Ebola will come if airlines will not stop to fly to Africa

[HeroCat]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere  What you guys think ?

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[My Name Was Taken]

I think maybe you don't understand how Ebola is spread. It's not airborne, so there is no risk of it going anywhere on a plane except through people who are already infected. People are only contagious if they are showing symptoms, and if they are showing symptoms, they obviously should not be allowed on a plane. As for transmission, it is spread only by direct contact with an infected person's bodily fluids.

On the whole, that makes it unlikely Ebola will spread because airlines don't stop flying to Africa. The cases that have arrived in the US were people who went to Africa because of the outbreak, either as care workers or to cover it for the media, and then were brought back for treatment. I think the risk is very low.

[RodeoX]

Everybody is freaked out by Ebola. But it really is not as bad as many other diseases. Your chances of dying from pandemic flu are orders of magnitude greater than Ebola. And don't even get me started about auto accidents, we all know people who died in an auto crash.

[HeroCat]

Ebola in this case is also spread through air, if I understand all right. Previously yes - it was spread through body fluids only.

[My Name Was Taken]

Ebola in this case is also spread through air, if I understand all right. Previously yes - it was spread through body fluids only.

This is not true at all. You are misunderstanding. It is spread only through bodily fluids.

[bitsmichel]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere   What you guys think ?

Ebola virus infection occurs only by direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person after symptoms have developed. Body fluids that could contain ebolaviruses include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen. No other infection method has been found.  The virus can spread fast but it's unlikely to infect the entire world.  Risk of death is 50% but that depends on which type of Ebola virus (it's a group). About 5000 cases have been reported in 2014, and this may be a wrong estimate, while the population size of Liberia alone is 4.092.310.   I think the virus will spread more, possibly also on other continents and eventually it will disappear.  I do not think the entire populations of countries will die, which of course is a good news story to tell but perhaps far from reality.

[Snorek]

Do not trust government. They said before that no one infected with ebola could ever reach US. They lied.

[freedomno1]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere  What you guys think ?

Inconvenient then we would need to kill all airplane travel whenever an outbreak of any sort occurs
As long as they are healthy when on the plane its fine more less.
Although people can be denied travel if they appear ill enough to warrant it

[michietn94]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere  What you guys think ?

Inconvenient then we would need to kill all airplane travel whenever an outbreak of any sort occurs
As long as they are healthy when on the plane its fine more less.
Although people can be denied travel if they appear ill enough to warrant it

Ebola must be treat will carefully & globally.

Every Airport must make some procedure of high security standard to check passengger's condition that come from Africa.
So we can minimize this threat as much as possible

[POM]

Ebola in this case is also spread through air, if I understand all right. Previously yes - it was spread through body fluids only.

This is not true at all. You are misunderstanding. It is spread only through bodily fluids.

False, Ebola virus certainly has aerosol transmission capabilities under certain circumstances. In Equatorial(west included) Africa with temperatures rarely dropping below 60 degrees F and high humidity the aerosol stability of the virus is quickly diminished so it would be difficult for the virus to be airborne. but the virus prefers to be airborne in colder temperatures and low humidity(dry) conditions.

I'm not talking out of my ass on this one, extensive research has been made by USAMRIID since the 90's regarding aerosol transmission of ebola.

[Bitcoin12345]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere   What you guys think ?

As others have already mentioned, it is not airbourne therefore there is a low risk. But I also think you should brush up on your Geography. You say 'If airlines will fly to Africa', I'm not sure if you're aware, but Africa is larger than the size of the US, China, India, Mexico, Peru, France, Spain, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Norway, Italy, New Zealand, the UK, Nepal, Bangladesh and Greece combined and the Ebola outbreak is in a relatively small part of west Africa, therefore it would be ludicrous to suggest airlines should not fly to Africa on this basis. That is as stupid as saying someone should not go to the USA because some people in Montreal (Canada) had the flu.

[Lethn]

Actual scientists have been trying to tell people that Ebola isn't that easily contracted but the news networks keep insisting on spreading bullshit, you basically have to be in contact with a patient for as long as the nurse who contracted it was in order to get it.

But of course, you go ahead and believe that the zombie apocalypse is coming and it spreads through the water supply and air while ignoring people who are way more intelligent than you.

[Sunderland]

Several African nations have restricted or banned air travel from Ebola-stricken countries, and airlines including Kenya Airways, British Airways, Air Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria's Arik Air have suspended flights from the countries.
Maybe its the right choice for other country to follow this action.

[crackfoo]

Mother Earth needs to try an protect the planet from the path of destruction we have set on it. Lethal infection is a good way do it with minimal destruction. But if that fails, expect natural disasters to continue to rise in magnitude.

[patt0]

@crackfoo I don't think we need to blame Gaia for this lol. We can blame ourselves for not putting more effort into finding a cure sooner, and protecting the countries at risk. Then climate change will take care of the rest. : /

@Sunderland banning air travel isn't always a good idea. People can travel through land borders and it will be harder to follow the spread of the virus.

[bf4btc]

Everybody is freaked out by Ebola. But it really is not as bad as many other diseases. Your chances of dying from pandemic flu are orders of magnitude greater than Ebola. And don't even get me started about auto accidents, we all know people who died in an auto crash.

It is generally easier to catch the flu then it is to catch ebola as the flu is an airborne disease while ebola can only be spread via bodily fluids, and after, just prior to when you are showing symptoms (there is a very short time prior to showing symptoms that you can spread it). 

In theory someone could spread the disease if they were to sneeze in an airplane as the fluid from their sneeze would get into the air and someone could breath in that fluid. The fact that airplanes use recycled air increase these chances

[freedomno1]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere  What you guys think ?

Inconvenient then we would need to kill all airplane travel whenever an outbreak of any sort occurs
As long as they are healthy when on the plane its fine more less.
Although people can be denied travel if they appear ill enough to warrant it

Ebola must be treat will carefully & globally.

Every Airport must make some procedure of high security standard to check passengger's condition that come from Africa.
So we can minimize this threat as much as possible

Well that or you can just do a North Korea
Complete Airboycott regardless of country of origin that one sort of amused me
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/asia/north-korea-to-bar-foreign-tourists-over-ebola-fears.html

[ObscureBean]

Well I'm not concerned about Ebola spreading around the world, after all a virus gotta do what a virus gotta do. What interests me however, is what goes through the mind of such a magnificent virus in it's spare time, that is when it's not efficiently, methodically destroying other living beings. Food for thought? 

[Tzupy]

I believe that those flying to the USA and EU from the most affected countries should be quarantined.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/25/health/us-ebola/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Hundreds of millions people in the USA and EU have the right NOT to be infected with Ebola, or to quote Spock:
"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"

[Grand_Voyageur]

If airlines will fly to Africa, Ebola will come everywhere  What you guys think ?

Inconvenient then we would need to kill all airplane travel whenever an outbreak of any sort occurs
As long as they are healthy when on the plane its fine more less.
Although people can be denied travel if they appear ill enough to warrant it

Ebola must be treat will carefully & globally.

Every Airport must make some procedure of high security standard to check passengger's condition that come from Africa.
So we can minimize this threat as much as possible

Well that or you can just do a North Korea
Complete Airboycott regardless of country of origin that one sort of amused me
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/asia/north-korea-to-bar-foreign-tourists-over-ebola-fears.html

Someone cares about North Korea?