What the genetic analysis shows is that this particular clade of Ebola Zaire has been circulating in Guinea for a while, probably in bats (since they are thought to be the animal reservoir). This is the first time the disease has been known to infect people in the area—that doesn’t mean it has never infected someone there before, just that it has never been identified there before.
It’s really a stretch to think that this is some sort of bioweapon, especially when there are already perfectly good reasons for everything that has happened.
“What the genetic analysis shows is that this particular clade of Ebola Zaire has been circulating in Guinea for a while, probably in bats (since they are thought to be the animal reservoir).”
Hey, exDem (really?) - you might want to remember that bats, along with primates (you are a primate) and guinea pigs do not make their own vitamin C. All other mammals do make vitamin C (destroys their organs, you know). And the other mammals make it in huge amounts when they need it to survive (maybe we should take heed).
Vitamin C to the rescue! In amounts hundreds of times the RDA of 60 mg...what say, Mom?