Will Ebola kill you? It depends on your genes

The Dailly Mail ^ | 10-30-14 | Lizzie Parry

[afraidfortherepublic]

Genetics will determine whether a person infected with Ebola dies, scientists claimed today.

A new study has found DNA could be the key to tracking the deadly effects of the virus which has ravaged West Africa.

The World Health Organisation revealed nearly 5,000 people have died from the disease, which has devastated Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

A team of scientists at Washington University believe their study has identified genetic factors behind the mild-to-deadly range of reactions to the virus.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Full title:

Will Ebola kill you? It depends on your genes: Scientists discover DNA could determine if victims live or die

[Darksheare]

“But ze ubermenschen vill be zooperior!”
*groan*

[afraidfortherepublic]

The article goes on to discuss blood clotting as a factor. It makes you wonder if those who are on blood thinners, or who take a daily aspirin to keep their blood thinner, are also at a higher risk.

[Crazieman]

Well, Ebola has the distinction of causing random and dangerous blood clotting, before it causes rampant bleeding.

[ArtDodger]

A nurse told me that blacks seem to fare less well than non-blacks when the disease is contracted. I wonder if this has something to do with Ebola surviving in Africa...

[mothball]

I was speaking to this guy who was a pastor, when I was living in Georgia. He believes that the black race are descendants of Ham and were cursed by God.

[Buckeye McFrog]

For sure it is going to feed wild conspiracy theories that the CIA cooked it up in a lab to conduct genocide on black people.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

"A nurse told me that blacks seem to fare less well than non-blacks when the disease is contracted. I wonder if this has something to do with Ebola surviving in Africa..."
Eric Holder has been investigating this and has issued an order to mutate the virus so whitey can suffer too.

[grania]

That’s a really good article. Thanks for the link. I’m wondering if adding some foods to the diet that promote blood coagulation might be a good idea.

[DBrow]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/02/Nation-of-Islam-Leader-Louis-Farrakhan-Ebola-Was-Manufactured-to-Kill-Blacks

Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation if Islam, is warning his acolytes that Ebola and AIDS were created by the US government to “depopulate” the world’s black population.
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This new concept is going to play right into Louie’s hands.

[Fantasywriter]

Jesse Jackson will not be pleased to hear this. He has already blamed the substandard care allocated to people of color for Mr. Duncan’s death.

[null and void]

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[VanShuyten]

“That’s a really good article. Thanks for the link. I’m wondering if adding some foods to the diet that promote blood coagulation might be a good idea.”

If you are at low risk for heart attack, stroke, deep vein thrombosis or any other infarction, go right ahead.

[Brother Cracker]

[Fresh Wind]

According to Calypso Louie, the white devil created Ebola to eliminate the black race. So the virus must be programmed to recognize the distinctive genetics of a black person.

[ArtDodger]

Now the Daily Mail has stats showing age is a major factor for survival of Ebola. Over 40 folks have a 97% fatality rate... Yikes.

[Beagle8U]

They’ll find it mostly kills blacks, and O’bastard will ban flights from Africa in 3 2 ...

[ArtDodger]

“Over 40 folks have a 97% fatality rate... Yikes.”
Looking more and more to be a very very convenient disease for any country with a surplus of older people that are retired and unproductive or about to retire and collect their just social security rewards.....

[Cats Pajamas]

Or maybe it just happens to hit people hard that have sickle-cell trait blood problems in their genes.

[Pearls Before Swine]

You’d think it would be the other way around—that more blacks had genetically accomodated to the virus, because it’s prevalent in their environment.