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The burn rate is too fast for Ebola plus Ebola isn't transmitted via air(yet) so even if it did contaminate America or Europe it could be contained rather easil
by nickthemagicman 12y ago
The burn rate is too fast for Ebola plus Ebola isn't transmitted via air(yet) so even if it did contaminate America or Europe it could be contained rather easily.
- Fomite 12y agoThe notion that "the burn rate" is too fast is both on epidemiologically shaky ground, and something I'd be disinclined to rely on given "the burn rate is too fast" was supposed to be why we hadn't seen Ebola in places now experiencing outbreaks.
- kordless 12y agoAparently, so is the air part: http://healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/pigs-monkeys-ebola-goes-airborne-112112 http://healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/pigs-monkeys-.... I was fascinated by its structure - a filament - and it's small size of code - only about 20K base pairs. Also, it's mutation rate is pretty high. That sucks.
- nickthemagicman 12y agoNotice I put yet in parenthesis. Google: Reston ebola virus, or just read the hot zone. You want stuff to be afraid of look up: drug resistant tuberculosis, or the scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka.