Loading ...Breaking News! The Virus Lasts A Long Time In Semen!
We were shocked to learn that an Indian man who recovered from Ebola back in September, then flew from Liberia back to Delhi, India, got himself slapped into quarantine.
Why? we asked. He was recovered, wasn’t he? There weren’t any more Ebola viruses sculling around in his blood, were there? What’s the big deal here, other than just plain old discrimination?
Well, it seems that there are some Ebola viruses sculling around, but they’re not in his blood stream. They’re in his semen!
We are even more shocked to learn that “Ebola lingers in semen for months after a person has recovered,” and this is because “antibodies produced in the bloodstream don’t reach the testicles.”
Therefore, male survivors are told to wear condoms for three months following their recovery, provided they have enough energy to have sex. We can’t help but wonder if the poor people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are able to follow this advice, considering that they don’t have money for food, let alone condoms. But not to worry . . . if they don’t have food, they won’t have any energy for sex.
In the meantime, the man in India is being kept in quarantine until his semen tests negative, according to the Indian Ministry of Health.
But we can’t help but wonder why nobody has been making a big deal out of this one before. And we definitely wonder if women harbor the virus anyplace in their bodies . . . of if people have any other reservoirs anywhere in their bodies in general where the virus can live a lot longer?
(http://www.ktrh.com/, Wednesday, November 19, 2014.)
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