Ebola mutagenicity; Contingency planning

[TengLeong Chew]

In article <nanomiusD8u9A6.764 at netcom.com>,
Albert Nanomius <nanomius at netcom.com> wrote:
>
>I personally am not one to necessarily blindly trust
>experts. I think it is highly likely that Ebola is going
>to mutate, personally, just from an intuitive sense in
>the danger and "ingenuity" of viruses.

	"Simplicity" is a better word. I would not say that it is HIGHLY
likely to mutate, but nobody can rule out that possibility as well.
Viruses mutate at rapid rate not because they are complex, but because
they are simple.



 - T. L. Chew


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