Just got off a 24 hour shift as a volunteer EMT for a rescue squad. In EMT class right off the bat in our Bloodborne Pathogens class the instructor said that smallpox CANNOT live in a blanket and it was not possible to spread it that way. Period. Gail Adams Virginia

According to both the World Health Organization and NIH, smallpox can be transmitted through infected bedding and clothing, although the risk is lower than face to face contact. Hospitals routinely autoclave bedding that has been used by smallpox (and chickenpox) sufferers. Suzanne [email protected] wrote: Just got off a 24 hour shift as a volunteer EMT for a rescue squad. In EMT class right off the bat in our Bloodborne Pathogens class the instructor said that smallpox CANNOT live in a blanket and it was not possible to spread it that way. Period. Gail Adams Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away." - Chuang Tzu --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.