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To: KarlInOhio

That would probably spread a lot worse than Ebola would.


10 posted on 10/25/2014 7:23:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It might. The Spanish flu only killed 2.5%.

The most mild strain of Ebola killed 40%, the nastiest 90%, and so far, with the best available numbers this one is killing about 70%.

We say our better medicine is capable of saving us, and it has done well, but it can only handle so many cases.

There are 23 level 4 beds in the country, and even with our ability to improvise, the mortality rate here would jump significantly in the event that the system is overwhelmed--which likely would only take a few hundred cases.

57 posted on 10/26/2014 2:07:18 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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