They say Ebola can't go airborne, but...

[zappaman]

what if a bird gets it???

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1. try "what if it gets on a plane?"

afaik only mammals can get it.

[zappaman]

8. Birds are mammals with wings.

Duh.

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9. that's just batty

[immoderate]

2. What if a virus gets it?

--imm

[hobbit709]

3. Fruit bats carry it so it's already airborne in a way.

[riqster]

4. Only a turkey would worry.

[NV Whino]

5. Then it's called flew

Er, flu.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. *GROAN*

[moriah]

7. Ebola Reston is airborne.

But as I've said, that strain does not negatively affect humans, even though it can be seen in the blood of an infected human.

It was also airborne among the monkeys before humans came in contact with it. A co-infection with Simian Hemorrhagic Fever may have made the virus look more virulent in monkeys than it was.

I don't think this strain will develop an airborne mutation among humans it infects. However, a wild strain, or a new strain that does affect us, could be airborne in the future. I think it'd be easily determined the strain was airborne when it entered the human population, and don't think it'd develop that strain there -- it would develop that mutation among animals it infects. It may also be less virulent if it does become airborne, if Ebola Reston is any example. It's possible that the changes that allowed Ebola Reston to develop airborne transmission also reduced it's strength.