Ebola virus outbreak in Africa

[Francisco Muril Zerbini]

On 11 May 1995, Soderlund J Marcus wrote:

> : Here's what was published on the "San Francisco Chronicle" this morning 
> : (5.10.95), first page:
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> : Outbreak in Zaire - Mystery Virus Kills 56
> : by Laurie Garret, Newsday
> [cut]
> : ...Ebola - a highly contagious disease that can be 90 percent fatal...
> 
> Gotta love this. "can be 90 percent fatal..." ;-D

LOL !!! In fact this one sentence has two mistakes: Ebola is not "highly 
contagious", since it has not been shown, at least so far, to be air 
borne. If it was highly contagious there would be much more than 100 
deaths in a city of 600,000. 

I posted the article because there was a lot of demand on information
about the outbreak. I take it that everyone here will read it with a
critical eye. 

Murilo
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