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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