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To: null and void
Up until this outbreak, if it is Ebola as said, Ebola has been not that easy to catch, as it is blood borne. So at the link one snip says:

The initial Ebola outbreak in Guinea is believed to have started when hunters came in contact with infected fruit bats. The Ebola virus is spread between humans through direct contact. Once infected, it can take up to 21 days for symptoms to appear, which include high fever, headaches, and fatigue. At that point, the infected person is contagious.

Direct contact is ambiguous. A disease in which you have to get someone's bodily fluids into your bodily fluids is not easy to catch. So, either this is not Ebola, or Ebola has changed. If Ebola is now easy to transmit, bad bad news.

19 posted on 04/20/2014 2:23:38 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah

The Reston variety of ebola is airborne, fortunately it doesn’t cause hemorrhagic fever in humans.


21 posted on 04/20/2014 2:34:34 PM PDT by null and void (...if you are too sure of your place in heaven you might be too arrogant to actually get there.)
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To: little jeremiah

Ebola tends to erupt in cultures that promote/expect close physical contact with the dying. As it tends to liquefy ones cells, “bodily fluid” contact is easy, and sufficient open wounds are more prevalent than most people expect.


56 posted on 04/20/2014 4:20:02 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun” - Obama, setting RoE with his opposition)
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