An Ebola NIGHTMARE, The Mincher Scenario

[Bite Me ATF]

In article <maga-220595154705 at 130.60.120.11>, maga at vetbio.unizh.ch (Giovanni Maga) writes...
>In article <19MAY199516032805 at utkvx.utk.edu>, staywet at utkvx.utk.edu (Bite
>Me ATF) wrote:
> 
>> Most of the nightmare scenarios concerning the ebola virus 
>> have been related to an airborne human infecting version 
>> of the virus. I have developed a longer more chronic 
>> nightmare scenario, shamelessly and in bad taste i have 
>> named it after my self.
>> 
>> 
>> THE MINCHER SCENARIO
>> 
> 
> (SNIP). It would be a good idea for a SF book (and why not, for OUTBREAK
>II "the revenge of Ebola"),

yeah, might make a good SF book, hell maybe i should sell the rights :-)


> but still there are too many *if* in your
>scenario to make it anything else than fiction.

there are a lot of "ifs", but with a virus as potentially dangerous as this one
appears to be, considering it to be nothing more than fiction could surely
prove to be very dangerous.

one need only look at how rabies has established its self in new reservoirs in
new lands (rabies btw is reaching near crisis proportions in Texas). Place that
in conjunction with Ebola's supposedly high "coeff of mutation" and it is not
difficult to see a potential for serious trouble.

The introduction of an infected human into a virgin eco system (from ebolas
viewpoint) with out level 4 containment could provide serious problems.
I am concerned that even in a non "virgin" environment (like zaire) un buried
victims could provide a source for increasing the range and diversity of the
reservoir. Now i agree it is full of "ifs" but are they "ifs" that one can
safely choose to ignore?

IF, IF we see an increased frequency in future outbreaks, i believe it will
tend to support my scenario.



> 
>>They took out my tonsils when I was little;
>>But, I still have my paranoids.
> 
>I see, I see...
>maga at vetbio.unizh.ch

HUMOR

Just because im paranoid, doesnt mean that they are not after me :-)
(more humor)

thomas

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They took out my tonsils when I was little;
But, I still have my paranoids.

Unknown (to me)
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bear arms, then how can we trust him with the right to 
vote. Surely the right of a freeman to vote has a much 
greater effect on our collective lives than does any 
individual's firearm. If one argues that the effect of any 
one freeman's vote is minimal, then why allow it in the 
first place?  To be armed is to secure one's right to 
representation.

Thomas Mincher
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