Tests reveal Ebola can survive on some surfaces for up to 2 months

The Extinction Protocol

October 2014 – HEALTH – The number of confirmed Ebola cases passed the 10,000 mark over the weekend, despite efforts to curb its spread. And while the disease typically dies on surfaces within hours, research has discovered it can survive for more than seven weeks under certain conditions. During tests, the UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) found that the Zaire strain will live on samples stored on glass at low temperatures for as long as 50 days. This family includes the Zaire ebolavirus (Zebov), which was first identified in 1976 and is the most virulent; Sudan ebolavirus, (Sebov); Tai Forest ebolavirus; Ebola-Reston (Rebov), and Bundibugyo ebolavirus (Bebov) – the most recent species, discovered in 2008. For their 2010 paper, ‘The survival of filoviruses in liquids, on solid substrates and in a dynamic aerosol’, Sophie Smither and her colleagues tested two particular filoviruses on a variety of surfaces. These…

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NY woman beheaded in what horrified witnesses first thought a Halloween prank | Fox News

Serve Him in the Waiting

A man beheaded a woman believed to be his mother in her Long Island, N.Y., apartment late Tuesday and then dragged the body and head out onto a street, where onlookers initially thought they were witnessing a macabre Halloween prank, police and witnesses said.The suspected killer, who was not identified, jumped in front of a commuter train near the Farmingdale, N.Y., home moments later, killing himself, Nassau County police said. Police said the woman appeared to be in her 60s, while the killer appeared to be around 30. Police sources told Newsday the victim is believed to have been the killers mother and that the dead man “has a drug problem, apparently.”ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTWitnesses told the New York Post they saw the man drag the womans body out of the building and onto the street, where he kicked her head some 20 feet before going to a nearby railroad track and jumping…

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