Posted on 07/31/2014 7:30:52 AM PDT by george76
The worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus continues to spread in West Africa. To date, there have been more than 1300 confirmed cases, and 729 have died.
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Eboli comes from infected animals. How do THEY get it?
Butchering and eating those animals?
Just like AIDS these ignorant and uneducated natives,villagers,tribesmen are the root of this soon to be if not already epidemic.
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...
My question was -- how did those ANIMALS get infected?
So the animals got infected by the ignorant and uneducated natives, villagers and tribesmen? How did they make the animals sick? Why hadn't it ever happened before? Why now?
How long before some wacko democrat demands they be let in to the USA to be treated “free” compliments of 0bamacare?
The disease is usually acquired when a person comes into contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected animal such as a monkey or fruit bat. Fruit bats are believed to carry and spread the virus without being affected by it. Once infection of a human occurs, the disease may be spread from one person to another. Men who survive may be able to transmit the disease via their semen for nearly two months. To make the diagnosis, typically other diseases with similar symptoms such as malaria, cholera and other viral hemorrhagic fever are first excluded. The blood may then be tested for antibodies to the virus, or the viral RNA, or the virus itself, to confirm the diagnosis.[1]
Prevention includes decreasing the spread of the disease from infected monkeys and pigs to humans. This may be done by checking these types of animals for infection and killing and properly disposing of the bodies if the disease is discovered. Properly cooking meat and wearing protective clothing when handling meat may also be helpful, as is wearing protective clothing and washing hands when around a person who has the disease. Samples of bodily fluids and tissues from people with the disease should be handled with special caution.[1]
Source: Wikipedia
Bill and Melinda smile as phase II of population reduction commences...
Hardly, It’s only killed about 2500 people since its discovery world wide… it kills to fast
Hardly. They don't eat feces..no nutrients. Besides there is plenty of food for them in those nutrient-rich forest areas.
Maybe so: human error.
It’s suspected that at least one species is a reservoir species that carries the disease but isn’t affected it.
Horrifying disease.
That is certainly possible.
That equatorial climate, especially at sea level, is a HOTBED of potential disease...just what nasty bugs love--heat and humidity.
Perhaps.
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