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October 25, 2014
Inside the Ebola Wars
There are two distinct ways a virus can travel in the air.In what’s known as droplet infection, the virus can travel inside droplets of fluid released into the air when, for example, a person coughs. The droplets travel only a few feet and soon fall to the ground. The other way a virus can go into the air is through what is called airborne transmission. In this mode, the virus is carried aloft in tiny droplets that dry out, leaving dust motes, which can float long distances, can remain infective for hours or days, and can be inhaled into the lungs. Particles of measles virus can do this, and have been observed to travel half the length of an enclosed football stadium.-- The New Yorker
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Stop inhaling. Stop ingesting. Stop taking Obama's advice -- it's already proven deadlier than Ebola.
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at October 25, 2014 11:48 AM
Ebola is almost certainly aerosol spread, but that is being denied by the officials. Its the only thing that makes sense to me about how its spreading and infecting.
What makes me even more curious, though, is why so many people who are in the infectious stage of Ebola seem to want to travel. Its like it triggers wanderlust in its victims.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 26, 2014 8:25 AM