Not without access to bodily fluids. A cut would certainly help to facilitate that.
-----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:r...@raychampagne.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:21 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ebola in our hemisphere, you scared? I read it cannot be transmitted through the skin? On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Yes...if you remove your protective suit the wrong way and come in > contact with body fluids that are on your protective suit...yup...you > are now infected. It is very virulent, but you still have to actually > come in contact with body fluids. The virus also lasts longer than > most outside the body. It will even remain active in dried up fluids > for several days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com <javascript:;>] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:23 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Ebola in our hemisphere, you scared? > > > I don't know if it's that cut and dry. The latest American with > symptoms didn't have direct contact. Now they're also saying that if > you remove your protective suit the wrong way you'll get it. I think > we need to keep asking questions until they know for sure. I was > talking to a friend that works for the CDC about a month ago and he > said they have no definitive idea of how it spreads and how viral it > will get. I say, be cautious and wait for the science. > > . > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:55 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey > <chumph...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com > > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > >> > When it comes to disease I tend to listen to doctors over "the > >> > other > >> guys" > >> > yes. > >> > >> The Doctors on the news or the Doctors sent out by the regime for > >> the press? > > > > > > I've been listening to the doctors that have been working on the > > ground in African countries. > > > > The reason it's more infectious "over there" is for two reasons - > > one cultural because of the funeral rites of many tribes that > > include washing, dressing and even kissing the body of the deceased. > > The other is capacity which has been documented. ( > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/kissing-the-corpses > > -i > > n-ebola-country.html > > ) > > > > In the US the second of those issues is not an issue. The first > > might be a challenge but even then facilities are available. > > > > In short, I'm not buying the fear or the hype. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
