Ebola virus outbreak in Africa

[Julian Assange]

John H. LeBourgeois (jleb at well.sf.ca.us) wrote:


:   You know, this is what I really love about the calming effect of
: government.

:   The reason the Hazelton lab in Reston Virigina is sealed up like chernobyl
: and a class 4 sight, is that even though that strain of Ebola was confined
: only to monkeys... THAT strain was AIRBORNE!!!

:   No reason to be complacent about just being blood born....

Actually, 4 people who spent time at the Reston monkey house tested anti-body positive
to the Reston strain of Ebola. The Reston strain appears harmless to humans.

I presume the answer to this is no, or it would have occured already, but why can't
the Reston strain be used to innoculate people against Ebola Zaire? If the Ebola 
Zaire anti-body tests (using anti-bodies extracted Ebola Zaire victims) catch Ebola
Reston, then isn't the opposite likely to be true? Isn't this very similar to the
small pox vs cow pox innocuations?

Can someone who knows more about this subject comment on the above?

-Proff