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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
10. Some things that work on monkeys don't work on people, but some do. I expect they are tweaking this.
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:21 PM
Aug 2014

No one in their right mind in government wants to see this spread. What it does to one group can also happen to more advanced nations. Such a killer as Ebola respects no borders, persons or social status. In the meantime, while they hopefull perfect this drug, there are some solutions that may slow down the infection:

Ebola crisis: Five ways to avoid the deadly virus


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28940025

These are common sense precautions that come up against justified fears that people have, not trusting, unable to get medical care and being ill.

We love and want to help each other when sick or pay our respects to our dead. I think some of those suggestions are good medically but hard to get people to adhere to in any country.

It could happen here. This vaccine will be great when they perfect it. But Ebola has plagued parts of Africa for decades. And it is not so different from some other diseases. They are all scary as hell.

Just sayin'

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