Have you guys seen the following: Excerpt: In a largely overlooked media advisory email, the World Health Organization admitted there are some circumstances in which the current strain of Ebola in West Africa can be transmitted through coughing or sneezing. “Theoretically, wet and bigger droplets from a heavily infected individual, who has respiratory symptoms caused by other conditions or who vomits violently, could transmit the virus — over a short distance — to another nearby person,” the United Nations agency said Monday. “This could happen when virus-laden heavy droplets are directly propelled, by coughing or sneezing (which does not mean airborne transmission) onto the mucus membranes or skin with cuts or abrasions of another person.” The WHO advisory said saliva and tears “may also carry some risk.” What’s the distinction being drawn here between “airborne transmission” and transmission via the air? The mode of transmission explained above still involves coming into contact with bodily fluids — albeit indirectly — by way of perhaps imperceptible, infected airborne droplets. The aforementioned warnings lie in stark contrast to reassurances offered by the federal government, such as comments Barack Obama made just yesterday. After a Cabinet meeting on the response to Ebola, the president said , “The only way that a person can contract Ebola is by coming into direct contact with the bodily fluids of somebody who is showing symptoms. In other words, if they don’t have symptoms, they’re not contagious.” This is nonsense, asserts Ebola expert Dr. Steven J. Allen, who holds a Ph.D. in bio-defense from George Mason University’s College of Science. As Matthew Vadum writes at FrontPage Mag , Allen “says Obama is not telling the truth,” and furthermore: Although Ebola is indeed spread by means of body fluids there’s a catch. “We don’t how long it can last on surfaces or as droplets in the air[,] so when President Obama said earlier this month you can’t get it from sitting beside someone on a bus[,] that was a total lie,” Allen said. “You can get the disease from such a small number of viral particles that logic says you can get it from someone coughing in your vicinity.” Also expressing this opinion is epidemiologist Dr. Savage. Savage, who has dubbed Obama “President Obola,” played Obama’s remarks during the earlier referenced radio segment and said that they simply were “not true.” Critics also might note that while we all have been treated for the flu or other contagious diseases, our doctors never wore hazmat suits when dealing with us. Yet as per the USAMRID’s recommendations, this is precisely the protection deemed necessary with Ebola patients. And how low could the contagion risk be if front-line experts dress as if they’re preparing for a moon shot? m.thenewamerican/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenewamerican%2Fusnews%2Fhealth-care%2Fitem%2F19330-ebola-researcher-disease-could-go-airborne-at-any-moment%23&utm_referrer=m.facebook/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthenewamerican%2Fusnews%2Fhealth-care%2Fitem%2F19330-ebola-researcher-disease-could-go-airborne-at-any-moment%23&h=7AQEvbCNu&enc=AZPuJ7zMO6mLb5_LJqnqOyX2pZyFLfnBM5eUU9h1paoyG-vIDInyKO9bLbiDA3xTFhPtCrhhS3hpjpmRWP76dB3F8VA2nzFB2Ljv4nTA4LcJ6A
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