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It can be transmitted via aerosol, and the CDC states this on their website. It doesn't matter much if it is truly airborne. The flu is not "airborne" in the strictest sense. It is droplet.
Hence all the discussion I was referring to. I think the CDC just recently updated their site to reflect this. It seems that the "direct contact with body fluids" line was being parroted so much that the aerosol information was being diminished or at least not properly distributed.

"When semantics kill..."
 

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The Guardian interview with one of the original Belgian researches of Ebola:

There will certainly be Ebola patients from Africa who come to us in the hopes of receiving treatment. And they might even infect a few people here who may then die. But an outbreak in Europe or North America would quickly be brought under control. I am more worried about the many people from India who work in trade or industry in west Africa. It would only take one of them to become infected, travel to India to visit relatives during the virus's incubation period, and then, once he becomes sick, go to a public hospital there. Doctors and nurses in India, too, often don't wear protective gloves. They would immediately become infected and spread the virus.
 

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What? Private companies did something better than government? Unpossible!
That's only because my party doesn't have full control. The other side can't get anything done and only gets in the way. If they would simply agree with my side on every topic without argumentation, we would have Ebola abolished by sunset.
 

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Person who had contact with Patient Zero exhibiting Ebola symptoms. Let's hope not.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fr...78555081.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DFWBrand

Now another source is saying he traveled to west Africa recently. Geez. Get it right people.
Seems there are conflicting stories as to whether the deputy had direct contact with PZero or just went into PZero's apartment. One thing is for sure though, the deputy was not in the original group of people that were being watched due to contact with PZero.

So what is the "magic" number of confirmed cases needed before people start to realize that an outbreak can indeed happen here...1...2...4...8...16...32...64...100+?
 

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Seems there are conflicting stories as to whether the deputy had direct contact with PZero or just went into PZero's apartment. One thing is for sure though, the deputy was not in the original group of people that were being watched due to contact with PZero.

So what is the "magic" number of confirmed cases needed before people start to realize that an outbreak can indeed happen here...1...2...4...8...16...32...64...100+?
They updated the story again. Initially it didn't even say Dallas County Deputy.
 

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"New Ebola patient near Dallas? Update: Patient says he had contact with ‘patient zero'; Update: Patient is ‘exhibiting signs and symptoms of Ebola'; Update: Patient is reportedly being transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas; Update: Urgent Care clinic spokesman says patient did NOT come into contact with Thomas Duncan; Update: Photo of patient exiting Urgent Care clinic; Update: Local news outlet says patient is a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy who went inside Duncan’s apartment."

http://twitchy.com/2014/10/08/breaking-new-ebola-patient-in-dallas/

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/08/patient-frisco-ebola-suspect/16922477/
 
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