Houston? That's like ~4hrs away from where the man is. You are safe, what about the DFW area? I don't see them panicking... then again, I might be wrong
Of course, they thought they were safe, and then surprise! we have a ebola patient in Dallas, Texas! And possible some more candidates that were in contact with him as well!
My mom was berating the guy for not telling the truth in the first place. Some couple of friends also said similar statements.
Ebola replicates itself so fast that there are so many different mutant strains that are produced.
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(And since the virus works by posing as the host's RNA strand, there are no quality checks made by the cell to correct the intruder's corrupted code. If the virus was made to replicate the DNA of the host, then the intruding code would *most likely* be overwritten by the original code because of the many quality checks it has built in to its replicating process)
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Even if there was a cure, it would probably not last very long because the virus is replicating itself all the time at such an incredible rate.
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Actually most if not all the patients in the US who have been in the media recently have been cured.
Wow, that's amazing! I just took a microbiology class just last year and what we were taught is "just quarrentine the infected, there is no cure" It's so cool how fast science changes.
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Still a good idea to quarantine to stop a spread and to make sure no one has it but the doctors who caught it in Africa that were flown here are cured and the mane in Texas tested negative after treatment.
As long as we don't touch fluids of those infected, we should be fine (so make sure to have a secure bandage on any open wounds)
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For those who are worried about breathing in the virus, please know that Ebola is not airborne. However, if you feel like your parter is infected with the disease, it would be best if you restrained from being intimate from them for about 8 days since kissing and intercourse is considered an exchange of fluids, and it is 100% possible to catch the virus that way.
I'm moving! Kansas is just way too close to Texas to be safe
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Ebola isn't contagious, it's infectious! It's very hard to catch, but only takes a small amount to get sick. The media thinks contagious and infectious mean the same thing but they don't
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Its contracted through blood or other bodily fluids. I'm not worried.
My mom was berating the guy for not telling the truth in the first place. Some couple of friends also said similar statements.
Sneezes in class, someone yells "Ebola" . I think the teachers have given up trying to stop us
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(And since the virus works by posing as the host's RNA strand, there are no quality checks made by the cell to correct the intruder's corrupted code. If the virus was made to replicate the DNA of the host, then the intruding code would *most likely* be overwritten by the original code because of the many quality checks it has built in to its replicating process)
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Even if there was a cure, it would probably not last very long because the virus is replicating itself all the time at such an incredible rate.
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For those who are worried about breathing in the virus, please know that Ebola is not airborne. However, if you feel like your parter is infected with the disease, it would be best if you restrained from being intimate from them for about 8 days since kissing and intercourse is considered an exchange of fluids, and it is 100% possible to catch the virus that way.