"The current Ebola virus's hyper-evolution is unprecedented; there has been more human-to-human transmission in the past four months than most likely occurred in the last 500 to 1,000 years."
- Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, printed in the New York Times on Sep. 11, 2014
"It is impossible to keep up with the sheer number of infected people pouring into facilities. In Sierra Leone, infectious bodies are rotting in the streets."
- Dr. Joanne Liu, the international president of Doctors Without Borders
The frightening specter of a fatal virus pandemic, has been in the news a lot with the Ebola crisis, in Africa. You will not hear the truth from the news media. They will tell you that it is not easily spread. Yet doctors treating Ebola patients have had a high incidence of infection.
There are people that are contracting Ebola that have not had any contact with Ebola victims. People are catching this disease, from touching surfaces that have previously been in contact with infected people. It is a level 4 threat.
Here's what the Public Health Agency of Canada says about handling Ebola:
RISK GROUP CLASSIFICATION: Risk Group 4.
CONTAINMENT REQUIREMENTS: Containment Level 4 facilities, equipment, and operational practices for work involving infectious or potentially infectious materials, animals, and cultures.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: Personnel entering the laboratory must remove street clothing, including undergarments, and jewellery, and change into dedicated laboratory clothing and shoes, or don full coverage protective clothing (i.e., completely covering all street clothing). Additional protection may be worn over laboratory clothing when infectious materials are directly handled, such as solid-front gowns with tight fitting wrists, gloves, and respiratory protection. Eye protection must be used where there is a known or potential risk of exposure to splashes.
OTHER PRECAUTIONS: All activities with infectious material should be conducted in a biological safety cabinet (BSC) in combination with a positive pressure suit, or within a class III BSC line. Centrifugation of infected materials must be carried out in closed containers placed in sealed safety cups, or in rotors that are unloaded in a biological safety cabinet. The integrity of positive pressure suits must be routinely checked for leaks. The use of needles, syringes, and other sharp objects should be strictly limited. Open wounds, cuts, scratches, and grazes should be covered with waterproof dressings. Additional precautions should be considered with work involving animal activities.
RISK GROUP CLASSIFICATION: Risk Group 4.
CONTAINMENT REQUIREMENTS: Containment Level 4 facilities, equipment, and operational practices for work involving infectious or potentially infectious materials, animals, and cultures.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: Personnel entering the laboratory must remove street clothing, including undergarments, and jewellery, and change into dedicated laboratory clothing and shoes, or don full coverage protective clothing (i.e., completely covering all street clothing). Additional protection may be worn over laboratory clothing when infectious materials are directly handled, such as solid-front gowns with tight fitting wrists, gloves, and respiratory protection. Eye protection must be used where there is a known or potential risk of exposure to splashes.
OTHER PRECAUTIONS: All activities with infectious material should be conducted in a biological safety cabinet (BSC) in combination with a positive pressure suit, or within a class III BSC line. Centrifugation of infected materials must be carried out in closed containers placed in sealed safety cups, or in rotors that are unloaded in a biological safety cabinet. The integrity of positive pressure suits must be routinely checked for leaks. The use of needles, syringes, and other sharp objects should be strictly limited. Open wounds, cuts, scratches, and grazes should be covered with waterproof dressings. Additional precautions should be considered with work involving animal activities.
Vaccine, at this time is not the answer to the problem. A good example of vaccine therapy is the Flu shot. When you go to get a flu shot, you are receiving last years inoculation. The flu vaccine is good for the flu that occurred last year, but cannot fight new mutated strains, that will happen this year. Ebola is a rapidly mutating virus, there are up to 400 strains already. An Ebola vaccine although helpful in fighting the disease, may not be effective in the particular strain of infection at any given time.
When Ebola hits America, what can we do? Well what did Dr. Brantly attribute his survival to? He took an experimental drug, but that was not where he gave credit. He is a man of great faith, and he gave credit to God for his recovery. Dr. Brantly also was a healthy individual with a strong immune system. We are all miracles of creation and I believe our best hope is faith in God and intelligent precautions and preparation. We were born with a strong immune system, but over the years many of us have developed nicks in our armor.
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