In case this thing gets bad, I want to start an LGP Survivors' group, considering our infrastructure is likely to crumble in the coming months. If you would like to be a part of this support network, and look out for your fellow LGP Members, just PM me the following info:
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Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the man who is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance.
So who cleaned it up? Where was it disposed of?
...awesome
Is the coming winter a good thing? Would that help stop the spread?
Is the coming winter a good thing? Would that help stop the spread?
Seeing as how illnesses generally spread like wildfire during the winter as people are inside breathing the same air, as well as being in school, I doubt it.
Well it's not airborne so breathing the same air means nothing, however your point stands as people tend to remain in closer contact for longer periods.
How long does the virus live on surfaces? For instance, the dude sneezed in his hand and then opened a door in a public place. How long would the virus live on the surface? If a good amount of time, this could be how people are getting Ebola not just by handling victim's bodies or contacting their blood or urine.
Wouldn't your hand have to have an open sore, or survive on your hands long enough for you to start sticking your finger in a tear duct or something as well?
Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature.
How long does the virus live on surfaces? For instance, the dude sneezed in his hand and then opened a door in a public place. How long would the virus live on the surface? If a good amount of time, this could be how people are getting Ebola not just by handling victim's bodies or contacting their blood or urine.
A couple hours.So if I am contagious, wipe my nose with my hand, open a door and you not long after touch that door knob and then touch your eyes, nose or mouth you could be at risk. Which is why I was concerned about the plane, how many people touch the same surfaces boarding a plane like the top of every single seat on the aisle while meandering to the back of the plane?
this could be how people are getting Ebola not just by handling victim's bodies or contacting their blood or urine.
they're getting it by and large because they are idiots living in the dark ages. 1) they dont think its real, 2) they dont listen to any precautionary measures. they are doing these burial rituals that expose everyone involved to the disease
Wouldn't your hand have to have an open sore, or survive on your hands long enough for you to start sticking your finger in a tear duct or something as well?
In the movie Contagion one of the characters tells her colleague to not touch his face at all, ever. That is the safest way to keep from contracting a disease. After I saw the film I tried to see how long I could go without touching my face. I could not last more than a few minutes.
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Yes...it's a movie but the point still stands. We touch our faces 3-5 times per hour or over 2,000 times a day.
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You're at greater risk to catch the enterovirus than Ebola.
Enterovirus is what is hospitalizing so many kids (and causing temporary paralysis in some), and has killed adults and children in a number of states. It's spreading beyond kids/adults with asthma and other respiratory issues.
Fortunately Western PA has been spared so far. The first reported case here turned out to be false.
Liberian authorities say they plan to prosecute the man infected with Ebola who brought the disease to the United States, saying he lied on his airport health questionnaire.
With an Ebola crisis raging in West Africa, passengers leaving Liberia are being screened for fever and are asked if they have had contact with anyone infected. On the questionnaire obtained by The Associated Press, Thomas Eric Duncan answered 'no' to those questions. Neighbors say Duncan had helped a sick pregnant woman who later died of the disease. Her illness at the time was believed to be pregnancy-related.
Wouldn't your hand have to have an open sore, or survive on your hands long enough for you to start sticking your finger in a tear duct or something as well?
In the movie Contagion one of the characters tells her colleague to not touch his face at all, ever. That is the safest way to keep from contracting a disease. After I saw the film I tried to see how long I could go without touching my face. I could not last more than a few minutes.
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Yes...it's a movie but the point still stands. We touch our faces 3-5 times per hour or over 2,000 times a day.
