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Originally Posted by cologal
No mainstream American hospital was prepared or trained for this so mistakes were made. The nurses were NOT protected. Now my niece I in Dallas and my cousin in Frostburg MD have received trading.
The fear is not productive... It's not airborne no matter what Fox says.
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Now that is a peculiar comment which reveals a mindset behind it … “…no matter what Fox says,” and coming from someone who I doubt ever turns that channel on anyway. Plus, by making this charge, you are being neither fair nor balanced IMHO. It is also a streeeeetch to say that George Will ( a has-been, semi-conservative commentator) is somehow responsible for the “spread” of the airborne possibility discussion. This question is being pondered by a lot of people, including Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, hardly a Fox news flunky wouldn’t you agree, who said "I'm worried about it because we know so little about it," he said. "You'll hear different people describe whether it could become airborne." He said that scientists did not agree. "I don't know who's right. I don't want to take that chance. So I'm taking it very seriously."
Let’s look at the facts as best we can determine…
-This strain of the virus, so far, seems to be relatively hard to transmit and it’s been 5 days or so since the last infection. Let’s hope it stays that way. (on a non-related topic, that’s the main reason the stock market has gone up for the last few sessions)
-There is no evidence to date the virus can go airborne. Let’s hope and pray it does not.
-But, that does not mean it cannot go airborne, does it? To deny that possibility, or to equate talking about it in a responsible way with spreading fear, is simply another rationalization for the ostrich to justify leaving its head buried lest any bad news disturb it.
-As I said, this question is being debated, has been for years, and in lots of fora, various elements of the media and of course on TOTV. Here is just a brief sample of what a search turns up.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...ay-go-airborne
Why Won't The Fear Of Airborne Ebola Go Away? : Shots - Health News : NPR
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-1...-different-bug
Can Ebola Go Airborne? - Forbes
So the point is, we don’t know if it can go airborne, and until someone definitely proves it one way or the other, it remains a legitimate topic for discussion.