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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  To avoid giving those who haven't read my posts a very wrong impression, let me clarify that I didn't call Ebola a "wimpy virus" at all but actually made the statement that it was a "wimpy virus off its host" and then in begins to die relatively quickly. Big difference. I learned and exhaustively posted and offered links to official healthcare articles/advisories that the experts say it's anything but wimpy in the human body and bodily fluids of a patient or body with a high viral load and my references to "biohazard", "deadly" and similar terms, and the absolute need to take full precautionary measures and proper after- cleaning/disinfection measures in my posts tends to fully underscore that.
The point I was trying to stress in latter posts is that, oddly, outside its host, the Ebola virus is wimpy by comparison to some hardier but less deadly viruses, doesn't live long out in the environment and is easily killed with most basic cleaning and disinfectant agents, UV light, including sunlight, heat, etc. So we don't have to fear going out and about or visiting the facilities where Ebola patients are being treated, fearing we'll readily contract Ebola from the air or off any surface a sick patient sometime touched. |
First of all, I questioned you because I don't believe Ebola is wimpy at. all. Pardon me for not adding "off its host" but even that would make me comment in the same manner I did. The ONLY reason the question about sources was made was because you then said that it was something someone else had said...not your words.
As to your highlighted sentence above, I am saying that I don't buy it. If that were true, why would it be necessary days later for that apartment in Dallas to be decontaminated by people in hazmat suits?
The people involved in this virus are saying one thing and acting another. I would not fear going into a facility where someone was being treated, but I sure as heck would not want to be in an area where that patient was or had touched!!! The people being flown into this country for treatment who just happened to be in such an area speaks volumes to me.