Mali has 1st confirmed case of ebola

It's so new that the BBC gas little to add.

I hope to get back in the swing once my selling of my business is completed, or fails.

There has been lots of chatter about the reansmissibility of these new strains of ebola. Peter Jahrling--who is a real ebola expert--has almost stated that the virus loads in infected persons are carrying higher densities of ebola than in previous outbreaks. He is smart enough to leave the question open as testing methodologies have changed since the late 1970s. Richrd Preston in The Hot Zone really did virology as a popular treatment a disservice by including statements such as "when a virus is trying to break into a new host." Evolution is not directed by the will. I groan when I read anthropomorphic qualities invoked in what is first a purely random event, and once a mutation had occurred, no matter how benefical it may be to the dpread of the 'organism,' there can be little doubt that most of even the most beneficial mutations never spread widely through a species as most offspring die before they have the ability to reproduce. This is even true for microbial life.

Viruses like ebola have a much more indirect path towards higher levels of virulence as the virus kills human beings very rapidly.

I am off the compile some data DVDs ro send to my potential buyer. This could be vert good indeed