Ebola mutagenicity; Contingency planning

[Albert Nanomius]

Aaron-- I saw that too about Ebola being RNA. However it
seemed to imply that it was unusual in being a "negative
sense" RNA virus instead of a "positive sense". I wonder
if any studies have been done about the virulence and
mutability of one vs. the other.

It appears that the newspaper account I read may have been
totally incorrect in calling the virus DNA based.

A note to the people who have flamed me in email:
unless you can offer information to rebut me, I don't
give the slightest damn that you don't think I should 
be posting here. I also think that if you are a scientist,
it is your public duty to be graceful to the neophytes
that are showing up on your doorstep. I have been following
the "snobbish, pompous elitist" thing a bit and find it
utterly amusing. it appears there was not an Ebola FAQ
until the most recent outbreak, and now the only one
written is by an "outsider" (a software engineer, whom
I commend). Mr. Pompous Scientists, if you had already
written a FAQ and had a good Ebola site ready, or put
one together yourselves, you would be far better equipped
to deal with this mass exodus of humanity into your 
realm here.

to all the scientists who are funded with taxpayer money
here-- get your act together. don't act like such snobs
that are not willing to discuss their specialty with interested
laymen, and think that you cannot even talk about a topic until
you have gone to Grad school and gotten  a PhD. 

instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to educate
the public, I see nothing but a bunch of illtempered
grouchy gripes from what appear to be ingrateful scientists
about the Hot Zone or Richard Preston or whatever. if you
have a problem with something written in a newspaper or
book, CORRECT IT. WRITE AN ESSAY THAT DEBUNKS THE FALSEHOODS
IT STATES. if you can't do that, YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE
SOLUTION, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

so, have I pretty much offended virtually everyone here yet?

(wheeee!! I love cyberspace)


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