It must suck to wake up with one of these on your neck.
Posted on 01/12/2019 3:51:15 PM PST by BenLurkin
Měnglà, Ebola and the lesser-known Marburg are all related as members of the filovirus family. There is no evidence yet that it has spread to humans.
Filoviruses are extremely pathogenic and can cause severe fevers that are often fatal. It is at least the seventh filovirus that has been found, of which four are known to cause disease in people, according to the CDC.
Like Měnglà, Ebola is thought to have originated in bats. The viruses are typically spread by infected bodily fluids.
Researchers are now focusing their efforts on understanding how bats could contribute to a possible epidemic.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The official scientific name of the new virus is Ebora
I have a Merkellike old bat that lives next door. Giant and nasty old German frau with a bad attitude. She spreads some bad American people hatin’ virus.
Oh great, now the Chinese are making cheap knock offs of deadly diseases.
Her name’s not Inez, is it?
LOL
I saw what you did there.
Dorothea. Yuck. Meaner than a junkyard dawg.
Of course they discovered this, why wouldn’t they?
It eats people and an hour later it’s hungry again?
L8r
This is how every zombie story begins.
It’s Ebola-rike.
It must suck to wake up with one of these on your neck.
China is recognized as having the best Bio network in the world. No surprise, here.
rwood
That’s what comes from the Chinese overreach into the darkest wiles of the African continent for rare earth metals and other goodies. You sometimes reap more than you bargained for - diseases are a bonus.
And can be cured with a glass of Brackbelly Wine....
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