Odine Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Here you go: https://news.vice.com/article/dont-panic-yet-we-asked-an-ebola-expert-about-the-possibility-of-a-pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good God a Bear Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'd rather be safe than sorry and have travel restrictions, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 I don't mind extra precautions. But my god the hypochondriacs that will happen now. I would hate to work in an emergency room. Also, I will be taking a car on all my trips and not sharing air in a airplane or going on a ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You know it can't be transmitted through the air right? You need direct contact with bodily fluid: saliva, blood, snot, semen, urine, poop etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolence Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 It is about as infectious as the flu in terms of transmission. So fairly infectious, though not nearly so much as a disease like polio or the measles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Oh I know how Ebola is transmitted. But now a days the people that ride on planes and the number of outbreaks on ships for infectious diseases just scares the hell out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You know it can't be transmitted through the air right? You need direct contact with bodily fluid: saliva, blood, snot, semen, urine, poop etc.Hypochondriacs are part of the problem, the other is the media taking each one of them as POSSIBLE EBOLA OMG I'm trying to think the last time I was in contact with somebody else's bodily fluids. Eliminating anything sexual and cleaning up my kid's daily boy-wounds, the only thing that comes to mind was a beach trip a few years ago when some lady sneezed into the wind and I got a bit of spray. It was gross, but that's the only example I can think of in years. So if it is that infrequent, and the person spreading such fluids has to have beat odds just as high, I think I am pretty safe. There's a lot of mixed information about how long Ebola can survive on surfaces in the wild, most experts say longer than things that would give you a cold or the flu, but not by much. So you know-- wash your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Jade Skywalker Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 People are worried about catching the Ebola virus at Dragon Con. I'm more concerned about catching regular old con crud, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I try to avoid flying as much as possible just because I'm sick of getting felt up by TSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 that's why I wish I could fly more often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Jacob I'm going to sneeze in your mouth. Fluids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelentlessMalice Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 How long before. Joe Biden says do not ride public transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolence Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Be sure to slip him some tongue as you sneeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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