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And the interesting thing about Ebola is that while it's not very contagious it is extremely infectious. Which means that you need contact with just a few virus
by hanspeter 10y ago
And the interesting thing about Ebola is that while it's not very contagious it is extremely infectious. Which means that you need contact with just a few virus particles to be infected.
- cm2187 10y agoAnd then it's game over, low survival rate. Which makes it scary but not very dangerous.
- nonbel 10y agoI would bet the deadliness of Ebola has been overstated (at least by a little, probably by a lot). Like any infection, many people who get it are probably asymptomatic, and until recently the vast majority of people tested for it were most definitely symptomatic. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/ebola-study-finds-women-guinea-appear-immune-virus http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/ebola-study-fin...
- Fomite 10y agoIt turns out its not actually all that infectious either. It's just very, very hard to sustain not having contact with infectious fluid for very long.