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To: Mother Abigail

Yeah, yeah, 40 cases of Ebola is a tragedy.
This is just another opportunity for the news people to sensationalize and scare the public. I’ll bet that ten times that number of people die of malaria, other well known diseases or just malnutrition in the same region this month.
The MSM just loves Ebola though. It provides the opportunity to panic the public.


6 posted on 01/07/2009 3:52:11 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: BuffaloJack
Yeah, I think these superbugs are supposedly easier to contain because of their short incubation period and mortality rate as well.

Making a movie or documentary about malaria is not cool, though.
8 posted on 01/07/2009 4:06:06 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: BuffaloJack

Well if ebola ever got loose in say, India or China or some other high density population area, would be an absolute catastrophe..


9 posted on 01/07/2009 4:37:51 PM PST by Mmogamer (<This space for lease>)
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To: BuffaloJack

40 cases in the Congo is not cause for real fear. However, the Ebola virus strain recently found in pigs is very scary. Bacteria and viruses are rarely able to infect more than one species of animal. Judging by the article, this Ebola strain has been found in crab-eating macacques, primates, and pigs. That is scary indeed.


10 posted on 01/07/2009 5:27:08 PM PST by Melinator (Wholly CraP!!!)
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