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Actually, if anybody knows why Ebola keeps re-occurring every 2-3 years (according to the CDC), I'd be curious to know why. You'd think a disease that fatal (o
by redis_mlc 6y ago
Actually, if anybody knows why Ebola keeps re-occurring every 2-3 years (according to the CDC), I'd be curious to know why.
You'd think a disease that fatal (over 50%) would wipe itself out. Or maybe, horrors, it's really that bad!
In 2014, the US had a cluster of Ebola cases, and was totally unprepared, with one patient and 2 nurses getting infected:
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nurse-who-caught-ebola-settles-suit-against-dallas-hospital-n672081 https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nurse...
"[nurse] went home in the scrubs she wore while treating Duncan [for Ebola]."
That transmission was via an airline passenger from Liberia.