Snipped by me. I have to disagree that it is identical transmission as HIV. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't get HIV from a person's sweat as you can with ebola. In addition, with ebola, if someone sneezes and touches an item, and then an uninfected person touches that item, they are at risk.
So to me, it may not be as transmittable as something like a cold or the flu, but it does seem somewhat more transmittable than HIV.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/u...s-of-ebola-and-what-direct-contact-means.html
That is where my frustration with media is from- by that I mean I could get struck by lightening! But the odds...
Dr. Frieden emphasized that the odds of contracting Ebola in the United States were still extremely low. The disease is not contagious during the incubation period, and patients do not transmit it until they develop symptoms, he said. And those with symptoms will probably feel sick enough to stay home. People are highly unlikely to catch the disease on the bus or subway, Dr. Frieden said
Blood, vomit, urine and diarrhea from very sick patients are highly infectious, but other body fluids like sweat, saliva, tears, semen and
breast milk are also risky. But there is a BUT here --I think most dont like hugging someone who just ran a mile and is all sweaty!
If someone lost control of their bowels on a subway most would step away! Same of someone was puking in elevator! But all that stepping away is exactly the opposite of what one would do if it was someone one knew.
If I was in an elevator, with a friend , and they started vomiting, in all liklihood I would lean in, it would be OK (not really you know what I mean!) if I got a little on me etc etc.
Body fluids do include salavia - so I suppose if someone came up and spit at ones eye, on an open cut, or down there throat they probably could get sick, but the liklihood of someone randomly coming up to a stranger and doing that are low IMO!
My comparasion to HIV is based on this:
Direct contact means that the fluids splash or spray into someone elses mouth, eyes or nose, or enter the bloodstream through cuts or breaks in the skin.
Identical to HIV, as it relates to what direct contact means. Since sex is connected saliva is more involved, the odds of touching and open cut or break in the skin is probably more likely in bed than in public , but the notion of direct contact is identical - the only real thing that is different is the liklihood of contact is different casue sex is different than riding a bus (I think!) Well maybe not in all situations -- thats funny!
The virus does not spread through the air, unlike
measles or
chickenpox. And Ebola does not invade healthy skin, so merely touching secretions does not mean an infection will follow.
Ebola does not cause respiratory problems, but a cough from a sick patient could infect someone close enough to be sprayed with droplets of mucus or saliva. Again, IMO we all do have public social behaviors, I think most of us if we were to cough would make an effort not to do it "on" someone! A lot has to happen for someone to cough, in public, down my throat!
There is social stuff, a mother would not freak if thier child coughed in their face, you know what I am saying! There is a whole social entity here.
the virus can survive for a few hours on dry surfaces like doorknobs and countertops. WIth that I would say one would have to have a cut, and touch the knob - could it happen sure, but the liklihood of opening a door, and having a small cut exactly where needed, again, is like a lot of stuff to line up,
Bleach solutions can kill it.
In AMerica if someone puked in a public place some staff member would come clean it up (I would hope).
You should see thier drinking stuff over there forget Ebola its gross, and then again we are back to salavia with that stuff. THey also do not do a lot of toilets -- so we xan extrapolate that out with loose bowels.......
Just my opionion!
