ebola

Neapolitan · 10-21-2014, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

The airborne thing is pretty scary, but like the article mentions, such a mutation has not occurred before. However, it also mentions that the last two ebola breaks were transmitted via "breathing."

Some speculate that we're nearing the end of the peak and numbers should start going down soon. A lot of conflicting views with this.

There are now more than 800 people being tracked for progression of the ebola virus in the U.S.

This article posted Nov 21, 2012

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When news broke that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in Uganda, investigators in Canada were making headlines of their own with research indicating the deadly virus may spread between species, through the air.

The team, comprised of researchers from the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, the University of Manitoba, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, observed transmission of Ebola from pigs to monkeys. They first inoculated a number of piglets with the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. Ebola-Zaire is the deadliest strain, with mortality rates up to 90 percent. The piglets were then placed in a room with four cynomolgus macaques, a species of monkey commonly used in laboratories. The animals were separated by wire cages to prevent direct contact between the species.

Within a few days, the inoculated piglets showed clinical signs of infection indicative of Ebola infection. In pigs, Ebola generally causes respiratory illness and increased temperature. Nine days after infection, all piglets appeared to have recovered from the disease.

Within eight days of exposure, two of the four monkeys showed signs of Ebola infection. Four days later, the remaining two monkeys were sick too. It is possible that the first two monkeys infected the other two, but transmission between non-human primates has never before been observed in a lab setting.

While the study provided evidence that transmission of Ebola between species is possible, researchers still cannot say for certain how that transmission actually occurred. There are three likely candidates for the route of transmission: airborne, droplet, or fomites.
- See more at: From Pigs to Monkeys, Ebola Goes Airborne | HealthMap

Sparky · 10-21-2014, 02:49 PM

scary stuff.

Canada is putting out a vaccine that hasn't been used in any human trials yet.

Ebola has been monitored for three decades you would think some more effective treatments would exist as is

Zaqarbal · 10-21-2014, 02:54 PM

Finally, the Spanish nurse (the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus outside of Africa) is declared cured

......... despite all the errors made.

Chula Vista · 10-21-2014, 03:20 PM

FACT

More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from the Ebola virus.

WWWP · 10-21-2014, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

FACT

More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from the Ebola virus.

Both due to excellent available medical services

Chula Vista · 10-21-2014, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Both due to excellent available medical services

He he. I'm way more scared of her and her clan than ebola, that's for sure.

The Batlord · 10-21-2014, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

FACT

More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from the Ebola virus.

Experts worried about a possible pandemic.

**Frownland** · 10-21-2014, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Experts worried about a possible pandemic.

Thank god, I thought that was going to be a worrying article about how the Kardashians were getting more popular.

The Batlord · 10-21-2014, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Thank god, I thought that was going to be a worrying article about how the Kardashians were getting more popular.

It gives me just a slight amount of hope for the human race that the public's appreciation of Kim Kardashian's ridiculous T&A has slowly been consumed by their complete and utter contempt for her personality.

Chula Vista · 10-21-2014, 05:23 PM

On a serious note, the American photo journalist who was infected with Ebola in Liberia has beaten the disease and will be released from the hospital tomorrow.

10-21-2014, 02:54 PM	#63 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Finally, the Spanish nurse (the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus outside of Africa) is declared cured ......... despite all the errors made. __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

10-21-2014, 03:20 PM	#64 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	FACT More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from the Ebola virus. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

10-21-2014, 05:23 PM	#70 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	On a serious note, the American photo journalist who was infected with Ebola in Liberia has beaten the disease and will be released from the hospital tomorrow. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

10-21-2014, 02:49 PM	#62 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	scary stuff. Canada is putting out a vaccine that hasn't been used in any human trials yet. Ebola has been monitored for three decades you would think some more effective treatments would exist as is