[BuffaloJack]

They should also include pig ebola, which has killed 1/5th of the world pork supply since Spring. The swine in China, Cambodia, Vietnam and other East Asian regions has already suffered a 40% die-off from pig ebola (called African Swine Fever by the world health people to remove the ebola connection in the public’s perception).

[exDemMom]

They should also include pig ebola, which has killed 1/5th of the world pork supply since Spring.

Not to minimize the severity of the pig virus, but African Swine Fever is caused by a virus that is completely unrelated to the Ebolavirus. Technically, Ebolavirus is a single stranded RNA filovirus, while the swine fever is a double stranded DNA asfarvirus. So it would be completely incorrect to call the swine virus "Ebola."

So far, it does not seem that the pig virus affects humans. It is just a threat to our food supply.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

BuffaloJack : The swine in China, Cambodia, Vietnam and other East Asian regions
has already suffered a 40% die-off from pig ebola (called African Swine Fever")

Since many of these Asian countries derive most of their protein from pork,
expect the price of pork to increase dramatically,
once the Chinese resolve international trade issues.