{"id":751,"date":"2014-10-28T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=751"},"modified":"2014-10-28T07:03:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:03:25","slug":"cdc-says-ebola-droplets-can-only-travel-3-feet-but-mit-research-shows-sneezes-can-travel-up-to-20-feet-washingtons-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"CDC Says Ebola Droplets Can Only Travel 3 Feet &#8230; But MIT Research Shows Sneezes Can Travel Up to 20 Feet Washington&#8217;s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/10\/sneezes-can-travel-8-feet-cdc-says-ebola-droplets-can-travel-3-feet.html\">CDC Says Ebola Droplets Can Only Travel 3 Feet &#8230; But MIT Research Shows Sneezes Can Travel Up to 20 Feet Washington&#8217;s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; font-weight: normal; color: #000099; line-height: 1.5em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Checking the CDC\u2019s Math<\/h3>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">This week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) admitted that Ebola can travel through the air in aerosols, but claims that it can\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0066cc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"never go more than 3 feet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/10\/cdc-finally-gets-right-ebola-spreads-aerosols-3-feet.html\">never go more than 3 feet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Let\u2019s check their math \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">CDC (like the\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0066cc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"World Health Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/10\/world-health-organization-forced-admit-ebola-might-spread-healthcare-workers-coughing-sneezing.html\">World Health Organization<\/a>) admits that Ebola can be\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0066cc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"spread through sneezing or coughing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/10\/cdc-forced-admit-ebola-might-spread-even-symptoms-coughing-sneezing.html\">spread through sneezing or coughing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">But the CDC itself admits that flu droplets can travel\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0066cc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"6 feet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nonpharmaceutical-interventions\/personal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">6 feet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Mythbusters demonstrated that sneezes can nail people some\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0066cc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"17 feet away\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery.com\/tv-shows\/mythbusters\/mythbusters-database\/sneeze-travel-100-mph.htm\" target=\"_blank\">17 feet away<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC Says Ebola Droplets Can Only Travel 3 Feet &#8230; But MIT Research Shows Sneezes Can Travel Up to 20 Feet Washington&#8217;s Blog. Checking the CDC\u2019s Math This week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) admitted that Ebola can travel through the air in aerosols, but claims that it can\u00a0never go more than 3 feet. 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