Today the CDC confirmed the first case of unintentional importation of Ebola virus in the U.S. (Full Video):
Patient Zero, a Liberian, located in Dallas Texas flew to the United States from Monrovia.
- 9/20 and 9/21 travel to the United States.
- 9/24 Became symptomatic for Ebola
- 9/26 Presented for treatment.
- 9/28 Admitted to hospital in Dallas for isolation, quarantine and treatment
Between 9/24/14 and 9/28/14 (4 days) Patient Zero was contagious and unconfined. This is why the CDC says THERE WILL MORE LIKELY BE more infected as a result.
ALARMINGLY – It was discovered that in 1995 the ability of Ebola to aerosolize –or transmit via airborne pathogens– was reported, studied and confirmed.
Ebola, despite the CDC “calming” claims to the contrary, has been scientifically proven to be a communicable airborne virus. Coughing and sneezing can transmit the Ebola virus just like coughing and sneezing can transmit the flu.
Source link – National Institute of Health [ PMID: 7547435 ]
Source Link – National Institute of Health [ PMID: 8551825 ]
From the abstract (emphasis mine):
…”Secondary transmission of Ebola virus infection in humans is known to be caused by direct contact with infected patients or body fluids. We report transmission of Ebola virus (Zaire strain) to two of three control rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) that did not have direct contact with experimentally inoculated monkeys held in the same room. The two control monkeys died from Ebola virus infections at 10 and 11 days after the last experimentally inoculated monkey had died. The most likely route of infection of the control monkeys was aerosol, oral or conjunctival exposure to virus-laden droplets secreted or excreted from the experimentally inoculated monkeys. These observations suggest approaches to the study of routes of transmission to and among humans”….
According to the CDC, there have been at least 3,270 confirmed cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in humans since 1976, including several cases in the U.S. CDC Table of Outbreaks:
- In 1989, the CDC reports, Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No humans were infected.
- In 1990, Ebola-Reston virus was introduced once again into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sick.
- In 1996, Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into a quarantine facility in Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No human infections were identified.
- In May of 2004, a Russian scientist died of the Ebola virus after accidentally pricking herself with a syringe while conducting research on infected guinea pigs in Siberia.
- A similar accident with Ebola had reportedly occurred several months earlier at the US Army’s biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., but the researcher involved didn’t acquire the disease. This incident is not listed on the CDC’s list of confirmed outbreaks, perhaps because the researcher didn’t develop antibodies.
- In 2009, a scientist in Berlin, Germany accidentally pricked herself and was infected with Ebola. She was given an experimental vaccine as part of her treatment and did not become ill.
It is REALLY IMPORTANT to remember the recently infected aid worker for Samaritans Purse, Nancy Writebol, had ZERO contact with any Ebola patient.
Her entire job was to disinfect medical personnel who were treating the patients. It was during this disinfection process where she became infected.