Doctors told to prepare for global outbreak after victim was allowed on two plnes..V

[Ponce]

Liberia: Patrick Sawyer, whose sister also died from Ebola, was allowed on two ASKY Airlines flights in Liberia while infected.

Doctors fear Ebola victim Patrick Sawyer may have sparked a worldwide spread of the killer disease after being allowed on two flights while infected.

And tonight a desperate race was on to find dozens of passengers who flew on the same jets as the 40-year-old American.

British doctors and border officials have been warned to be on the lookout for people in the UK showing signs of the disease.

Mr Sawyer was allowed to board an ASKY Airlines flight in Liberia, where Ebola is rife, despite vomiting and suffering from �diarrhoea. His sister was recently killed by the virus.

He had a stopover in Ghana then changed planes in Togo and flew to the international travel hub of Lagos in Nigeria. The dad-of-three died five days after arriving in the city.



Lancaster University virologist Derek �Gatherer said passengers, crew and airport ground staff who came into contact with Mr Sawyer could be in “pretty serious danger”. Ebola is fatal in 90% of cases.

Doctors have identified 59 people who were near him and have tested 20. But they are struggling to find the others, who could have flown to anywhere in the world from Lagos.

There were today questions over how Liberian government worker Mr Sawyer was let on flights while clearly showing symptoms of Ebola – which has killed 672 people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone since it broke out in February.

Experts from Public Health England have met UK Border Agency officials to make sure staff are aware of the signs to look for in Ebola sufferers.

PHE has also used its national medical alert system to advise all UK doctors to “remain vigilant for unexplained illness in those who have visited the affected area”.

Symptoms include vomiting and �diarrhoea, fever, weakness, headache and sore throat.

MORE HERE........... http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2000129933/doctors-told-to-prepare-for-global-outbreak-after-victim-was-allowed-on-two-planes

[mick silver]

coming to a walfart near you

[Ponce]

Mick? as you know I read beyond the words and you made me think by saying "walfart".........how about the products coming from countries that have Ebola and so on.......doesn't their products have or carry the bugs?...........how many bugs will be coming from China, India?, Africa? and how many infections will be coming from the state of Israel?... on purpose?

Or how about animals?, maybe they carried the bug but are not affected by it.........yep, make plans to make your family safe.

V

[gunDriller]

coming to a walfart near you

i say, give them a one way ticket to Washington DC.

if there is a terrible epidemic that kills everybody in town ... it might as well have a silver lining.

[Dogman]

i say, give them a one way ticket to Washington DC.

if there is a terrible epidemic that kills everybody in town ... it might as well have a silver lining. At first wind of it all of the asshat critters will bug out to this place.

It is being remodeled at this time.

Raven rock or otherwise known as location "R" about 6 miles north of Camp David

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Rock_Mountain_Complex

The place is huge, can hold 3000 or so of the scumbags.

Check out the road that half way circles it, bunch of parking, and many portals, most of the complex is under 300 feet of solid rock. The top is a antenna farm, with a huge "Rhombic" beam for long distance HF comm.


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raven+Rock+Mountain,+Liberty,+PA+17320/@39.7329381,-77.4178335,1181m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x89c9ba4de8522091:0x5 cee1b552a59427f!2sRaven+Rock+Mountain,+Liberty,+PA +17320!3b1!3m1!1s0x89c9ba4de8522091:0x5cee1b552a59 427f

[Cebu_4_2]

Transmission Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.


Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.

[osoab]

At first wind of it all of the asshat critters will bug out to this place.

It is being remodeled at this time.

Raven rock or otherwise known as location "R" about 6 miles north of Camp David

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Rock_Mountain_Complex

The place is huge, can hold 3000 or so of the scumbags.

Check out the road that half way circles it, bunch of parking, and many portals, most of the complex is under 300 feet of solid rock. The top is a antenna farm, with a huge "Rhombic" beam for long distance HF comm.


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raven+Rock+Mountain,+Liberty,+PA+17320/@39.7329381,-77.4178335,1181m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x89c9ba4de8522091:0x5 cee1b552a59427f!2sRaven+Rock+Mountain,+Liberty,+PA +17320!3b1!3m1!1s0x89c9ba4de8522091:0x5cee1b552a59 427f

I am still checking out the road.

You can see bunker entrances.

What is just past the gatehouse? Two sets of car barriers?

