Posted on 10/15/2014 2:19:07 PM PDT by knak
A second, smaller Ebola outbreak has been going on in Africa, and a new study shows it has a different source in nature than the massive epidemic raging now in the western part of the continent.
The outbreak that began in July in the Democratic Republic of Congo is similar to earlier ones in that central African region, genetic testing of viruses shows. At least 69 people, including eight health workers, are believed to have been infected, and 49 have died.
The study was led by the World Health Organization and researchers from France and Canada. It was published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in Congo and has caused periodic outbreaks there and in other central African countries. It had not been detected in West Africa until the current epidemic — the worst ever of Ebola — began earlier this year.
So far, more than 8,900 people have been infected and more than 4,400 have died, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Officials say the epidemic is not even close to being brought under control.
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Are fruit bats and monkeys halal?
I think I know the answer, but I thought I’d ask.
It’s Bushmeat’s fault.©
Just shave them. Catch and release. /s
I have it on good advice from a number of very insistant FReepers that animals carry Ebola in their fur like toxic cooties.
Based on the observed effects of eating fruit bats and monkeys, I would say:
“ABSOLUTELY!!! FRUIT BATS AND MONKEYS ARE HALAL!!!
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