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Ebola isn't particularly infectious. It does have a very high fatality risk rate, no known cure, and no vaccine (yet). [1] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/facts
by stevewilhelm 12y ago
Ebola isn't particularly infectious. It does have a very high fatality risk rate, no known cure, and no vaccine (yet).
[1] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/
[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/how-ebola-spreads/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/how-ebol...
- hga 12y ago[1] doesn't cover how many others an Ebola patient infects, which is the reproductive ratio per [2] and basic reproduction number or R <subscript> 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number It's above 1, by my and many other's estimates around 3 in this outbreak, which, while technically "isn't particularly infectious", is still very bad and quite enough for exponential growth, in this case with an observed doubling time of 3-4 weeks. The CDC's recent worst case estimate is 1.4 million infections by January.