Did you notice anything special about the parked cars?

Shuttle buses seem off to me too.

[Dogman]

I am still checking out the road.

You can see bunker entrances.

What is just past the gatehouse? Two sets of car barriers?

Did you notice anything special about the parked cars?

Shuttle buses seem off to me too.


Not sure, interesting isnt it! It is active but doing a web search turns up very little recent activity or info. There is a rumor that there is a tunnel from Camp Davit to it, so the prezz can bug out if needed to it. Seems there are hiking trails over it, but I bet there is bookoo security all over that mountain/hill.

I would not mind owing a Rhombic beam antenna like the one shown in the view.

[Glass]

according to numerical compression, of which (witch) I know nothing indicates that Mr sawyers full name = 7.

I could be wrong. Maybe Mr Sawyer isn't even real. But you need a vector to cover your tracks?

Ah but there are photos (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-30/ebola-epidemic-update-us-citizen-dies-nigeria-virus-poses-threat-britain-liberia-dec).

[Serpo]

This Is What Is Going To Happen If Ebola Comes To America
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/icons/user.gif By Michael Snyder, on July 30th, 2014

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Prison-Camp-300x300.jpg (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/this-is-what-is-going-to-happen-if-ebola-comes-to-america/prison-camp)If the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history reaches the United States, federal law (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title42/html/USCODE-2011-title42-chap6A-subchapII-partG.htm) permits "the apprehension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease". These individuals can be "detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary". In other words, the federal government already has the authority to round people up against their will, take them to detention facilities and hold them there for as long as they feel it is "reasonably necessary". In addition, as you will read about below, the federal government has the authority "to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill". If you want to look at these laws in the broadest sense, they pretty much give the federal government the power to do almost anything that they want with us in the event of a major pandemic. Of course such a scenario probably would not be called "marital law", but it would probably feel a lot like it.
If Ebola comes to America and starts spreading, one of the first things that would happen would be for the CDC to issue "a federal isolation or quarantine order". The following is what the CDC website (http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.html) says about what could happen under such an order...

Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to stop or limit the spread of disease.
Isolation is used to separate ill persons who have a communicable disease from those who are healthy. Isolation restricts the movement of ill persons to help stop the spread of certain diseases. For example, hospitals use isolation for patients with infectious tuberculosis.
Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms. Quarantine can also help limit the spread of communicable disease.
Isolation and quarantine are used to protect the public by preventing exposure to infected persons or to persons who may be infected.
In addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine also are “police power” functions, derived from the right of the state to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.
"Isolation" would not be a voluntary thing. The federal government would start hunting down anyone that they "reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease" and taking them to the facilities where other patients were being held. It wouldn't matter if you were entirely convinced that you were 100% healthy. If the government wanted to take you in, you would have no rights in that situation. In fact, federal law would allow the government to detain you "for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary".
And once you got locked up with all of the other Ebola patients, there would be a pretty good chance that you would end up getting the disease and dying anyway. The current Ebola outbreak has a 55 percent percent mortality rate, and experts tell us that the mortality rate for Ebola can be as high as 90 percent.
Once you contracted Ebola, this is what it would look like (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710285/Ebola-test-feverish-man-flew-Britain-West-Africa-doctors-red-alert-deadly-virus.html)...

Sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. That is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function and internal and external bleeding.
The "external bleeding" may include bleeding from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and just about every other major body cavity.
So how is Ebola spread?
Well, medical authorities tell us that it can be spread through the blood, urine, saliva, stools and semen of a person or animal that already has Ebola.
If you are exposed to the disease, the incubation period can be from anywhere from two days up to 21 days. But the average is usually about eight to ten days.
In other words, you can be spreading it around for over a week before you even know that you have it.
There is no vaccine for Ebola and there is no cure.
Not everyone dies from the virus, but most people do.
Needless to say, this is about the last disease that you want to catch. And the doctors that are treating Ebola patients in Africa are going to extreme lengths (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710174/In-stifling-hot-suits-silent-death-lurking-fear-mistake-fatal-Brave-doctors-terrifying-insight-battle-crucible-biggest-Ebola-outbreak-history.html) to keep from getting it...

