[tired&retired]

Ebola has a mean virulence of 61%, killing a total 2603 out of 4235 people since records began. Virulence is the ‘case fatality rate’, the percentage of cases that lead to death. On this chart, color represents virulence from yellow (0% fatality) to red (100%).

The 2014 epidemic (outbreak 25) has killed more people than any other outbreak in history. But it’s not the most fatal: although it has the highest death toll and accounts for 44% of recorded cases, it’s ‘only’ killed 55% of those infected (1013/1848) and is orange on this chart.

With a 90% case fatality rate (128/143), the 2003 epidemic in Congo (outbreak 14) is the most virulent to date.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2014/08/13/ebola/

Any chance of a mutation so that it only effects Democrats?

[tired&retired]

Four species of Ebolavirus cause disease in humans: Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Taï Forest virus (TAFV) and Ebola virus (EBOV). EBOV is the most virulent species, killing 2111 people out of 3236 cases, which means two-thirds of infections lead to death. It was previously known as ‘Zaire virus’ after the country where the disease was identified (now DR Congo) and is the species after which the others are named, what biologists call a ‘type species’. Here is an interesting chart showing the outbreaks in sequence by "Type" and number sequence. EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE: OUTBREAK DEATHS BY SPECIES. Stream size is number of deaths per outbreak. Species: BDBV, Bundibugyo virus; EBOV, Ebola virus; SUDV, Sudan virus; TAFV, Taï Forest virus. (Data: WHO / CC BY: JV Chamary / Source: http://onforb.es/Y3YjoG)

[Justa]

Oh, this outbreak is just as fatal as others. It’s an active outbreak so the number of new/total infected leads the number of deaths by 19 days, representing the 2-21 day incubation period before symptoms.

[Vermont Lt]

If it gets loose at the mall on the first and fifteenth you have your golden ticket.