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re: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted, circle of contact increased to 100
Posted on 10/3/14 at 12:53 pm to Volvagia
Posted on 10/3/14 at 12:53 pm to Volvagia
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If you swallow fluid with a 1000 Ebola virions and you don't have a cut, gingivitis, or an ulcer, you won't come down with it.
With the stories circulating about how people are contracting this, I don't think this is accurate. I have no evidence, just a hunch.
The latest American to come down with it was just "splashed with something".
Something is off here. I doubt all the people infected are walking around with obvious cuts in an area in which they are specifically there to deal with Ebola.
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 12:54 pm
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 1:00 pm to theunknownknight
I agree. I don't think it's a wildfire like many are afraid of but I also think it spreads too easily to be THAT difficult to contract.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 1:13 pm to theunknownknight
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The latest American to come down with it was just "splashed with something".
Link? Not out of doubt, I am interested on keeping abreast with information.
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Something is off here. I doubt all the people infected are walking around with obvious cuts in an area in which they are specifically there to deal with Ebola.
Oh, it doesn't take that.
But a lot of people have horrible habits, and I am counting Americans in that.
Most probably won't admit to it but how many times do you lick your fingers after eating finger food and just go about your day? Maybe throw in a "cleaning" step of wiping the spit on your pants?
Conversely, how many wash their hands before eating?
In any case, what I just described is accurate, just misleading. The qualifiers of no cuts, ulcers, or gingivitis excludes a high portion of adults, even in the West. The point to illustrate the necessity of blood contact for the virus. Mere exposure is insufficient.
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 10/3/14 at 1:16 pm to theunknownknight
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I doubt all the people infected
And again...all 10,000 of them.
In the US alone there have been 50,000 new infections of HIV in the past year.
So where are these perceptions of highly contagious comes from?
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