To minimise the risk of infection they have to wear thick rubber boots that come up to their knees, an impermeable body suit, gloves, a face mask, a hood and goggles to ensure no air at all can touch their skin.
Dr Spencer, 27, and her colleagues lose up to five litres of sweat during a shift treating victims and have to spend two hours rehydrating afterwards.
They are only allowed to work for between four and six weeks in the field because the conditions are so gruelling.
At their camp they go through multiple decontaminations which includes spraying chlorine on their shoes.
But despite all of those extraordinary measures, multiple doctors have already gotten sick.
For example, one of the doctors leading the fight against Ebola, Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, died on Tuesday (http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/29/health/ebola-doctor-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)...

A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola (http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/11/health/ebola-fast-facts/index.html) outbreak in Sierra Leone has died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan fell ill early last week while overseeing Ebola treatment at Kenema Government Hospital, about 185 miles east of Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown.
He was treated by the French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, up until his death, spokesman Tim Shenk said.
And two American doctors (http://www.webmd.com/news/20140730/doctor-dies-ebola) that went over to Africa to help fight the disease are now battling for their own lives...

Dr. Kent Brantly, who was treating victims of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, is currently being treated in an isolation unit in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, the AP reported Tuesday.
"I'm praying fervently that God will help me survive this disease," Brantly said in an email Monday to Dr. David Mcray, the director of maternal-child health at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. The Texas-born Brantly, 33, completed a four-year medical residency at the hospital, the AP said.
Brantly's wife and two young children left Liberia to return to Abilene, Texas, days before he began to show symptoms of Ebola. They are being monitored for any signs of fever, a City of Abilene spokeswoman told the AP.
A second American, aid worker Nancy Writebol of Charlotte, N.C., is also stricken with Ebola, according to CBS/AP. Writebol had been working as a hygienist to help decontaminate people at an Ebola care center in Monrovia.
This is not like other Ebola outbreaks.
Something seems different this time.
But instead of trying to keep things isolated to a few areas, global health authorities are going to start sending Ebola patients to other parts of the globe. For example, one German hospital (http://rt.com/news/176628-eu-ebola-high-alert/) has already agreed to start receiving Ebola patients...

A German hospital has agreed to treat Ebola patients amid widespread fears of a possible outbreak of the deadly disease in Europe. Over 670 people have already been killed by the disease in West Africa with doctors struggling to control the epidemic.
A German hospital in Hamburg agreed to accept patients following a request from the World Health Organization (WHO), Deutsche Welle reports. Doctors assure that the utmost precautions will be taken to make sure the disease does not spread during treatment. The patients will be kept in an isolation ward behind several airlocks, and doctors and nurses will wear body suits with their own oxygen supplies that will be burned every three hours.
Will Ebola patients also soon be sent to hospitals in the United States?
And of course there are many other ways that Ebola could spread to this country. For instance, all it would take would be for one infected person to get on one airplane and it could all be over.
Federal authorities seem to have been preparing for such an outbreak for quite a while. As my good friend Mac Slavo (http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/congressional-report-ebola-bio-kits-deployed-to-national-guard-units-in-all-50-states_07292014) has pointed out, "biological diagnostic systems" were distributed to National Guard units in all 50 states back in April...

The Department of Defense informed Congress that it has deployed biological diagnostic systems to National Guard support teams in all 50 states, according to a report (http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS26/20140408/102001/HHRG-113-AS26-Wstate-SpencerC-20140408.pdf) published by the Committee on Armed Services. The report, published in April amid growing fears that the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus might spread outside of West Africa, says that the portable systems are designed for “low probability, high consequence” scenarios.
Some 340 Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) units have thus far been given to emergency response personnel. The systems are “rapid, reliable, and [provide] simultaneous identification of specific biological agents and pathogens,” says executive officer for the DOD’s Chemical and Biological Defense group Carmen J. Spencer.
Let us certainly hope for the best.
Let us hope that this latest outbreak fizzles out and that we won't even be talking about this by the end of the year.
But experts are warning that if a major global pandemic does break out that millions upon millions of people could die.
If that happens, many people will go crazy with fear.

And we got just a little taste of some of the paranoia that an Ebola epidemic in America would create in Charlotte, North Carolina (http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/part-cmc-er-roped-officials-say-patient-being-test/ngq2K/) earlier this week...

