(Fwd) RE: Re: Ebola virus outbreak in Africa

[DANDERSON at PRL.PULMONARY.UBC.CA]

< The ironic thing about all of this is that the MOST dangerous
< disease known to man is freely rampaging through the whole

>There can certainly be a valid argument against your opinion that AIDS is 
>"the MOST dangerous disease".  It's been given a BL3 rating, the 
>hemorrhagic fever viruses are BL4.  HIV is actually relatively hard to
>contract compared with the filoviruses.

>Dwight

However, what is more "dangerous," something we can detect immediately 
(death by Ebola) or one that is more insidious (AIDS by HIV)?  What 
if coxsackeivirus is the cause of the majority of heart disease and heart 
failure (the number one killer of people).  Just because it may take 
a lifetime of persistent infection doesn't mean it is not dangerous 
as a level 2 virus!  What your perspective is about any virus 
infection may make a big difference in your outlook?

Dan