humble3d Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ebola Is Airborne University Of Minnesota CIDRAP Researchers Claim Ebola is airborne, according to a new report by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota. Researchers at the university just advised the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that “scientific and epidemiologic evidence” now exists that proves Ebola has the potential to be transmitted via exhaled breath and “infectious aerosol particles.” University of Minnesota CIDRAP scientists are now warning both health care providers and the general public that surgical facemasks will not prevent the transmission of Ebola. According to the airborne Ebola report, medical workers must immediately be given full-hooded protective gear and powered air-purifying respirators. CIDRAP has reportedly been a worldwide leader in addressing public health and safety concerns and preparedness since 2001. An excerpt from the CIDRAP report reads, “Healthcare workers play a very important role in the successful containment of outbreaks of infectious diseases like Ebola. The correct type and level of personal protective equipment (PPE) ensures that healthcare workers remain healthy throughout an outbreak—and with the current rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it’s imperative to favor more conservative measures.” The University of Minnesota report goes on to note that any action which can be taken to “reduce risk” of Ebola exposure should not wait until a “scientific certainty” develops. “The minimum level of protection in high-risk settings should be a respirator with an assigned protection factor greater than 10. A powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) with a hood or helmet offers many advantages over an N95 filtering facepiece or similar respirator, being more protective, comfortable, and cost-effective in the long run,” the CIDRAP report also adds. The working theory about Ebola transmission currently being uttered by the CDC and the agency’s director Thomas Frieden, is incorrect and “outmoded” according to the University of Minnesota CIDRAP report. “Virus-laden bodily fluids may be aerosolized and inhaled while a person is in proximity to an infectious person and that a wide range of particle sizes can be inhaled and deposited throughout the respiratory tract,” University researchers concluded. Background information detailing why CIDRAP believes the CDC and WHO are function under an outdated mode of thought when it comes to how infectious diseases are transmitted via aerosols is also included in the new report. “Medical and infection control professionals have relied for years on a paradigm for aerosol transmission of infectious diseases based on very outmoded research and an overly simplistic interpretation of the data. In the 1940s and 50s, William F. Wells and other ‘aerobiologists’ employed now significantly out-of-date sampling methods (eg, settling plates) and very blunt analytic approaches (eg, cell culturing) to understand the movement of bacterial aerosols in healthcare and other settings. Their work, though groundbreaking at the time, provides a very incomplete picture,” the report said. According to CIDRAP researchers, early aerobiologists were unable to measure small particles near an infected person and therefore made an assumption that such particles existed on far from the source and airborne transmission could of happened around 3-feet or so from the source. Do you think about airborne Ebola? Should flight restrictions and mandatory quarantines be enacted in order to prevent an Ebola pandemic in America? http://www.inquisitr.com/1541821/ebola-is-airborne-university-of-minnesota-cidrap-researchers-claim/ --MORE-- http://www.inquisitr.com/1533690/ebola-health-officials-should-stop-acting-like-politicians-dr-joe-alton-interview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 hope this report is wrong but t least does serve the purpose of waking people up....if Ebola ever starts to spread like the flu virus mankind is in big trouble... one last thing or two... having the potential to be airborne and actually being airborne are two totally different things when it comes to viruses ....or there would be a thousand fold or more cases on the USA and the rest of the world outside of Africaedit: spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I always consider the source (not the OP but the original article) when reading these things. I would consider the Inquisitr as a less than dependable source. I would personally not post articles from such lame sources. That being said lets all hope this is not true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Wrong report, Ebola is not Airbone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Logically if it was the case I imagine our governments would stop all flights to the countries involved.They should of did that along time back. I am not sure you should use the word "logically" and the word "government" in the same sentence. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 the source here is also a rag that regularly claims titanic survivors reported being found floating on an iceberg...or very similar stories... so ...as mentioned not really a legitimate source unless you also subscribe to inofwars and being bang on the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallhagrid Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Fear porn only benefits the true 'terrorists' - that is to say the gubbermint and its bosses, the banksters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_espaniol Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Wrong report, Ebola is not AirboneBut it could be... :read: :http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20553340 ...!!!http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141015-ebola-virus-outbreak-pandemic-zoonotic-contagion/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/10/13/read-this-to-get-a-better-understanding-of-how-ebola-spreads/...One strain...the RESTV...( Reston Ebola Virus ) is confirmed airborne; is non-pathogenic to humans, though hazardous to monkeys. As all filovirus, RESTV is classified as BL4 pathogen...lab workers use the " astronaut " gear to handle it... :medic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Wrong report, Ebola is not AirboneBut it could be... :read: :http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20553340 ...!!!http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141015-ebola-virus-outbreak-pandemic-zoonotic-contagion/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/10/13/read-this-to-get-a-better-understanding-of-how-ebola-spreads/...One strain...the RESTV...( Reston Ebola Virus ) is confirmed airborne; is non-pathogenic to humans, though hazardous to monkeys. As all filovirus, RESTV is classified as BL4 pathogen...lab workers use the " astronaut " gear to handle it... :medic: well here is an infographic about Ebola and everything about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win7nerd Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 read....http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cidrap.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 not all that long ago in mankind's history the plagues decimated the world...sanitary conditions were such that the plague virus once in any city ran rampant,,,today..that very same virus cannot do today the harm it did back then.... only three people a year on average die form the plague in north america...and that is because by the time doctor figure out exactly what the patient has it is usually too late...as they never see plague symptoms even though the carriers of this virus, rats and other rodents still are readily found to have the virus active in their bodies and fleas...hopefully Africa and the world can rid itself on Ebola through education(as above) and especially better sanitation and hygiene practices as they are the most effective way of prevention... as well as better medical care when the other preventive measures fail.... the western countries have it within their/our powers to do all of the above...the biggest issue is do we have the resolve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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