To: Neuromancer
Ebola with a near 100% fatality rate is not scary. It seems to kill its hosts too quickly and completely to really spread. Ebola with a 30-50% fatality rate that allowed it to spread to large populations would be scary.
To: GATOR NAVY
And as a bioweapon? Used for terror?
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11/18/2003 8:16:05 PM PST by
sourcery
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To: GATOR NAVY
Keep in mind Ebola, like many viruses, is not limited to a single host species. One may guess that the dramatic pathology of Ebola infections in humans is due to its poor adaptation to using humans as hosts.
A virus seeks out a host that is capable of transmitting it to as many additional hosts as possible.
Perhaps Ebola has ensured its progression and subsequent evolution through its ability to be transmitted via short-term vectors.
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