Why Scientists Say Ebola Will Surge But Then Level Off Before The Disease Can Take Over The World

Forbes ^ | 10/15/2014 | F.D. Flam

[Hugin]

F. Flam? Really?

[Inyo-Mono]

I read a book a few years ago called Return of the Black Death where the authors (Scott & Duncan) researched the plagues of Europe that ran from the 1300s to the 1600s and came to the conclusion that they weren't caused by fleas but a "highly infectious Ebola-like virus transmitted directly from person to person'...and if it were re-emerge now 'with today's highly mobile community the consequences would be catastrophic."

[Lion Den Dan]

The same wizzards who brought us Globull Warming!

[petercooper]

bttt

[kaehurowing]

That’s because everyone will be dead.

[jimpick]

Me and my family will be fine. We will just has tag this sucker to death and eat are approved veggy meals.

[Pollster1]

It will “run out of fuel” and “burn itself out”. The question is how much “fuel” it will consume before that happens.

http://news.ufl.edu/archive/2014/10/researchers-suggest-ebola-virus-may-be-creating-its-own-immunity.html

29% of those exposed get a clinical case of the disease, with about 21% of exposed individuals dying of the disease. 33% of those exposed have some immune response but never develop symptoms; in other words, they fight it off quickly without ever developing a high fever. 38% of those “exposed” (in the sense of having close, unprotected contact) do not develop any immune response and can be assumed to have gotten lucky.

Based on those numbers, Ebola should run out of “fuel” after somewhere between 1.4 and 3.3 billion people. That may not matter to liberals, who see those victims as sources of CO@ “pollution”, but it matters a great deal to me.

[Sequoyah101]

This time its bats and Barak Hussein Obama.

One is just an animal the other is an American Hating, batspit crazy, Muzzie with a little communist and fascist thrown in for good measure.

[familyop]

Think of the impressive sizes of wild dog packs, after the disease expands much.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Your percentages add to 121%.

[Pollster1]

29% of those exposed get a clinical case of the disease, with about 21% of exposed individuals dying of the disease.

They're supposed to: "29% of those exposed get a clinical case of the disease, with about 21% of exposed individuals dying of the disease." All of those who die of Ebola get a clinical case of the disease before it kills them.

[wtd]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes good call.

[JeepRubicon]

How is this of any practical value? I have to get an Ebola infection and survive, then they’re pretty sure that I won’t get it again...

No, every year millions of people in the US build antibodies to whatever flu is going around, they were infected just like all those who got sick but they didn't. You can bet there are thousands who have been infected by Ebola but there system beat it without showing any symptoms. Believe me, people are being infected without becoming sick, they're system just kicked it's @#$ right away.

[Vigilanteman]

The vast majority of the death toll were in just seven years, 1346-1353. Interesting graphic here:

[MeganC]

Another movie that was done with considerable cooperation from the CDC itself was “Contagion”. If you haven’t seen it you should but I will say you’ll wash your hands a lot more after seeing it!