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To: Mr. K
Nonsense.

Ebola is not nearly as contagious as Influenza and that is a fact.

There's nothing to say that it is impossible for it to mutate to the point that it could become nearly or as infectious as Influenza, but up to this point in time it has not, thus it has not had the capacity to spread as easily.

Nobody has said it can't be spread purposefully, but to make wholly unsubstantiated claims that it can kill millions is absurd.

The currently known method of contracting Ebola is contact with the fluids of an infected person or corpse. Now, that isn't as difficult to avoid as many alarmists would have you believe, and imposing an effective quarantine upon any infected area and persons who have contracted Ebola can easily stop the spread as we have seen in the past.

Now, just because a person has it does not mean it is simple to spread via the methods speculated upon in the alarmist article that began this thread. To speculate that it can be spread to every human on the planet in under 5 months is again hyperbolic nonsense, purposefully attempted or not. Consider that I am stating this using our current knowledge of Ebola.

Last but not least, how can it spread to 10 BILLION people when there are only around 7 Billion on Earth at this time?

93 posted on 08/18/2014 1:08:15 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

are you an idiot? they don’t wear hazmat suits to treat influenza patients.

And some health care workers wearing hazmat suits STILL caught it. and influenza does not have a 90% mortality rate.


100 posted on 08/18/2014 4:39:32 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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