Ebola mediums
J Ownbey
jownbey at cbrc.mgh.harvard.edu
Thu May 11 13:17:39 EST 1995
Alan B. Clegg wrote:
>Outbreak was a pathetic movie. Dismiss it.
I totally agree.
> The Hot Zone mentioned that there was the POSSIBILITY that >Ebola-Reston was air-borne. There was no proof.
Wasn't there a monkey that caught it from across a room?
I also agree that the current outbreak isn't due to an airborne strain. In a city of 600,000 there would definitely be more than 100 dead. I would guess that in that case the infection rate would be more like in the 10-100,000's.
Joanne
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