Mammals. Flies. Mosquitos (unverified). This strain - BIRDS.
Migratory birds are the equivalent of an ICBM in delivery systems. Unstoppable, and certain as sunrise.
True, but they can't protect themselves from their very own delivery system. China has birds too.
Nah! Just build more windmill generators on the west coast...
Thanks for the response, datura. If there really is a new strain of Ebola in PRC, I doubt very much that it was created by the Chinese government as a bioweapon. For one thing, I doubt that any government knows how to protect its own population against Ebola. And I certainly doubt that any nation's science is so advanced that it could modify a disease so as to make it affect only specific ethnic groups!
Out of curiousity, does anyone know of an existing infectious disease that only affects certain ethnic groups? They may be out there, but I can't think of any. The illnesses I can think of that seem to discriminate by ethnicity or geography are all considered to be linked to heredity, environment, or diet, rather than to pathogens.
Just heard a report this morning on KNAU (NPR affiliate at Northern Arizona U, Flagstaff) that H5N1 has popped up in Novisibirsk, Siberia. The vector has not been verified, but Novosibirsk is on a migratory bird route.