February 18, 2003, 17:24
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Ebola outbreak confirmed
Death toll 64 and rising on Congo-Gabon border.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2776719.stm
Forget war. There are things lurking in that jungle that make any dictator look like a gurgling baby. If one of them turns out to be an airborne Ebola strain that hits humans, we're in very big trouble. It's Lucifer's hammer.
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February 18, 2003, 17:28
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bah, I've got enough duck tape and plastic sheeting to take care of that.
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February 18, 2003, 17:32
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The thing about ebola is it tends to burn through its victims rather quickly. It never spreads very far.
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February 18, 2003, 17:34
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
The thing about ebola is it tends to burn through its victims rather quickly. It never spreads very far.
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Laz is worried about a lethal version of the Reston strain.
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February 18, 2003, 17:35
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With aerosol/contact contagion, that's because the kill-rate exceeds the contamination rate. With an airborne strain, that ratio would be reversed. Hello pandemic.
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February 18, 2003, 17:37
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Why would there be an airborne strain?
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February 18, 2003, 17:40
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Why wouldn't there be?
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February 18, 2003, 17:41
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Why would there be an airborne strain?
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Nature likes to keep us on our toes.
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February 18, 2003, 17:41
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The human overpopulation of the planet must eventually be corrected by nature. Some people will survive whatever eventually hits, I just hope Mick Jagger isn't one of them.
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February 18, 2003, 17:41
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AFAIK, this virus doesn't mutate very much.
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February 18, 2003, 17:41
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Why would there be an airborne strain?
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Why wouldn't there be? With the way most viruses mutate, I'd be suprised if a lethal, airborne strain of Ebola didn't appear in time...
edit: Drat! Laz beat me to the punch with the exact same response... 
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February 18, 2003, 17:41
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Possibilites are endless.
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February 18, 2003, 17:45
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
AFAIK, this virus doesn't mutate very much.
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What can I tell you che? Ebola Reston gave the people at USAMRIID quite a scare when they found it so close to Washington.
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February 18, 2003, 17:45
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
AFAIK, this virus doesn't mutate very much.
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There are at least 3 known aerosol strains lethal to humans. There's one known airborne strain lethal to moneys. There have only been a relative few outbreaks in the last 30 years to identify them, yet we know of several strains.
I don't like those numbers.
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February 18, 2003, 17:46
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Some people watched the movie Outbreak and think they know it all.
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February 18, 2003, 17:47
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I thought Gabon had an outbreak two years ago......
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February 18, 2003, 17:48
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Oh well, why worry about something you can't control. If you die, you die. I'll worry instead about my upcoming plans to move to Miami.
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February 18, 2003, 18:01
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Originally posted by Sava
Some people watched the movie Outbreak and think they know it all.
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Actually, I read The Hot Zone and think I know it all.
Ebola Zaire and its cousins Marburg and Ebola Sudan are filovirii -- well known as fast mutators.
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February 18, 2003, 18:02
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Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr. will save us...
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February 18, 2003, 18:05
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Oh, it's Sava.
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February 18, 2003, 18:08
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im not sava
BTW, I just noticed this...
THIS IS THREAD 77666! 666! MARK OF THE BEAST!!! DUCK TAPE WON"T SAVE YOU THIS TIME!
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February 19, 2003, 01:11
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Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Ebola Zaire and its cousins Marburg and Ebola Sudan are filovirii -- well known as fast mutators.
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Evolution favours stains that are not virulent, generally speaking, particularly ones that require hosts.
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