nothing for someone to carry a dead body through the streets on the way to burial. People hug and kiss the deceased goodbye.
Contrary to popular belief, Ebola is not airborne and it would take a lot of mutation before it could infect lung tissue the same way as influenza. Ebola likes your liver, not your lungs. Its capsid is engineered to attach to hepatic cells, it would take very long time before it changed its vector.
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It's contracted through body fluids.
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This is what I was taught, if any of an infected person's body substance gets on you, you are infected! Blood, sweat, tears, urine, feces, saliva, if it's wet it's infectious!
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Go to the Raconteur Report blog and become knowledgeable in Ebola.Stick_Shift wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:23 pm Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor who contracted Ebola and returned to the US for treatment is returning to the region as a missionary physician.
https://christianchronicle.org/amid-ebo ... pite-fear/
I know him, not personally, but we’ve met and the guy is not making this decision lightly. He’s from Fort Worth.
Thing is, epidemiologically speaking, Ebola is not easy to get. It’s a blood borne pathogen, like HIV. It just kills you a lot faster. You gotta really be exposed to this stuff to get it. Over there, their idea of hygiene is vastly different than ours. It’s nothing for someone to carry a dead body through the streets on the way to burial. People hug and kiss the deceased goodbye.
Contrary to popular belief, Ebola is not airborne and it would take a lot of mutation before it could infect lung tissue the same way as influenza. Ebola likes your liver, not your lungs. Its capsid is engineered to attach to hepatic cells, it would take very long time before it changed its vector.
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I’ll take my degree in biology, but I appreciate the advice.anygunanywhere wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:06 pmGo to the Raconteur Report blog and become knowledgeable in Ebola.Stick_Shift wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:23 pm Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor who contracted Ebola and returned to the US for treatment is returning to the region as a missionary physician.
https://christianchronicle.org/amid-ebo ... pite-fear/
I know him, not personally, but we’ve met and the guy is not making this decision lightly. He’s from Fort Worth.
Thing is, epidemiologically speaking, Ebola is not easy to get. It’s a blood borne pathogen, like HIV. It just kills you a lot faster. You gotta really be exposed to this stuff to get it. Over there, their idea of hygiene is vastly different than ours. It’s nothing for someone to carry a dead body through the streets on the way to burial. People hug and kiss the deceased goodbye.
Contrary to popular belief, Ebola is not airborne and it would take a lot of mutation before it could infect lung tissue the same way as influenza. Ebola likes your liver, not your lungs. Its capsid is engineered to attach to hepatic cells, it would take very long time before it changed its vector.
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Pretty much. When I say bloodborne, that generally applies to just about any bodily fluid.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:55 pmThis is what I was taught, if any of an infected person's body substance gets on you, you are infected! Blood, sweat, tears, urine, feces, saliva, if it's wet it's infectious!
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Always from Africa it seams some new form of disease is created every other day. Need to just quarantine the entire country?
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Never heard of a country named Africa.narcissist wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:35 pm Always from Africa it seams some new form of disease is created every other day. Need to just quarantine the entire country?
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Well I guess as long as you don't make out with them, there's nothing to worry about.Stick_Shift wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:51 pmPretty much. When I say bloodborne, that generally applies to just about any bodily fluid.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:55 pmThis is what I was taught, if any of an infected person's body substance gets on you, you are infected! Blood, sweat, tears, urine, feces, saliva, if it's wet it's infectious!
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According to a new report from the U.S. Border Patrol, over 1,100 people from 19 different African countries have been arrested illegally crossing the border into the United States since May 30.
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Ebola outbreak unstoppable as victims refuse treatment. Believe government is behind it.
Ebola outbreak unstoppable as victims refuse treatment. Believe government is behind it.
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With treatment you MIGHT survive, without treatment your 99.9% chance of dying!philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:00 am https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world- ... conspiracy
Ebola outbreak unstoppable as victims refuse treatment. Believe government is behind it.
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Evolution is a harsh mistress.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:05 amWith treatment you MIGHT survive, without treatment your 99.9% chance of dying!philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:00 am https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world- ... conspiracy
Ebola outbreak unstoppable as victims refuse treatment. Believe government is behind it.
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Mother Nature takes a dim view of the Slow, the Lazy and the Stupid!The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:10 amEvolution is a harsh mistress.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:05 amWith treatment you MIGHT survive, without treatment your 99.9% chance of dying!philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:00 am https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world- ... conspiracy
Ebola outbreak unstoppable as victims refuse treatment. Believe government is behind it.
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If you ain't paranoid you ain't paying attention
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