Worried about AIDS?... just EATING bushmeat can cause EBOLA.

[Nic Name]

For the details and more pics ... check out the PDF ... Pretty Damned Fucked file at this link.

http://www.bushmeat.org/pdf/FactSheetHealth.pdf

That's it for me ... no more monkey brains!

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/htmlCac...-EBOLA-DC.html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/m...ages/ebola.htm

[Nic Name]

http://www.rkm.com.au/ebola.html

Ebola Virus Life Cycle Illustrated

and other great copyrighted images worth a look!

[Nic Name]

It's a good thing I found those EBOLA articles, and caught that Reuters news release this morning before breakfast.

Those monkeys in the cellar.org logo were making me hungry!

[Joe]

An evil doctor volunteers to work at an Ebola hot zone, brings back a few samples, cultivates these and lets them out in various US cities as a prank.

And he lets out a LOT of virus. Does it in the middle of flu season.

People panic, hospitals are overwhelmed, MORE people panic...

Ah forget it, it could never happen here.

One would imagine that if one had been working in a hot zone of Ebola, they wouldn't just be allowed back into the country without some serious checking going on.

However, one thing we have to be fortunate over is the fact that Ebola is not very easily transmissable, and is killed relatively easily (simple bleach will take it out PDQ).

Could it happen here? Sure, it could. But don't think it would be easy.

For the curious, we have ebola at Ft Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. Take US 15 and look for the exit for 7th Street. It's right down there.

[MaggieL]

Gee...I've eaten lots of bushmeat and never gotten ebola. :-)

[juju]

I read an article on Yahoo about this, and it was saying how pissed off and indignant the locals are that they can't eat monkey brains. :] Apparent other sources of proteins aren't that easy to get..

[Nic Name]

Remember when north Americans didn't know what a map of Afghanistan looked like?

Well, geography students, we've got a new map for you this month ... G A B O N

Also near central Africa's CONGO (formerly ZAIRE, where Ebola was first discovered) are SUDAN, ETHIOPIA and SOMALIA, countries we'll discuss later this year in our home study course, "The Geography of Terrorism 101"

http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm

WHO cares?

http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-...ember2001.html

Not to worry. Fewer that a dozen of US died of anthrax bioterrorism.

And things are pretty much under control in GABON, according to you know WHO. Only Africans have been infected. As of 27 December, 29 confirmed cases (12 laboratory and 17 epidemiologically linked), including 20 deaths, have been reported. An additional 8 suspected cases are under investigation in Gabon. All contacts (having direct or suspected contact with the blood or other body fluids of a case) are being closely monitored for signs or symptoms of Ebola haemorrhagic fever for 21 days. Currently, 206 contacts are under active follow up. We anticipate one or more cases may develop among these contacts.

And I'm sure the CDC is better prepared for EBOLA in the USA than they were for Anthrax. The good news is everyone infected dies before it can be transmitted beyond an immediate family and first responders and health care professionals and their families.

Can it happen here?

http://www.detroitnews.com/2001/heal...07/-185158.htm

Now, "Go about your business ..." spend some money,

rent a DVD ...

http://www.dvdcentre.co.uk/reviews/outbreak.htm

take the family to a movie ...

http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/blackhawkdown/

enjoy the holidays.

Originally posted by MaggieL
Gee...I've eaten lots of bushmeat and never gotten ebola. :-)

My god.

[juju]

This is off-topic, but that's almost the funniest thing to come out of the WTC bombing -- the government declaring, "For God's sake, don't stop spending money!!"

[jeni]

oh, bushmeat. how witty. jackass.

[Scopulus Argentarius]

Originally posted by MaggieL
Gee...I've eaten lots of bushmeat and never gotten ebola. :-)

Groan...groan....

[Scopulus Argentarius]

Originally posted by Nic Name
[IMG]
That's it for me ... no more monkey brains!

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/htmlCac...-EBOLA-DC.html

Geeze..and I thought CAJUNS ate everything.....

[Lamplighter]

Let's resurrect this thread from 2002...

Child's encounter with a bat may have sparked the Ebola outbreak

CBS News
Jessica Firger
12/30/14

Where and how did the deadly Ebola outbreak begin?
The disease that's killed more than 7,800 people across West Africa
may have taken hold after a chance encounter last winter between
a 2-year-old boy and wild bat in a hollowed-out tree.

New research published Tuesday in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine
provides an almost cinematic theory about the origins of the current Ebola outbreak,
and also offers new evidence that a certain type of bat may play host to the deadly virus.

The study traces the activities of Ebola "patient zero," a 2-year-old boy in Méliandou, Guinea,
who's believed to have been the virus' first victim in December 2013.

The researchers visited the village and neighboring areas, and learned from the residents
that children liked to play in a hollow tree that was home to insect-eating free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus).
These large fruit bats migrate annually to southeastern Guinea to the region of Kéléma, where Méliandou is located.
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The tree caught fire on March 24, 2014; some villagers reported
seeing a "rain of bats" escape, and a large number were collected for food.
Health officials in Guinea have speculated that bats are linked to the outbreak.
In March, Guinean officials banned the consumption of bat soup and grilled bats.

According to the researchers, free-tailed bats are believed to have been linked to previous, smaller Ebola outbreaks.
The animal has also been associated with the Marburg virus, which shares many similarities with Ebola.
Bats have been singled out for their ability to host zoonotic viruses,
which are able to make the jump from one species to another.
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