A corridor of Carolinas Medical Center – Main’s Emergency Room was roped off on the first floor, near the entrance Wednesday. A security guard was posted outside, to prevent anyone from crossing the line.
During a 4 p.m. press conference Katie Passaretti, who is an infectious disease specialist with CMC, said precautions were put into place when patient was brought in Tuesday night. The patient was traveling from Africa and arrived at the hospital around 11:30 p.m.
Around 3 a.m. the security precautions were put into place at the hospital, Passaretti said.
Passaretti said they determined the patient did not have Ebola. The patient has been discharged home.
It is not too hard to imagine forced quarantines and people being rounded up and shipped off to Ebola detention facilities.
In fact, if Ebola were to start spreading like wildfire in this country, many people would actually start demanding such measures.
For example, one member of Congress (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/10999981/Ebola-virus-outbreak-live.html) is already proposing that citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (and any foreigner that has recently visited those nations) be kept out of the United States...

In a letter addressed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, proposed that citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as "any foreign person who has visited one of these nations 90 days prior to arriving in the United States" be kept out of the country. He urged the secretaries to "consider the enhanced risk Ebola now presents to the American public".
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/this-is-what-is-going-to-happen-if-ebola-comes-to-america

[Glass]

Imagine if truth was a disease.

We are barely hearing about this here.

[Cebu_4_2]

We are barely hearing about this here.

Maybe it is another distraction...

[gunDriller]

Imagine if truth was a disease.

We are barely hearing about this here.

America has had a Spiritual form of Ebola ever since the Jews started running it.

The question is, when did that begin ?

Formation of Fed. Reserve _ 191*

Using Americans as Cannon Fodder to fight our Ally in the promotion of Gentile Rights - WW2 Germany - 1941 to 1945

Assassination of JFK - 1963

9-11 - 2011.

[osoab]

Not sure, interesting isnt it! It is active but doing a web search turns up very little recent activity or info. There is a rumor that there is a tunnel from Camp Davit to it, so the prezz can bug out if needed to it. Seems there are hiking trails over it, but I bet there is bookoo security all over that mountain/hill.

I would not mind owing a Rhombic beam antenna like the one shown in the view.

You can zoom in on street view and see the "Warning Restricted Area" sign at one of the entrances.

[Dogman]

You can zoom in on street view and see the "Warning Restricted Area" sign at one of the entrances.

For sure security in that area is super tight, bet nothing moves in the area that is not watched or known about.

Here is another center south of Camp David that is underground/restricted area. Look around the area, bunch of fancy mansions/houses with large parking lots.

Elite central

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Weather_Emergency_Operations_Center


https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B003%2746.8%22N+77%C2%B053%2720.4%22W/@39.0622834,-77.889923,1190m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en


Still looking, sure there are more rat holes to be found in the area!

[mick silver]

yep they tell us not to , but they do

[osoab]

Ebola terror at Gatwick as passenger collapses and dies getting off Sierra Leone flight (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ebola-terror-gatwick-passenger-collapses-3977051)

[Ponce]

How bad it will be?.....operation "Wildfire" is already in the books for a , just in case, scenario.....glad to be out of the big cities.

V

[Glass]

Well I think this is going to be the event we've been waiting for. It's pretty clear they intend to spread it. There is absolutely no reason under the sun for flying those people back into the USA while still infected. The only reason can be as a cover for it's release domestically.

I've been stocking up on face masks. I am going to pickup a full face respirator, extra filters this week plus some more foldup ones. I'm concerned about getting a respirator that can make a good seal. I guess we also need to think about how to keep things like that clean. If you take it off you really need to clean the inside before wearing it again. Best not to take it off once you start using it but I can see Govt Goons will be targeting you real quick if you are walking around looking all protected.

Stand by for mass vaccinations/inoculations, then a death toll that dwarfs anything we have seen in our history.

[Ponce]

Glass? you are not as dumb as you look, glad to see that you are awake and getting ready.....I am also ready...
smart looking Ponce ahahhhahaahahah..........sorry buddy, only kidding.

V

[Ponce]

Thinking about it.........does Ebola ataches itself to cash paper? to coins? by touching a cart at Wally's?.....how about a door handle at the airport? restaurant?.........no, when the time comes you better be ready....carry a lot of hand wipes and get rid of it as soon as you use it......be like the detective in the tv show who used to do it all the time.

