Saturday, October 25, 2014

Aerosol Transmission Of Ebola More Likely In US Than Liberia

Here is a troublesome report about the aerosol transmission of the Ebola virus:

We also demonstrated aerosol transmission of Ebola virus at lower temperature and humidity than that normally present in sub-Saharan Africa. Ebola virus sensitivity to the high temperatures and humidity in the thatched, mud, and wattel huts shared by infected family members in southern Sudan and northern Zaire may have been a factor limiting aerosol transmission of Ebola virus in the African epidemics. Both elevated temperature and relative humidity (RH) have been shown to reduce the aerosol stability of viruses (Songer 1967). Our experiments were conducted at 24 degrees C [i.e. 75 degrees Fahrenheit] and < 40% RH, conditions which are known to favour the aerosol stability of at least two other African haemorrhagic fever viruses, Rift Valley fever and Lassa (Stephenson et a/. 1984; Anderson et a/. 1991). If the same holds true for filoviruses [Ebola is a type of filovirus], aerosol transmission is a greater threat in modern hospital or laboratory settings than it is in the natural climatic ranges of viruses.


Aerosol transmission is thought to be possible and may occur in conditions of lower temperature and humidity which may not have been factors in outbreaks in warmer climates.


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-25/top-ebola-scientists-ebola-more-likely-be-spread-aerosol-cold-dry-conditions-hot-hum


[Original study report @ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997182/pdf/ijexpath00004-0007.pdf]

So ... was Obama ad-Dajjal addressing fear or fact when his administration said you can't catch the Ebola virus on a bus?

I'll bet his Ebola Czar doesn't know the answer either.


Dumbasses.

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