[Heartlander]

My brother is a doctor and has told me basically the same thing as McCloskey - do you have the link to the Reuters article? I’d like to read it...

[jjsheridan5]

Certainly:

Taxis, planes and viruses: How deadly Ebola can spread

I raised a hypothetical question on another thread, and will raise it here again, especially for those that think that this Ebola outbreak is obeying the rules outlined in the textbook: if a person entered a communal cab with the flu (or the common cold), on average, how many others would contract the disease? The article doesn't say how many shared the cab ride, but assume 6, for the sake of argument. My guess is that only 2 or 3 would come down with the flu, yet 5 came down with Ebola. I fear the doctor is wrong, and is forgetting that viruses do mutate over time.

[Raebie]

Can you also ask him how doctors in hazmat suits contracted it? TIA.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/full/srep00811.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/health-ebola-transport-idUSL6N0Q570N20140731