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18. It was causing confusion so it has been updated

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 08:39 AM

Oct 2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/cdc-ebola_n_6078072.html

UPDATE: 10/31/14, 7:41 a.m. -- The CDC has added a new answer about coughing and sneezing to its Ebola Q&A. The new answer emphasizes that the virus doesn't spread that way:

Can Ebola be spread by coughing or sneezing?

There is no evidence indicating that Ebola virus is spread by coughing or sneezing. Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola; the virus is not transmitted through the air (like measles virus). However, droplets (e.g., splashes or sprays) of respiratory or other secretions from a person who is sick with Ebola could be infectious, and therefore certain precautions (called standard, contact, and droplet precautions) are recommended for use in healthcare settings to prevent the transmission of Ebola virus from patients sick with Ebola to healthcare personnel and other patients or family members.

This article has been updated to include the CDC's response.

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CDC Removed Info On Coughing And Sneezing From Ebola Q&A [View all] bananas Oct 2014 OP

The original pdf's are in the wayback machine (archive.org) bananas Oct 2014 #1

wayback machine is my standard PatrynXX Oct 2014 #27

Ebola! Ebola! Ebola! Shadowflash Oct 2014 #2

Two things need to be done about Ebola. bananas Oct 2014 #6

Here is a pic to go with that. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #22

Thanks! Shadowflash Oct 2014 #26

Here's the DU thread mentioned in the article bananas Oct 2014 #3

We'd save a lot more lives getting people to stop smoking. merrily Oct 2014 #4

Thanks for providing another example of "the empiricism of the idiots." bananas Oct 2014 #7

Luckily Taleb is not an epidemiologist. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #10

He's an expert on risk, only an idiot would ignore him. nt bananas Oct 2014 #13

he is not an expert on epidemiology or ebola. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #28

He didn't say "quarantine" bananas Oct 2014 #21

No he didn't use the "q" word. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #29

Thanks for providing a side of offensive overreaction with your Henny Penny entree. merrily Oct 2014 #19

They are hiding the massive outbreak here by secretly transporting all the infected people Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #5

Over at conservativecrackpots.com, they hate unions and nurses. bananas Oct 2014 #8

Well, that certainly explains leftynyc Oct 2014 #9

But the information wasn't wrong, and now they make it look like they're hiding something. bananas Oct 2014 #11

Agree leftynyc Oct 2014 #12

That's what the Surgeon General is for - and why it's important to get out the vote. bananas Oct 2014 #14

I don't understand why Democrats aren't leftynyc Oct 2014 #15

You are probly right about riversedge Oct 2014 #16

Yes. They look stupid. 840high Oct 2014 #24

Why is it always "quietly" removed? cactusfractal Oct 2014 #17

They need to post this for a day before changing items on their webpages sharp_stick Oct 2014 #25

It was causing confusion so it has been updated KMOD Oct 2014 #18

. stonecutter357 Oct 2014 #20

Pretty much because sharp_stick Oct 2014 #23

It needed to be removed because it was taken out of context. cynzke Oct 2014 #30