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US Ebola patient Thomas Duncan dies in hospital
- iLoch 12y agoNot too surprising given the circumstances. Very unfortunate though, I'm imagining he died a very lonely death, without family too near to him (assuming he was heavily quarantined.) What will become of his body? Do they have to burn it, or will the virus die with the host?
- throwaway344 12y agoThe virus is still capable of spreading after its host's death. In fact, the handling of corpses for funerals was one of the biggest vectors for the disease's current spread in West Africa.
- jonas21 12y agoHis body will be cremated: https://twitter.com/TexasDSHS/status/519922160903938049 https://twitter.com/TexasDSHS/status/519922160903938049 CDC guidelines allow for either cremation or burial in a hermetically sealed casket: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/guidance-safe-handling-human-remains-ebola-patients-us-hospitals-mortuaries.html http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/guidance-safe-handling-huma...
- malandrew 12y agoI'm honestly surprised the latter is allowed at all since it gives anyone who wants to get their hands on a dangerous biological agent a grave to rob.
- gohrt 12y agoThis ~year's Ebola outbreak will soon have killed more people than the 9/11/2001 attacks on the USA.
- anonbanker 12y agoSo we should expect a similar security theater in the next few years?