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To: NFifty15
Ebola is not a very sturdy disease.

SARS has already proven that it can travel on long international flights; that's how it appeared in Toronto. It is highly contagious.

Onve it spreads to hundreds of thousands and tens of thousands die, it may be too late to prevent a general worldwide outbreak.

34 posted on 03/29/2003 6:05:13 AM PST by You Dirty Rats
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To: You Dirty Rats
SARS has already proven that it can travel on long international flights; that's how it appeared in Toronto. It is highly contagious.

Once it spreads to hundreds of thousands and tens of thousands die, it may be too late to prevent a general worldwide outbreak.

Another thing to look at: there appears to be about a 30:1 survival rate. That is to say, for every 30 people that have gotten the disease (based on the above numbers), 1 person will die. Think about an outbreak at a local school.

49 posted on 03/29/2003 6:40:47 AM PST by meyer
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