Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Preppers: Protecting Yourself From Ebola

Preppers and Ebola: Protecting Yourself The current Ebola outbreak is the largest in history. It has caused more than 672 deaths and more than 1,200 infections in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, this according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To control the disease the chain of transmissions must be broken. While highly contagious the disease can be isolated, because you cannot become infected by simply breathing the virus in, it is not airborne, in other words. You have to have contact with an infected person’s bodily fluid, blood, feces, mucus, semen and even sweat. The mortality rates are high but keep in mind the medical facilities where the patients are now being treated are not as advanced, as they would be in the United States.



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