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To: Neuromancer

This is a great read about the Reston Strain of ebola, which was first encountered in Reston, VA. A pretty scary read.

The good thing about ebola is that it burns out very quickly. The victims die before it can be spread to very far.

10 posted on 02/05/2003 5:52:53 PM PST by Gamecock (The friendship of the French is like their wine, exquisite, but of short duration.)
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To: Gamecock
Yes Ebola Reston was a scare, had it not been the antithesis of the norm (i.e. fatal to man/non-fatal in other primates) we would have been in deep doo doo.
12 posted on 02/05/2003 5:59:33 PM PST by Neuromancer
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To: Gamecock
The victims die before it can be spread to very far.

So far ... God help the planet if it should ever go airborne or be engineered with rhinovirus genes.

14 posted on 02/05/2003 6:00:18 PM PST by Centurion2000 (The question is not whether you're paranoid, but whether you're paranoid enough.)
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To: Gamecock
This is a great read about the Reston Strain of ebola, which was first encountered in Reston, VA. A pretty scary read.

It is indeed.

I found the descriptions of how the Army planned to totally quarantine the area quite interesting, especially since I had been working a quarter of a mile away at the time.

15 posted on 02/05/2003 6:01:14 PM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Gamecock

Then, read this one. Excellent book, but you probably won't sleep for a night or two. :-/

26 posted on 02/05/2003 6:20:49 PM PST by Snowy (Tick off a lib -> Work hard, earn lots of money, and be happy)
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