 Poster: A snowHead
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@peanuthead,  titter
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/29/cdc-admits-ebola-can-be-passed-to-others-by-sneezi/
I thought @abc might appreciate this
Seriously though, this is a fact any microbiologist has known and espoused since the outbreak began and also goes to how Ebola can be fomite spread. Note droplet spread is different to aerosol spread (which ebola does not spread by) as the drop must land on you and then you fail to wash/ disinfect before it contacts a mucosal surface(mouth nose eye). This is why hand washing so important
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6078072
CDC now downplaying though not denying droplet infection.
In essence it is possible for Ebola to transmit by respiratory droplets but NOT by aerosol. It is hard to convey this without causing paranoia due to people not understanding the difference. Plus in the grand scheme it is likely very few cases of ebola are spread this way.
Personally I feel they're being a little economic with truth to minimise paranoia. Maybe this works out to greater good. It is not good when medical staff at bellevue hospital are ostracised. Regarding nurse in maineband court mandated quarantine: I really don't know what to make of her or state.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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As if the Ebola outbreak in West Africa weren't bad enough, it now seems that the World Health Organisation are concerned about an outbreak of bubonic plague in Mozambique on the East African coast. WHO are particularly concerned about Antananarivo, the capital and largest city in Madagascar. Quote "There is now a risk of a rapid spread of the disease due to the city’s high population density and the weakness of the healthcare system. The situation is further complicated by the high level of resistance to deltamethrin (an insecticide used to control fleas) that has been observed in the country."
Already 40 people have died (with 119 infected) and 2 percent of the cases are the much more contagious pneumonic form which is transmissible from person to person through infected droplets spread by coughing (and which was responsible the the Black Death in medieval times). 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@Alastair Pink, however, it is bacterial, readily treated with antipiotics and thusly nothing like a problem to us, safe in our developed world cocoons.
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Until the bacterial mutate into a drug resistant variant, that is!
Even Ebola is much more survivable in the developed world. So far, pretty much all the patients infected in the western world recovered.
All it took was better resources in the local treatment centers (and more of such treatment centers, of course). Sadly, the majority of western population still think we can let the Africans die as if that's none of our business. The "cocoons" is largely in the brain. 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@Serriadh, Unbelievable! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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She is a health worker and there is only one contact to trace. She did the right thing when symptoms developed. The contact person won't become infectious for at least 7 days and can be quarantined as a precaution.
I live one mile away and I'm not worried.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@glasgowcyclops, Its good shes done the right thing, but what worries me is the people shes met in transit, on the plane etc etc. I know the spread is very unlikely thankfully, but she I would hope has been very careful whilst abroad, yet contracted it. Now she has been in contact with others who are not so careful and do not know the symptoms - some are like a cold which most of us have at this time of year.
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You know it makes sense.
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