IMO, CDC is trying to repress facts about Ebola transmission that could potentially shut down the economy and unleash widespread panic.
Not releasing it keeps things calmer for a little bit longer, but allows for more to inadvertently put themselves at risk of infection and death.
I'm talking about Ebola surface contamination, potentially for weeks, of anything Ebola infected person touched, coughed or sneezed upon
before you, and other unsuspecting people, unwittingly came upon it, touched it and then risked contracting Ebola.
From www.ebolaready.com ...
Despite public pronouncements by the CDC, WHO and other public health personalities that the Ebola virus does not survive beyond a few hours on contaminated surfaces, published research in respected, peer reviewed scientific journals show that "viable" Ebola virus can in fact survive for multiple days on surfaces outside the body.
In 2010 research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology demonstrated that two different strains of Ebola, including Ebola-Zaire which is at the heart of the current W. Africa outbreak, is able to survive for extended periods of time at low temperatures on plastic and glass surfaces as well as in liquids. [Citation 8]
"Our study has shown that Lake Victoria marburgvirus (MARV) and Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) can survive for long periods in different liquid media and can also be recovered from plastic and glass surfaces at low temperatures for over 3 weeks. The decay rates of ZEBOV and Reston ebolavirus (REBOV) plus MARV within a dynamic aerosol were calculated. ZEBOV and MARV had similar decay rates, whilst REBOV showed significantly better survival within an aerosol."
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What are the ramifications then of anything in the public domain that might have been contaminated hours, days or weeks earlier, unbeknownst
to you when you later handle them, such as money, door knobs, ATM machines, public transportation, food, shopping cart, mail, etc.? For some
of these things, protective gloves would suffice, for some, though, to then bring into your home, they'd need to be decontaminated. Including
the soles of your shoes that have picked up who knows what from where, before you then risk tracking it inside your home.
I'm guessing CDC hopes to contain this current outbreak and have it get off the news before the above is exposed. Unfortunately, if they are
unsuccessful, it'll be in part, likely the largest part, because they did not get the word out about the above surface contamination risk in-time.
- Shane
Not releasing it keeps things calmer for a little bit longer, but allows for more to inadvertently put themselves at risk of infection and death.
I'm talking about Ebola surface contamination, potentially for weeks, of anything Ebola infected person touched, coughed or sneezed upon
before you, and other unsuspecting people, unwittingly came upon it, touched it and then risked contracting Ebola.
From www.ebolaready.com ...
Despite public pronouncements by the CDC, WHO and other public health personalities that the Ebola virus does not survive beyond a few hours on contaminated surfaces, published research in respected, peer reviewed scientific journals show that "viable" Ebola virus can in fact survive for multiple days on surfaces outside the body.
In 2010 research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology demonstrated that two different strains of Ebola, including Ebola-Zaire which is at the heart of the current W. Africa outbreak, is able to survive for extended periods of time at low temperatures on plastic and glass surfaces as well as in liquids. [Citation 8]
"Our study has shown that Lake Victoria marburgvirus (MARV) and Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) can survive for long periods in different liquid media and can also be recovered from plastic and glass surfaces at low temperatures for over 3 weeks. The decay rates of ZEBOV and Reston ebolavirus (REBOV) plus MARV within a dynamic aerosol were calculated. ZEBOV and MARV had similar decay rates, whilst REBOV showed significantly better survival within an aerosol."
_______________
What are the ramifications then of anything in the public domain that might have been contaminated hours, days or weeks earlier, unbeknownst
to you when you later handle them, such as money, door knobs, ATM machines, public transportation, food, shopping cart, mail, etc.? For some
of these things, protective gloves would suffice, for some, though, to then bring into your home, they'd need to be decontaminated. Including
the soles of your shoes that have picked up who knows what from where, before you then risk tracking it inside your home.
I'm guessing CDC hopes to contain this current outbreak and have it get off the news before the above is exposed. Unfortunately, if they are
unsuccessful, it'll be in part, likely the largest part, because they did not get the word out about the above surface contamination risk in-time.
- Shane