Ebola virus

[JAMESCORK]

This brings paranoia to a whole new level....

[SmallHorn]

This brings paranoia to a whole new level....

Iv not left the house since the "outbreak"

[wolfie]

This brings paranoia to a whole new level....

Next you know we will be bringing Sterilizing units to the pub for our glasses

[Meursault]

This brings paranoia to a whole new level....

fear spreads quicker than disease

[kevinmurphyfun]

Its very serious ...with over 4000 dead and spreading exponentially hardy a joking matter

[Anya]

Hey! And do you know there exists at least another 11 seriously highly risky viruses that are thousand times+ more dangerous then ebola?

Its very serious ...with over 4000 dead and spreading exponentially hardy a joking matter

[kevinmurphyfun]

Do you understand what expontial means?

Ebola is unique in that it kills most but not all its victims
Incubation period is fairly long
Difficult to detect
Difficult to control
Has existed for a while but difficuot to find cure

Most other deadly viruses are understood better, controlled better, detected better ....

[justfrank44]

Do you understand what expontial means?

Ebola is unique in that it kills most but not all its victims
Incubation period is fairly long
Difficult to detect
Difficult to control
Has existed for a while but difficuot to find cure

Most other deadly viruses are understood better, controlled better, detected better ....

I wonder do you know what it means?

It is hardly unique in this

Detection seems to be fairly easy actually,
It is easy enough to control if you have the co-operation of the public and good health services, neither of which you can say is true in the countries worst affected so far.
Has only been "discovered" 40/50 years ago and was not sudied because there were no large instances of infection until now.
And remember , there are treatments in place now that improve the victims chances of survival.
The main thing to do is stop panicking, until your neighbours start falling in the streets. Because there is feck all point worrying about.

[Stephanie]

"All of us emit aerosols when we speak, breathe, sneeze, or cough. If we are infected with a respiratory virus such as influenza virus, the aerosols contain virus particles. Depending on their size, aerosols may travel long distances, and when inhaled they lodge on mucosal surfaces of the respiratory tract, initiating an infection.

Viral transmission can also occur when virus-containing respiratory droplets travel from the respiratory tract of an infected person to mucosal surfaces of another person. Because these droplets are larger, they cannot travel long distances as do aerosols, and are considered a form of contact transmission. Ebola virus can certainly be transmitted from person to person by droplets."


http://www.virology.ws/2014/09/27/tr...f-ebola-virus/


With a thanks to Justfrank44 , who originally posted the above link a few days ago on my own thread re this subject x

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