Ebola's back

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However, researchers believe humans are infected either by handling of dead or alive infected animals (like chimpanzees, gorillas and forest antelopes), or by being in direct close contact with someone who is sick with or has already died from Ebola.

So in review.....

Unless you live in a 3rd world dive and eating chimp and antelope burgers I recon we might be ok, and as far as being in contact with an infected I doubt anyone of them are going to afford an airline ticket any time soon.

Think I'll put my gloves and respirator away for the time being :/
 
From what I've seen on TV it only kills black people so I'm not worried.

not being black myself.
 
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It doesn't sound that bad to me, the only way to get it is through exchange of bodily fluids, it's not airborne. Two americans got it, flew back to the USA, one died and one survived. So they sat on an airplane for what, 8 hours? Didn't infect anyone, and one of them didn't even die.

The media, and certain people, simply love this sort of pandemic bull-****, they lap it up and try and make it sound as bad as possible.
 
so, is this like bird and swine flu? its made out to be terrible and is going to wipe out the human race, when in fact, it doesn't, it just doesn't :p
 
Meh I'd be worried about Ebola if it was airborne, but as it isn't Influenza is much, much scarier. An outbreak of Ebola in countries with good hygiene standards would be contained pretty quick imo. That said, awful way to die.
 
"The strain of Ebola that broke out in Zaire has one of the highest case fatality rates of any human pathogenic virus, roughly 90%" - pretty harsh virus.
 
Some stats

Year Geographic location Human cases/deaths (case-fatality rate)
1976 Yambuku, Zaire 318/280 (88%)
1977 Bonduni, Zaire 1/1 (100%)
1988 Porton Down, United Kingdom 1/0 (0%) [laboratory accident]
1994–1995 Woleu-Ntem and Ogooué-Ivindo Provinces, Gabon 52/32 (62%)
1995 Kikwit, Zaire 317/245 (77%)
1996 Mayibout 2, Gabon 31/21 (68%)
1996 Sergiyev Posad, Russia 1/1 (100%) [laboratory accident]
1996–1997 Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Gabon; Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo 62/46 (74%)
2001–2002 Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Gabon; Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo 124/97 (78%)
2002 Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Gabon; Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo 11/10 (91%)
2002–2003 Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo; Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Gabon 143/128 (90%)
2003–2004 Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo 35/29 (83%)
2004 Koltsovo, Russia 1/1 (100%) [laboratory accident]
2005 Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo 11/9 (82%)
2007 Kasai Occidental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo 264/186 (71%)
2008–2009 Kasai Occidental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo 32/15 (47%)
2012 Kibaale District, Western Uganda 20/14 (70%)
 
elmarko1234 said:
"The strain of Ebola that broke out in Zaire has one of the highest case fatality rates of any human pathogenic virus, roughly 90%" - pretty harsh virus.
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It also works against it. A vey high fatality rate means less hosts to spread the virus.
 
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