My husband travels by air at least half the month for work. Since Ebola has come to America, via air travel, I'm becoming more anxious about his commute. In fact, I have a trip coming up and I'm somewhat apprehensive about flying myself. Now we have airline cabin cleaners going on strike for fear of contracting the disease. I am comforted that no one else has come down with any symptoms that was in contact with the first victim to die in the U.S. However, it feels like just a matter of time before we see other cases since the U.S. isn't restricting travel from the infected regions (at least not that I'm aware of when writing this).
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Uh, no. The flu worries me MUCH more. Ebola is pretty hard to contract.
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I'd bet the chance of crashing is higher than the chances of getting Ebola.
From what I have heard from medical folks is that the disease is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. So unless you drink after someone or handle the persons bodily fluids without proper protection you can get the disease.
When flying I would just use the same precautions that you normally do and you should be fine.
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No. The only good thing about Ebola is that it doesn't transmit easily, and a person will have symptoms when they are contagious.
You need to be in pretty close contact, it isn't airborne.
I can understand people being nervous though, this is new and it is pretty scary when you read the news reports.
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I understand that it is not easily contracted but I still think with any kind of outbreak in foreign countries, air travel should be temp suspended to avoid world wide spread.
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ibelieveindisneymagic;2436992 wrote:
You need to be in pretty close contact, it isn't airborne.
Yet. Viruses mutate all the time, and Ebola has the potential to mutate into an airborne variety. That's why the WHO and CDC are so concerned about it.
A great movie on worldwide pandemics and how they spread is "Contagion". Scared the Hoo-Ha out of me, and I've never looked at germs the same way. Very pertinant, given the real-life situation we're in now.
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brad192;2437057 wrote:
A great movie on worldwide pandemics and how they spread is "Contagion". Scared the Hoo-Ha out of me, and I've never looked at germs the same way. Very pertinant, given the real-life situation we're in now.
I watched this movie while away on a work trip. I noticed every single cough on that flight home, lol. However, it's just a movie. It's hyped up for entertainment.
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brad192;2437057 wrote: Yet. Viruses mutate all the time, and Ebola has the potential to mutate into an airborne variety. That's why the WHO and CDC are so concerned about it.
Despite the requisite condescending response in this thread, this ^ is what I find alarming. And considering the mortality rate of Ebola, I'll take my chances with the flu.
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Plus you can get a shot for the flu before hand.
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Here's the thing: we are told that you can't catch ebola from sitting next to someone, yet those who are being monitored are told not to fly or take public transportation. If someone is exhibiting symptoms, it is possible to catch it. Yes, it is much less contagious than the flu because it is not airborne. If someone on a plane with the flu sneezes, there is a chance everyone on the plane can catch it. Ebola, however, IS carried in droplets. So if the person next to you has it and sneezes, there's a chance you could get it. If you are young and healthy you will not die of the Flu. It preys on the young and elderly. Ebola is indiscriminate. It kills people of all ages and the survival rate is somewhere between 30-50% I realize this thread was posted a few days ago, before we found out a nurse who was treating an ebola patient was allowed to fly despite having a fever (she ended up having ebola herself), so I get the fear that is building. I don't think there's a need for a hysterical panic, but I don think there's a need to be aware and too many are quick to brush it off.
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Ughhh... Ebola.....
The CDC hasn't a clue. Look, a person actually called in to ask about it, telling them she had contact with Thomas Duncan and was running a slight temp, and they said No, Problem, you can fly on a commerical airline. I doubt they really know how people are getting it.
It's here, hopefully not to stay.
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If you are worried about contracting Ebola while flying., then you should never even consider visiting a theme park. There are no checks in place to prevent people with symptoms from entering the parks, and people smear their own bodily fluids and germs all over the hand rails and other surfaces on the attractions.
Now they I've given you the willies, just realize that you are much, much more likely to be killed in an auto accident or even struck by lightning, than you are of contracting Ebola, unless you are in west Africa.
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joonyer;2437674 wrote:
Now they I've given you the willies, just realize that you are much, much more likely to be killed in an auto accident or even struck by lightning, than you are of contracting Ebola, unless you are in west Africa.
As of today that statement is correct.....but the more people who have it and move around the country the more of a chance it will spread....The above statement was probably true in West Africa too at one point.
I am not in the medical field and don't claim to be a dr but I don't think the CDC was taking this serious enough. That man from West Africa should have been put in a hospital that trained for Ebola. I also think flights from West Africa should be suspended for now.
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