“Unlike infections such as influenza, Ebola was not airborne, it said.
As a consequence, Kenya Airways has rejected pressure to suspend its flights to the Ebola-hit states of West Africa where more than 1,000 people have died of the virus this year.”
Ebola may not be airborne yet, but all it would take is one tiny mutation for that to happen..and viruses have a habit of mutating. That’s why the flu vaccine you had last year won’t protect you this year
Abstract from International Journal of Experimental Pathology., aug. ’95:“The potential of aerogenic infection by Ebola virus was established by using a head-only exposure aerosol system. Virus-containing droplets of 0.8-1.2 microns were generated and administered into the respiratory tract of rhesus monkeys via inhalation. Inhalation of viral doses as low as 400 plaque-forming units of virus caused a rapidly fatal disease in 4-5 days. The illness was clinically identical to that reported for parenteral virus inoculation, except for the occurrence of subcutaneous and venipuncture site bleeding and serosanguineous nasal discharge. Immunocytochemistry revealed cell-associated Ebola virus antigens present in airway epithelium, alveolar pneumocytes, and macrophages in the lung and pulmonary lymph nodes; extracellular antigen was present on mucosal surfaces of the nose, oropharynx and airways. Aggregates of characteristic filamentous virus were present within type I pneumocytes, macrophages, and air spaces of the lung by electron microscopy. Demonstration of fatal aerosol transmission of this virus in monkeys reinforces the importance of taking appropriate precautions to prevent its potential aerosol transmission to humans.”
So much for my previous quote, above, of an article concerning Kenya airlines, here’s the development a day later
“The World Health Organisation has urged governments not to impose blanket bans on trade and travel on Ebola-affected countries after Kenya joined a growing number of countries and airlines severing links to three west African states.”
WHO urges calm as Kenya bans contact with Ebola-affected countries
Was screening of passengerrs for fevers, before boarding and after arriving, done before or after the Liberian passenger reached Nigeria and infected others later? This article states the airline concerned demonstrated it wasn’t capable.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
’Ebola crisis: Air travel is low risk, says WHO ’
“Unlike infections such as influenza, Ebola was not airborne, it said.
As a consequence, Kenya Airways has rejected pressure to suspend its flights to the Ebola-hit states of West Africa where more than 1,000 people have died of the virus this year.”
Simon_Jester over 9 years ago
Ebola may not be airborne yet, but all it would take is one tiny mutation for that to happen..and viruses have a habit of mutating. That’s why the flu vaccine you had last year won’t protect you this year
cosman over 9 years ago
Abstract from International Journal of Experimental Pathology., aug. ’95:“The potential of aerogenic infection by Ebola virus was established by using a head-only exposure aerosol system. Virus-containing droplets of 0.8-1.2 microns were generated and administered into the respiratory tract of rhesus monkeys via inhalation. Inhalation of viral doses as low as 400 plaque-forming units of virus caused a rapidly fatal disease in 4-5 days. The illness was clinically identical to that reported for parenteral virus inoculation, except for the occurrence of subcutaneous and venipuncture site bleeding and serosanguineous nasal discharge. Immunocytochemistry revealed cell-associated Ebola virus antigens present in airway epithelium, alveolar pneumocytes, and macrophages in the lung and pulmonary lymph nodes; extracellular antigen was present on mucosal surfaces of the nose, oropharynx and airways. Aggregates of characteristic filamentous virus were present within type I pneumocytes, macrophages, and air spaces of the lung by electron microscopy. Demonstration of fatal aerosol transmission of this virus in monkeys reinforces the importance of taking appropriate precautions to prevent its potential aerosol transmission to humans.”
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
So much for my previous quote, above, of an article concerning Kenya airlines, here’s the development a day later
“The World Health Organisation has urged governments not to impose blanket bans on trade and travel on Ebola-affected countries after Kenya joined a growing number of countries and airlines severing links to three west African states.”
WHO urges calm as Kenya bans contact with Ebola-affected countries
Was screening of passengerrs for fevers, before boarding and after arriving, done before or after the Liberian passenger reached Nigeria and infected others later? This article states the airline concerned demonstrated it wasn’t capable.