Sex and masturbation may hamper Ebola eradication efforts

[cronus]

http://newsdaily.com/2015/09/sex-and-ma ... n-efforts/

Sex and masturbation may hamper Ebola eradication efforts

GENEVA (Reuters) – Isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought, undermining hopes of ending West Africa’s deadly outbreak by the end of the year.
The World Health Organization’s advice is that all male survivors should be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen, Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO’s Ebola response, told a news conference.

But a forthcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on around 200 survivors, found that around half still had traces of the virus in their semen after six months, a clinician familiar with the study told Reuters.
“The old advice of three months is no longer good,” the clinician said. “The number of people with persistent virus in their semen is much greater than expected.”
The clinician, who was not authorized to speak about the study, added that the risk might not only be from sex but also from masturbation.

“It’s not the sex that is dangerous, it’s the semen that is dangerous,” said Aylward, who mentioned the study during a news conference but did not give details. “How people actually get exposed, in soiled linens or whatever, is not clear.”
Transmission through semen may explain why a few cases continue to occur even though the outbreak has been almost completely eradicated by an intense international effort, recently bolstered by the deployment of a trial vaccine in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
“This virus and this outbreak in particular has a nasty sting in the tail,” Aylward said. “It’s not finished, by a long shot.”

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[NineBerry]

Well, the semen will want out anyway. If you don't masturbate you will have uncontrolled nightly emissions into your underwear or bed sheets. Better have a controlled ejaculation into a Kleenex that can be disposed off in a controlled manner.
I imagine sealed deposition boxes for semen-soaked Kleenexes in Ebola-ridden areas.

[Brian Peacock]

There is a greater danger...

[cronus]

...say you caught it of a toilet seat.

[NineBerry]

I heard Double Posting on Web Forums is an early sign of an Ebola infection.

[cronus]

I heard Double Posting on Web Forums is an early sign of an Ebola infection.

Had it, passed straight through me onto the next one.

[Brian Peacock]

...say you caught it off a toilet seat.

...it could jump right up, and grab your meat...

[JimC]

Stop it, or you'll go blind!

And get Ebola!