[tomkat]

Absence of evidence, in this case, is evidence of absence.

'Settled Science' much ?

[Vermont Lt]

I am no scientist.

However, as deadly as this thing is, if it were insect borne, don’t you think it would have been all over Africa by now? When, in reality, it is not geographically wide-spread.

I believe the science of it is that insects do not respire as mammals do. Nor do they ingest the blood in a way that would pass along the virus.