Ebola timebomb - 16th Oct 2015 10:49am
Was listening to a report this morning regarding Ebola. The nurse who recovered has got it again because the virus can hide inside your body for an unknown length of time before re-emerging.
Apparently it hides in sperm, eyeballs , nasal passages etc amongst other places, meaning potentially even simple teardrops could transmit infection . Recovered men in West Africa are being told to always wear condoms from now on - but will they I wonder ! Bit scary to think that thousands of folk that have had Ebola and recovered, are wandering around West Africa , free to travel anywhere in the world , and that any number of them anytime, anywhere , could suddenly have a re-appearance of Ebola and start a new outbreak .
Apparently it hides in sperm, eyeballs , nasal passages etc amongst other places, meaning potentially even simple teardrops could transmit infection . Recovered men in West Africa are being told to always wear condoms from now on - but will they I wonder ! Bit scary to think that thousands of folk that have had Ebola and recovered, are wandering around West Africa , free to travel anywhere in the world , and that any number of them anytime, anywhere , could suddenly have a re-appearance of Ebola and start a new outbreak .