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cstanleytech

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18. The healthcare officials didnt get infected due to a virulence increase because it hasnt nor
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 03:21 PM
Aug 2014

has the virus become airborne but rather the health care workers came into contact with bodily fluids via secondary contact from another worker who was infected and its pretty much the same with everyone else in that to become infected you have to come into contact with bodily fluids.
If people would stop doing stupid shit like hiding sick family members, destroying testing facilities, not taking themselves to a doctor when they start feeling sick and following basic quarantine measures such as cleaning their hands and using gloves you would likely not see as bad an outbreak as there is atm.

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The mutations mentioned for the the virus have not changed its method of spreading. cstanleytech Aug 2014 #1
Seems like a good investment for Western nations to send all the flamingdem Aug 2014 #2
From what I gather the WHO has alot of the resources to control it now cstanleytech Aug 2014 #5
I must have missed the part that assures us B2G Aug 2014 #9
Oh no ones saying its 100% impossible because it is always a chance but there is also cstanleytech Aug 2014 #11
I'm not so certain that the odds are that low, in this situation Aerows Aug 2014 #17
The healthcare officials didnt get infected due to a virulence increase because it hasnt nor cstanleytech Aug 2014 #18
Forgive me for saying so Aerows Aug 2014 #19
In prior outbreaks you didnt have mobs attacking and destroying testing facilities cstanleytech Aug 2014 #24
My main fear is method of transmission adapting Aerows Aug 2014 #15
Scary news suffragette Aug 2014 #3
This makes the doctors who walk into these situations look flamingdem Aug 2014 #4
It sure does. suffragette Aug 2014 #6
Amazingly courageous. Aerows Aug 2014 #13
And stop and think again suffragette Aug 2014 #20
Stunning examples Aerows Aug 2014 #21
Thank to flaming dem for raising this important point. suffragette Aug 2014 #23
Well, yea..... paleotn Aug 2014 #7
good evolution does not exist dembotoz Aug 2014 #8
Neither does bad evolution. morningfog Aug 2014 #10
I think the poster meant "Good thing evolution doesn't exist" Aerows Aug 2014 #14
That makes sense. morningfog Aug 2014 #16
Nor does evil evolution exist either as evolution is just a dice roll in the end. nt cstanleytech Aug 2014 #12
It goes airborne Kurska Aug 2014 #22
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