There is new reason for be alarmed with a possible Ebola outbreak here in the U.S.
According to health services officials in Texas, one of the caregivers for Thomas Eric Duncan-the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas-has tested positive for the deadly disease.Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., died Wednesday in Dallas. Duncan, 42, grew up next to a leper colony in Liberia and fled years of war before later returning to his country to find it ravaged by the disease that ultimately took his life.
Duncan arrived in Dallas in late September, realizing a long-held ambition to join relatives. He came to attend the high-school graduation of his son, who was born in a refugee camp in Ivory Coast and was brought to the U.S. as a toddler when the boy’s mother successfully applied for resettlement.
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Officials stated that the healthcare worker was wearing full body gear, but still managed to be exposed to the disease.
How could this happen?Ebola is said to only be spread through bodily fluids-semen, saliva, feces, urine, sweat, vomit, and of course, blood.
But could this strain of Ebola have morphed into an airborne contagion that can be spread through sneezing, coughing, or even flatulence?
Yes, flatulence, or gas.
Not to sound like too much of an alarmist, but the possibility that Ebola can be passed through the air needs to seriously be looked into, because if the worker was decontaminated properly, he or she would not have been exposed to Ebola.