Friday, October 24, 2014

From Pigs to Monkeys, Ebola Goes Airborne

"Old" news from 2012 which the scientific community already knew back then. Ebola does indeed potentially go airborne.

...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....

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


What does this mean for the general population? Practice good hygiene as detailed previously to prevent transmission of viral diseases: How not to catch Ebola. and here: Which products you may want to have to prevent transmission of viral diseases.

It is easy and cheap enough to do and you do NOT need special education or training for it. Take the japanese population as an example as seen in photo below.




KOBE, JAPAN - MAY 20: People on the street wear face masks because of the outbreak of swine flu near Sannomiya JR station May 20, 2009 Kobe


Prepare NOW. As correctly pointed out by some in the general news media, the "common flu" has to this point killed more people than Ebola. By taking the above linked precautions, you are protecting yourselves from all virus infections.




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