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86. Ebola doesn't make you sneeze. This is ridiculous

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Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:44 PM

Oct 2014

it's not a respiratory illness. The chances of anyone getting it from someone sneezing is about zero.

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Ebola can be spread through the droplets of a cough or sneeze. [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 OP

the family of patient zero who dealt with him are ebola negative and im sure belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1

And? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #2

And that means it's not that easy to catch Warpy Oct 2014 #74

You should write the CDC and tell them to correct their graphic. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #85

And you need to watch those weasel words Warpy Oct 2014 #90

Congratulations on turning the term "weasel words" into a weasel phrase. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #94

Numerous family members in Africa have caught it from the infected family members. LisaL Oct 2014 #3

we arent in africa and there may have been other factors you know since we're not in africa belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #8

Not from droplets from coughs and sneezes, they didn't. PDJane Oct 2014 #11

How do you know? LisaL Oct 2014 #27

Please explain to me, if it's so contagious, how not one American health care worker catbyte Oct 2014 #38

How many American health care workers have been treating Ebola patients until the current outbreak? LisaL Oct 2014 #80

Yeah, but Ebola was just as virulent then as it is now. Modern society intervened, catbyte Oct 2014 #82

I believe it has Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #89

It seems to be more virulent than before Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #88

Yes, because of the cultural practices involving how the bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #44

Are you tired of being wrong on this topic yet? nt Logical Oct 2014 #97

The question for everybody at the end of the day, exposed or not exposed, is woodsprite Oct 2014 #14

ebola doesnt have the mortality rate here that it does in africa belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #17

At least at present. I'm hopeful that will remain so HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #23

i dont see why it would change - everyone that got ebloa here and got treated in time belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #25

IIRC one of the Nebraska cases was rescued from near death by a serum donation HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #29

Yes, both nurses got plasma from survivors. LisaL Oct 2014 #32

Which makes the use of such plasma a significant difference HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #37

Exactly. LisaL Oct 2014 #41

They will. The US is not Africa Warpy Oct 2014 #75

I agree that sanitation in the US significantly contributes to health HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #79

both nurses received patient plasma with antibodies magical thyme Oct 2014 #42

And Writebol was finally able to contribute. She donated to Dr. Spencer. :) KMOD Oct 2014 #47

that's good news. :-) magical thyme Oct 2014 #50

There are people in every epidemic in history who did not become infected Skidmore Oct 2014 #68

And some people smoke cigarettes all their lives and don't get cancer. So what? pnwmom Oct 2014 #78

handfull? it's all of the cases we have here in the u.s. belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #81

An African study showed that 16% of family members had gotten it. So that's not negligible. pnwmom Oct 2014 #84

Ohs no!!!!!1! notrightatall Oct 2014 #4

yea really - duct tape your windows and wear a garbage bag belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #6

But how do I go to the store? notrightatall Oct 2014 #9

you'll be ok- you'll have to wrap yourself up like a mummy belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #10

No, that's "Obamla". riqster Oct 2014 #19

No, Oh-bola! Yodeled like Ri-cola for coughs. Gotta keep up with the slurs. n/t freshwest Oct 2014 #49

I skipped my Remedial Teabaggerisms class this week. riqster Oct 2014 #64

Oh, I thought it was sung to the tune of "Lola"-- E-B-O-L-A BOLA. (my bad) nt Stardust Oct 2014 #70

rocky mountain mike from the stephanie miller show did a song parody of lola/ebola belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #83

Thanks--I'll check it out! Stardust Oct 2014 #87

But you have to poke a hole in the bag for air. To 'avoid suffocation,' the bag says. Then what? freshwest Oct 2014 #55

I'm going straight to hell for this.... Travelman Oct 2014 #76

I think you may have scored a point or two with Him with this. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #95

read the op read my response and you should be able to connect the dots belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #5

Your OP is incomplete & thus misleading. It can be spread by a SYMPTOMATIC cough or sneeze. KittyWampus Oct 2014 #7

Stop with the science crap!!! notrightatall Oct 2014 #12

The point is that it's not airborne. PDJane Oct 2014 #16

Exaggerated and incomplete. riqster Oct 2014 #13

More of the "I am not a scientist", but......I want to pretend to be one because of my fear. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #24

Fear is a far more transmissible disease than Ebola. riqster Oct 2014 #30

Tied straight into that reptilian reflex and survival mechanism. Works perfectly. freshwest Oct 2014 #57

I posted a link to a CDC publication. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #43

Yes you did. And your OP did not accurately reflect it. riqster Oct 2014 #63

How so? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #66

I'm not sure, why they say that HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #73

True, but you're probably going to be able to see signs that a person Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #15

Calm down, Nuke. Theoretically it possibly could spread that way, but... Nitram Oct 2014 #18

LESS THAN THREE FEET IN DISTANCE. Please clarify, this is not AIRBORNE transmission. n/y Avalux Oct 2014 #20

Maybe if they sneeze right on you and it gets into your eyes, nose or mouth. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #21

Plenty of healthcare professionals are being infected without having patients sneezing on their eyes Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #59

No kidding, the question was about getting Ebola from sneezing. Pay attention. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #65

Thank you for the information, Nuclear Unicorn. Octafish Oct 2014 #22

It requires detailed and complete knowledge. riqster Oct 2014 #26

Thanks for the added detail. Octafish Oct 2014 #40

Yeah, I spent a lot of years in the medical biz, too. riqster Oct 2014 #69

a.... ccchhewwww. seabeyond Oct 2014 #28

It can also be spread via the dirty sanchez snooper2 Oct 2014 #31

I find it quite bizarre that the SheilaT Oct 2014 #33

knew this already. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2014 #34

Every person around you this season will be spreading Historic NY Oct 2014 #35

And the flu will kill many more people than ebola gollygee Oct 2014 #36

Explained Properly Here sharp_stick Oct 2014 #39

exactly. The virus doesn't infect the entire body until very late stage, when the magical thyme Oct 2014 #48

But that does not make it airborne LynneSin Oct 2014 #45

Reading links is a good thing. freshwest Oct 2014 #53

only after the patient is symptomatic, and it would be in the later stages of the disease magical thyme Oct 2014 #46

I'm hiding under my desk with my bleach aerosol right now! Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #51

i know. it was duct tape. we need to just start handing out bleach aerosol. cha..ching. seabeyond Oct 2014 #56

This is not a respiratory virus. jen63 Oct 2014 #52

Yet another unwarranted panic post. longship Oct 2014 #54

Relax MuseRider Oct 2014 #58

Theorectically. But not practically. And not ever in reality for patients with no or early symptoms. morningfog Oct 2014 #60

yeah your mercuryblues Oct 2014 #61

Well then keep clear of the one or two Ebola patients upaloopa Oct 2014 #62

And it can only be spread by people who Progressive dog Oct 2014 #67

duh. librechik Oct 2014 #71

Fear mongering, Nuke. Feral Child Oct 2014 #72

Double nuke. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #96

When was the last time a stranger sneezed/coughed in your face? n/t SoCalDem Oct 2014 #77

Sunday, in a restaurant. Not a rare event in a city. polichick Oct 2014 #93

Ebola doesn't make you sneeze. This is ridiculous Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #86

Tons of other things make people sneeze of course. polichick Oct 2014 #91

Yep - something to consider for sure. polichick Oct 2014 #92