Dear all, Sharing information as received. There is currently an EBOLA outbreak putting all of us at risk. Please help educate everyone around you by sending this message to all your contacts.
What is EBOLA?
It's a virus that attacks a person's blood system. Ebola is what scientists call a hemorrhagic fever—it operates by making its victims bleed from almost anywhere on their body. Usually, victims bleed to death. Ebola is highly contagious, being transmitted via contact with body fluids such as blood, sweat, saliva, semen, or other body discharges. However, Ebola is NOT AN AIRBORNE VIRUS!
EXTREMELY Deadly
About 90% of people who catch Ebola will die from it. It's one of the deadliest diseases in the world, killing in just a few weeks.
Untreatable (No Cure)
Ebola has no known treatment or cure. Victims are usually treated for symptoms with the faint hope that they recover.
How Do I Know Someone Has Ebola?
• Fever
• Headache
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Weakness
• Joint & Muscle pains
• Stomach Pain
• Lack of Appetite
Protect Yourself
• Wash your hands with soap. Do this frequently. You can also use a good hand sanitizer.
• Avoid unnecessary physical contact with people.
• Restrict yourself to food you prepared yourself.
• Disinfect your surroundings. The virus cannot survive disinfectants, heat, direct sunlight, detergents, and soaps.
Clean Up!
• Fumigate if you have pests.
• Rodents can be carriers of Ebola.
• Fumigate your environment and dispose of the carcasses properly!
• Dead bodies CAN still transmit Ebola. Don't touch them without protective gear, or better yet, avoid them altogether.
Protect Yourself
• Use protective gear if you must care for or go near someone you suspect has Ebola.
Report
• Report any suspicious symptoms in yourself or anyone else IMMEDIATELY. Do not delay!
Educate Everyone
• Tell your neighbors, colleagues, and domestic staff (anyone really). Basically, you're safer when everyone is educated.
Regards,
From India, Delhi
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70What is EBOLA?
It's a virus that attacks a person's blood system. Ebola is what scientists call a hemorrhagic fever—it operates by making its victims bleed from almost anywhere on their body. Usually, victims bleed to death. Ebola is highly contagious, being transmitted via contact with body fluids such as blood, sweat, saliva, semen, or other body discharges. However, Ebola is NOT AN AIRBORNE VIRUS!
EXTREMELY Deadly
About 90% of people who catch Ebola will die from it. It's one of the deadliest diseases in the world, killing in just a few weeks.
Untreatable (No Cure)
Ebola has no known treatment or cure. Victims are usually treated for symptoms with the faint hope that they recover.
How Do I Know Someone Has Ebola?
• Fever
• Headache
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Weakness
• Joint & Muscle pains
• Stomach Pain
• Lack of Appetite
Protect Yourself
• Wash your hands with soap. Do this frequently. You can also use a good hand sanitizer.
• Avoid unnecessary physical contact with people.
• Restrict yourself to food you prepared yourself.
• Disinfect your surroundings. The virus cannot survive disinfectants, heat, direct sunlight, detergents, and soaps.
Clean Up!
• Fumigate if you have pests.
• Rodents can be carriers of Ebola.
• Fumigate your environment and dispose of the carcasses properly!
• Dead bodies CAN still transmit Ebola. Don't touch them without protective gear, or better yet, avoid them altogether.
Protect Yourself
• Use protective gear if you must care for or go near someone you suspect has Ebola.
Report
• Report any suspicious symptoms in yourself or anyone else IMMEDIATELY. Do not delay!
Educate Everyone
• Tell your neighbors, colleagues, and domestic staff (anyone really). Basically, you're safer when everyone is educated.
Regards,
From India, Delhi
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Thanks for sharing such highly important information on the EBOLA virus. You have precisely and in-depth mentioned the symptoms, causes, after-effects, and precautions. I heartily appreciate this socially useful step from you. Touch wood that no Ebola virus case has been detected in India yet. I pray to God that this deadly virus gets eradicated with precautions and doctors' hard work as soon as possible from everywhere. So, friends, I request you all to keep sharing information, not rumors!
From India, Ahmadabad
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