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To: scouter

Because it appears that Ebola is mutating so frequently, a vaccine would probably be useless because vaccine production will not be able to be updated and effective against ever changing strains.
I’m also worried about the asymptomatic incubation period and airborne spread.


26 posted on 09/15/2014 10:16:51 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: grumpygresh
Because it appears that Ebola is mutating so frequently, a vaccine would probably be useless because vaccine production will not be able to be updated and effective against ever changing strains. I’m also worried about the asymptomatic incubation period and airborne spread.

All viruses mutate. Most of the mutations in Ebola change the genetic material, not the structure, so the vaccines would work just fine.

The problem is in testing a vaccine. Not many people would volunteer to get an experimental vaccine, then get a shot of Ebola virus to see if the vaccine works.

112 posted on 09/15/2014 4:06:46 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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