DOD says Ebola is Aerostable

SUBHEAD: The Army has found is that sewer systems also offer an ideal environment for longer term Ebola persistence.

By Ms. X on 27 October 2014 for Pissin' On The Roses -
(http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/10/department-of-defense-says-ebola-is.html)


Image above: Indications the Feds fear airborne Ebola. From (http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/document-shows-feds-fear-airborne-ebola/).

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency [DTRA], in a just released a broad agency announcement last Friday seeking rapid assistance against Ebola's weapon of mass destruction [WMD] capability, stated that:

  "Ebola is aerostable in an enclosed controlled system in the dark and can survive for long periods in different liquid media"

The short of it is that DTRA's WMD arm sees a massive potential for Ebola to persist in sewage systems in Airborne, Waterborne, and BioFilm form.

The obvious dangers are multifold.

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) spread in the Amoy Gardens high-rise apartment complex via a similar plumbing related infectious route.
   
2. CDC's current guidance encourages untreated EBOLA waste discharge into sewer systems.
   
3. Dr. Craig Spencer has already potentially infected NYC sewer system despite his 21 day "home quarantine".
   
4. Sewers may be a reoccurring source on #Ebola infection.
   
5. CDC's assurances that Ebola can not be spread via Air, Water, or Sewer places people at great risk.

Specifically, DTRA wants answers in 3 to 6 months regarding environmental conditions that allow to Ebola to persist in an airborne state, and persist on surfaces after precipitating out of the air.
DTRA is also looking for genetic weaponization markers that elucidate that persistence.

Interestingly enough, DTRA's solicitation also seeks Africa specific data that will allow them to use a a NATO Biowarfare Ebola simulation to predict the flow Ebola infection in Africa; we'll have more on that in a separate video analysis.


Video above: This article is available as video on YouTube. From (http://youtu.be/XFv5XuTnfHI).

As we have reported in previous posts, the US Army says that Ebola has an airborne stability similar to Influenza and that winter weather conditions may allow to spread via the airborne route.See (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2014/09/ebola-to-be-airborne-in-cold.html).

Apparently what the Army has found is that sewer systems also offer an ideal environment for longer term Ebola persistence.

Sources:
Chemical/Biological Technologies Department Ebola Broad Agency Announcement

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Announcemnet

Aerosolizing ONE DROP of Ebola Infected Blood Can Kill 500,000 People

US ARMY Says EBOLA = FLU in Airborne Stability, Needs Winter Weather To Go Airborne

Inadequate plumbing systems likely contributed to SARS transmission

Hong Kong seals apartment building to contain SARS

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/environmental-infection-control-in-hospitals.html

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 Fever removed from Ebola case definition

SUBHEAD: CDC removes FEVER from Ebola Case Definition & adds FATIGUE as a symptom

By Ms. X on 28 October 2014 for Pissin' On The Roses -
(http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/10/alert-cdc-removes-fever-from-ebola-case.html)

The CDC has removed fever from the Ebola Case Definition, and replaced it with the a more nebulous definition of:

 "Elevated body temperature or subjective fever or symptoms". 

 The CDC has also added "Fatigue" to the case definition. 

Here is the relevant part of the PRIOR case definition:

Person Under Investigation (PUI)
A person who has both consistent symptoms and risk factors as follows:

1. Clinical criteria, which includes fever of greater than 38.6 degrees Celsius or 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and additional symptoms such as severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or unexplained hemorrhage; AND

1. epidemiologic risk factors within the past 21 days before the onset of symptoms, such as contact with blood or other body fluids or human remains of a patient known to have or suspected to have EVD; residence in—or travel to—an area where EVD transmission is active*; or direct handling of bats or non-human primates from disease-endemic areas.

Here is the relevant part of the CURRENT case definition:

Person Under Investigation (PUI)
A person who has both consistent symptoms and risk factors as follows:

1. Elevated body temperature or subjective fever or symptoms, including severe headache, fatigue, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or unexplained hemorrhage; AND

1. An epidemiologic risk factor within the 21 days before the onset of symptoms.

Other important changes have also been made to loosen up CDC's Ebola case definition; we will update this post as time permits:

UPDATE: 10/28
The CDC's new Ebola case definition greatly increase the category of persons who may be forcefully quarantined to anyone who was in proximity of an Ebola case even if the Ebola victim was not actively showing symptoms at the time of proximity. (more to follow).

UPDATE 1: 10/29
The CDC's new Ebola case definition greatly increase the category of persons who may be forcefully quarantined to anyone who was in proximity of an Ebola case even if the Ebola victim was not actively showing symptoms at the time of proximity. (more to follow)

UPDATE 2: 10/29
After a more detail reading, the CDC has greatly increased the at risk Ebola category to include the following:

1. Direct contact (hand shake) with Ebola victim 21 days PRIOR to symptom onset
   
2. Airborne contact, that is even "brief proximity" (such as being in the same room for a brief period of time) with an Ebola victim AFTER their symptom onset

Any person who meets those two above definitions and in the subject eyes of an examiner has any "signs" of concern such as elevated body temperature (98.7 deg F) is now defined as a "Person Under Investigation" for Ebola. And as such, that person is subject to forceful quarantine