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Old 11th Aug 2014, 12:00
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Short of pulling out completely, nobody can adequately prescribe/mandate anything against Ebola.
At the end of the day, it will come down to social norms like personal hygiene, (because this plague trasfers via touch, thus, washing hands regularly is important) shaking hands... a hot potato if there ever was one.... because the virus transfers via touch, to be prudent, one should keep one's hands in your pockets and run the gauntlet of offending almost everyone you come in contact with.

Another issue is going to be changing the mindset of how the vast number of tribes and clans deal with their dead, because a victim of Ebola is still infectous for a few days after death.

Just to throw a spanner in the works, if a guy survives the virus and goes off to celebrate by having a few beers and getting laid (let's face it, who wouldn't??) his semen is still infectous for up to 8 weeks, apparently.......

We have interesting times ahead of us.
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