Here is a Russian joke for you: On a Saturday a guy sits at home, watches TV. The doorbell rings. The guy answers the door and there are three men there all in hazmat suits and armed with flamethrowers. The first flamethrower man asks: Are you Ivan Semyonovich Kirillov? - Yes, and? - You had a sputum test yesterday?
In one study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ebola virus lived on a surface in a perfectly controlled environment for up to six days. But the environment at an airport, for example, or a school is not perfectly suited to support viruses.
Studies done in Ebola Treatment Units in Africa, CDC spokeswoman Abbigail Tumpey says, show the virus can live on surfaces for a few hours at most.
"Ebola is a vicious virus inside the body, but it dies very quickly on surfaces," she said. "It' s not a hardy virus. It's a very wimpy virus."
Ebola is easily destroyed outside of the body, experts say. UV light, heat and exposure to oxygen all deactivate the virus over time.
CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said that while it's theoretically possible for someone to catch Ebola by touching a surface that an infected patient sneezed on, for example, past outbreaks have shown that direct contact with a patient's bodily fluids is the way the virus is spread.
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Date: 2014-10-04 11:15 am (UTC)On a Saturday a guy sits at home, watches TV. The doorbell rings. The guy answers the door and there are three men there all in hazmat suits and armed with flamethrowers.
The first flamethrower man asks: Are you Ivan Semyonovich Kirillov?
- Yes, and?
- You had a sputum test yesterday?
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Date: 2014-10-06 01:52 am (UTC)http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/ebola-us-reader-questions/index.html
long can Ebola live on a surface?
In one study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ebola virus lived on a surface in a perfectly controlled environment for up to six days. But the environment at an airport, for example, or a school is not perfectly suited to support viruses.
Studies done in Ebola Treatment Units in Africa, CDC spokeswoman Abbigail Tumpey says, show the virus can live on surfaces for a few hours at most.
"Ebola is a vicious virus inside the body, but it dies very quickly on surfaces," she said. "It' s not a hardy virus. It's a very wimpy virus."
Ebola is easily destroyed outside of the body, experts say. UV light, heat and exposure to oxygen all deactivate the virus over time.
CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said that while it's theoretically possible for someone to catch Ebola by touching a surface that an infected patient sneezed on, for example, past outbreaks have shown that direct contact with a patient's bodily fluids is the way the virus is spread.
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