V

[Glass]

I have noticed this trend at the entrances to supermarkets. Quite a few I have been in recently have disinfection stations where you can get some anti bacterial hand lotion and cleaning towels to wipe down your shopping cart or carry basket.

I don't know if that anti bacterial stuff works. I see a lot of emo's and so on carrying it in their EDC bags... which are basically what we called man bags back in the 80's.

Would it work for ebola? Do we just carry some colloidal silver.

[Dogman]

Thinking about it.........does Ebola ataches itself to cash paper? to coins? by touching a cart at Wally's?.....how about a door handle at the airport? restaurant?.........no, when the time comes you better be ready....carry a lot of hand wipes and get rid of it as soon as you use it......be like the detective in the tv show who used to do it all the time.

V

So far it seems at least in the states, they will burn or decontaminate every thing that had possible contact!

Ponce

I would say at this time you need to worry about wild fires more than catching this virus!

Hope your house is clear of trees/brush!

Make it as burn proof as you can, or have good ins!

For dam sure protect your TP stash, that is a national/strategic resource/treasure!

;)

[Ponce]

Dogman, I have the attachment to convert my 3,500 gallons water tank in to a fire station, 100 feet of 1.5 water hose, and a Honda engine water pump.......two sprinklers on my roof that works from my 500 gallons water tank.......I can also take what I want to save to the middle of the field at three different places in my property..........my tp is now buried with my silver, they are both safe.

V

[palani]

.my tp is now buried with my silver, they are both safe.

V

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcSqvjk077Y/Tk9A6WrnmAI/AAAAAAAABdg/f8h-J5DIhtU/s1600/out_of_toilet_paper.jpg

[Celtic Rogue]

Well I think this is going to be the event we've been waiting for. It's pretty clear they intend to spread it. There is absolutely no reason under the sun for flying those people back into the USA while still infected. The only reason can be as a cover for it's release domestically.

I've been stocking up on face masks. I am going to pickup a full face respirator, extra filters this week plus some more foldup ones. I'm concerned about getting a respirator that can make a good seal. I guess we also need to think about how to keep things like that clean. If you take it off you really need to clean the inside before wearing it again. Best not to take it off once you start using it but I can see Govt Goons will be targeting you real quick if you are walking around looking all protected.

Stand by for mass vaccinations/inoculations, then a death toll that dwarfs anything we have seen in our history.

Respirators and masks wont really help for Ebola. It isnt spread by air ...Yet! It could mutate but for now it is only spread by contact with bodily fluids of any type from an infected person. So gloves and the use of throw away anti-contaminant suits would be your best protection.
It takes four to six days on average for symptoms of Ebola to begin. The period between the transmission of the virus and the start of Ebola symptoms is called the Ebola incubation period. The Ebola incubation period can be as short as 2 days or as long as 21 days.


Is a Person Contagious During the Ebola Incubation Period?


Even if a person exhibits no signs or symptoms of Ebola, he or she can still spread the virus during the Ebola incubation period. Once the symptoms begin, the person can remain contagious for about three more weeks.


I make it a rule now that ANY TIME I go out side to wash my hands and forearms with Hibiclens soap. This soap contains chlorhexidine, also known as chlorhexidine gluconate or CHG, is a chemical substance with antimicrobial properties that is able to both kill and inhibit the growth of microorganisms such as viruses, fungi, and bacteria. This substance is used in various products as an antiseptic (http://www.wisegeekhealth.com/what-is-an-antiseptic.htm), meaning it is applied to skin, and other tissue like mucous membranes to avoid or fight infection. For example, chlorhexidine is used in both human and veterinary medicine as a disinfectant in pre-surgery hand scrubs, to clean wounds (http://www.wisegeekhealth.com/what-are-different-types-of-wounds.htm), and to swab (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-swab.htm) skin before the use of syringes or other needles.

If there is an outbreak that is spreading through the population I plan to stay inside for up to a month or so if needed to avoid anyone of place that might have been contaminated with the virus.

I hope for the best.... but the worse is what we are most likely headed for... so to all of us be prepared and try to be safe.

[palani]

It isnt spread by air ...Yet!

I wouldn't place too much reliance on claims that sneezes do not spread this virus. This experiment suggests otherwise.

http://healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/pigs-monkeys-ebola-goes-airborne-112112


When news broke that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in Uganda, investigators in Canada were making headlines of their own with research indicating the deadly virus may spread between species, through the air.

