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Thread #155847   Message #3670105
Posted By: Ebbie
17-Oct-14 - 08:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ebola Information and Misinformation
Subject: BS: Ebola Information and Misinformation
On Facebook today, they are discussing Ebola and its dangers. Here's what this person said:

Kelly W. Hunt I'm in Dallas and I'm a medical professional. This is real.
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Elva Bontrager (Ebbie) Of course, it is real but it isn't spread as easily as the flu or the common cold..
5 hrs · Like

Kelly W. Hunt: Wrong. Its spread much easier. It's about the concentration per droplet. Say the flu or a cold has the power of 1000 virus molecules per droplet? Ebola has 10,000 per droplet and it lives outside the host much longer than a cold or flu.
And the doctors I work for are extremely skeptical of the airborne theory. How do all the children come in contact??
39 mins · Like · 1

Elva Bontrager: Until you "medical professionals" get it together you are doing a tremendous disservice to the people of this country. Making such explosive statements WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER EVIDENCE is simple fear mongering, and unless and until you present such documentation you need to stop.

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What is the thinking on this in the Mudcat pond?