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08-31-2012, 02:13 AM
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Re: Ebola Outbreak
It is according to which strain is contracted. The actual mortality rate of the four strains is 53%-88%. When I first started medical school, I was infactuated with the Ebola virus and wanted to study at the CDC in Atlanta. After more studying, I decided I wanted to work in trauma/ER instead!!
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09-01-2012, 06:14 PM
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Re: Ebola Outbreak
highly unlikely he caught it off a cell phone unless it was coated in blood or fluids and he had a cut on his ear or pressed it to a cut on his body...open air kills viruses really quick...also no such thing as 100% fatal...there will always be some that are either immune or recover from it...still bad disease
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09-01-2012, 08:31 PM
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Re: Ebola Outbreak
That's why I was so happy when cell phones first became available, even though they were very expensive. You can never tell what is on some pay phones! All kinds of nasty shit. I wouldn't touch my face with it and washed my hands afterwards, if I had to use one! I'd yell in to the receiver. |
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09-03-2012, 09:36 PM
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Re: Ebola Outbreak
you might want to recheck you facts before quoting numbers like that Ebola has an actual case-fatality of 25-85% depending on the species. There are 5 species or subtypes of Ebola virus with varying associated case-fatality ratios which are recognized: Ebola Zaire, 85%; Ebola Sudan, 55%; Ebola Bundibugyo, 25%; Ebola Cote d'Ivoire, 0% (only one recognized case); Ebola Reston 0% (not pathogenic to humans). All are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of Ebola Reston virus, which is found in the Philippines. Thats straight from Goldman's Cecil Medicine (one of the most comprehensive textbooks of medicine available) |