Africans accuse "Westerners" of Spreading Ebola.
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OneManGang
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The first cases were identified in 1976. Now that doesn't mean it wasn't around before. It's believed it was around in animals before. Apes and humans have such similar DNA, that all it takes is enough bit of bad luck and chance for a virus that was once ONLY seen in apes to become a problem in humans.2 points..........
1) Obviously, people have eaten bushmeat for millenia........so my question is has there ever been historical accounts, oral or written, of Ebola like symptoms among people. That's one thing I've seen reported on ..... according to the Vice report... apparently not....
2) Even though, bushmeat is popular.....I want to start some tilapia and catfish farms out there ...
The same thing occurs in swine flu. It was once ONLY seen in pigs, but due to our shared DNA with pigs and our close proximity to them, it jumped over. Those are just 2 examples. There are many more.
These posters are being insecure over nothing. Nobody is blaming Africans for anything. Check this link about Ebola. http://m.jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/179/Supplement_1/ix.long
Edit: you'll also notice different strains of Ebola from different parts of the world like Asia exist.
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I didn't make any assertion to be wrong about
And labs use analogues all the time..... your point about species isn't salient
WTF are you talking about?
We can do phylogenetic analysis on the viruses and determine their percent differences to illustrate origin.
HIV came from SIV.
I know what I'm talking about here:
What does that have to do with anything
Last I checked primates are heavily used analogues and you have Cacs admitting to crafting diseases targeted to African descent
This isn't true.What does that have to do with anything
Last I checked primates are heavily used analogues and you have Cacs admitting to crafting diseases targeted to African descent
It simply isn't.
Its not even possible to create viruses.
We know the origin of HIV though. And its not man-made.Create? No. Manipulate? Sure. The CDC cultivates superbugs all the time for research
The 1st part is true and the second part is questionable.
Skepticism towards the medical establishment isn't helping legitimize your stance.
Nomad1
Tupac KONY and GOAT
You mean White big gov.
Posted: 11:08 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014
Ebola vaccine might be coming, but where has it been?
AP Photo/Center for Disease Control
Ebola: This hemorrhagic fever, first recognized in 1976, kills up to 90 percent of its human victims within days of infection. It can spread quickly and there is no cure or vaccine.
Ebola outbreak: 2014 articles
By Mikah Sargent
As the deadly West African Ebola outbreak continues to spread, health officials are working to fast-track an Ebola vaccine. (European Commission DG ECHO / CC BY ND 2.0)
According to The Washington Post, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasesis in talks with the Food and Drug Administration to begin Phase I human testing of an Ebola vaccine in September. If the trial is completed by January and the vaccine appears to be working, "researchers could conduct more robust human trials later in 2015."
And while it gives the impression fast-tracking a trial would only serve to launch more trials, USA Today reports there's a far more helpful result.
If the drug is proven to be safe and effective, "It could be given to health workers in affected African countries sometime in 2015 ... on an emergency basis."’
NBC explains patients infected with Ebola currently receive only immune system support — saline to replace fluid, painkillers for fever, and antibiotics for "secondary infections."(European Commission DG ECHO / CC BY ND 2.0)
Ebola has a 90 percent fatality rate. With the death toll climbing, many are asking why we haven't already created a vaccine for Ebola. It seems to be a simple — if disappointing — answer: money.
Vox reports there are actually a few Ebola vaccines that have shown promise in "non-human primates."But because there's no market for a vaccine against a disease that "surfaces sporadically in low-income, African countries,"pharmaceutical companies don't want to provide funding for research and development.
Vox spoke with one researcher who said current funding for a vaccine comes almost exclusively from the National Institutes of Health, and it only comes because of a concern over the Ebola virus being weaponized. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
In other words, the researcher believes if a bioterrorism concern didn't exist, funding for a vaccine probably wouldn't either.
ABC points to another barrier for Ebola vaccine research. Because outbreaks are generally sporadic in nature, researchers are unable to conduct successful field studies. Compared to HIV or malaria, Ebola is far more unpredictable.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 1976 the second-largest Ebola outbreak infected 318 and killed 280. Since then, only two other outbreaks resulted in more than 200 deaths — until this year.
With more than 1,000 infected in a few months, health officials hope pharmaceutical companies will find monetary motivation in an Ebola vaccine.
BelowTheMasonDixon
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WTF are you talking about?
We can do phylogenetic analysis on the viruses and determine their percent differences to illustrate origin.
HIV came from SIV.
I know what I'm talking about here:
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