Thursday, October 09, 2014

Ebola: The next AIDS?

CDC: Ebola could be 'the world's next AIDS'. Could be is a long way from where things stand today. The article is rife with errors. *shakes head* Here is a taste:
"I've been working in public health for 30 years," Frieden told a World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting in Washingtony.[sic]

"The only thing like this has been AIDS. And we have to work now so that this is not the world's next AIDS," Frieden said.
SARS is a much bigger threat..and it is really infectious sans any mutations.

It seems the height of irresponsibility to equate an virus that does not express symptoms for years with one that does so in 21 days or less.

Noted virologist, Nathan Wolfe has stated that other strains of ebola not yet discovered may possess additional transmission modes, but so far, only fresh aerosols have been shown to spread the Reston variant of ebolavirus. That said, there is this.

I need food now.

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