The team, comprised of researchers from the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, the University of Manitoba, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, observed transmission of Ebola from pigs to monkeys. They first inoculated a number of piglets with the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. Ebola-Zaire is the deadliest strain, with mortality rates up to 90 percent. The piglets were then placed in a room with four cynomolgus macaques, a species of monkey commonly used in laboratories. The animals were separated by wire cages to prevent direct contact between the species.

Within a few days, the inoculated piglets showed clinical signs of infection indicative of Ebola infection. In pigs, Ebola generally causes respiratory illness and increased temperature. Nine days after infection, all piglets appeared to have recovered from the disease.

Within eight days of exposure, two of the four monkeys showed signs of Ebola infection. Four days later, the remaining two monkeys were sick too. It is possible that the first two monkeys infected the other two, but transmission between non-human primates has never before been observed in a lab setting.

While the study provided evidence that transmission of Ebola between species is possible, researchers still cannot say for certain how that transmission actually occurred. There are three likely candidates for the route of transmission: airborne, droplet, or fomites.

Airborne and droplet transmission both technically travel through the air to infect others; the difference lies in the size of the infective particles. Smaller droplets persist in the air longer and are able to travel farther- these droplets are truly “airborne.” Larger droplets can neither travel as far nor persist for very long. Fomites are inanimate objects that can transmit disease if they are contaminated with infectious agents. In this study, a monkey’s cage could have been contaminated when workers were cleaning a nearby pig cage. If the monkey touched the contaminated cage surface and then its mouth or eyes, it could have been infected.

Author Dr. Gary Kobinger suspects that the virus is transmitted through droplets, not fomites, because evidence of infection in the lungs of the monkeys indicated that the virus was inhaled.

What do these findings mean? First and foremost, Ebola is not suddenly an airborne disease. As expert commentators at ProMED stated, the experiments “demonstrate the susceptibility of pigs to Zaire Ebolavirus and that the virus from infected pigs can be transmitted to macaques under experimental conditions… they fall short of establishing that this is a normal route of transmission in the natural environment.” Furthermore, because human Ebola outbreaks have historically been locally contained, it is unlikely that Ebola can spread between humans via airborne transmission.

However, the study does raise the possibility that pigs are a host for Ebola. If this proves to be true in the wild, there are direct ramifications for prevention and control measures. It is still unclear what role pigs play in the chain of transmission. To continue work on answering this question, the team plans to take samples from pigs in areas known to have recently experienced Ebola outbreaks.

[gunDriller]

I don't think we are in any real danger from Ebola itself.

but Ebola has a tremendous ability to cause panic.

imagine if Israel conned another young idiot from their Terrorist Training program ... perhaps a cousin of the underwear bomber ... and infected them with Ebola, then blew them up in a crowded movie theater.

what would happen to the Dow ? could they achieve the effect of a second 9-11 ?

[Glass]

These are the methods of infection I've read of. Disregarding that some sound unlikely this is what is being said:
Eating infected animals
Coughing where larger volumes are expelled
Fluids like sweat or blood
kissing, Sex

Drinking dead relatives blood?

So far 100 health workers infected. They should be pretty diligent. Their exposure rate is many times higher than anyone else so the likelihood is higher for them. And its clear that not all clinics have full protection suits or splash shields for workers. Many places only have some masks and some gloves but that's about it.

If you get infected fluids on you do you need to have an abrasion for infection to occur? Someone coughs up big time and you get some on your face, in your eye?

I was thinking respirator because it should give cover for eyes, nose and mouth with a full face seal. It covers you for a couple other things IMO. Smoke, gas, smells. I guess you could go for a nose mouth and use safety eyewear or goggles like Ponce has suggested.

[Ponce]

You could get arrested for wearing a protective face mask and a pair of goggles....specially while walking into a bank hahahahahahahaha.

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[madfranks]

Wow, they made a video game version where you can watch Ebola destroy the world. I have to admit, it's kinda creepy watching this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PgUzh9OTvc

[Cebu_4_2]

It's just another distraction. Look back at all the doom from the past, you will see a trend. This might be for the illegal invasion. Whats Russian news say about it? I just don't have the time.

[mick silver]

we all went into are bunker house last night and shut the big steel door down and turn the air cleaners on ........... million and million more will die from this . I to am glad I no longer live in a big city ...