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Posted on 7/19/22 at 5:55 am to FredBear
Im sure that we will see the first case in either Cali or NY in not too long.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 6:48 am to High C
I find it interesting that a few weeks after the Terminal List airs, there is an outbreak of Marburg Virus...
I am reading/listening to the Jack Reece series of books, like many, I assume, and I am currently on book four, where they are talking about, of all things, the Marburg virus.
Is this a coincidence, or is someone in the media reading the books a little faster than me and getting ideas for fake news that could try and sway/scare mainstream people. In the book, the Marburg virus turns out to be airborne... watch in the next few days, they report the virus is airborne, and there will be reports of people close to the outbreak that recently traveled to Texas and Denver... just like in the book.
I am reading/listening to the Jack Reece series of books, like many, I assume, and I am currently on book four, where they are talking about, of all things, the Marburg virus.
Is this a coincidence, or is someone in the media reading the books a little faster than me and getting ideas for fake news that could try and sway/scare mainstream people. In the book, the Marburg virus turns out to be airborne... watch in the next few days, they report the virus is airborne, and there will be reports of people close to the outbreak that recently traveled to Texas and Denver... just like in the book.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:13 am to High C
Besides those made in a lab, what deadly virus doesn’t originate from Africa? That continent gives us viruses, hurricanes, and all kinds of other crazy stuff that can kill you, not to mention the predators and all kinds of creepy crawling things. Beautiful place I hear, but man that’s a dangerous place.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:15 am to CamdenTiger
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90% mortality, usually means very low infection rates…
Until the dirty knees chinese frick with it in a lab
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:28 am to UndercoverBryologist
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Isn’t this a variant of Ebola? I might actually worry about this if I were you.
It’s a hemorrhagic fever like Ebola, but it’s own thing entirely.
Nothing burger. Wake me up when the Ebola Reston subtype starts making the cross species jump to humans. (It’s profoundly lethal, and airborne to boot)
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:29 am to fredswaves
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I find it interesting that a few weeks after the Terminal List airs, there is an outbreak of Marburg Virus...
I am reading/listening to the Jack Reece series of books, like many, I assume, and I am currently on book four, where they are talking about, of all things, the Marburg virus.
Is this a coincidence, or is someone in the media reading the books a little faster than me and getting ideas for fake news that could try and sway/scare mainstream people. In the book, the Marburg virus turns out to be airborne... watch in the next few days, they report the virus is airborne, and there will be reports of people close to the outbreak that recently traveled to Texas and Denver... just like in the book.
Or, instead of going down a conspiracy rabbit hole you could just understand that there have been 10+ outbreaks of Marburg since 1967 and that these viruses such as Marburg, Lassa and Ebola pop up and then usually burn out relatively quickly. Rinse and Repeat.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:32 am to UndercoverBryologist
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Ebola viruses are a bit trickier than that. Infectious blood pours out of the mouth and anus all over bystanders. It’s not a matter of aerosol droplets needing to get into the respiratory tract at the right incubation stage. The blood goes every where and because people would like to help but are not always obeying proper protocols, even 10 people are trying to assist a person who is bleeding out, it can be really easy for all 10 to get infected.
Don’t forget that thrashing/seizures are increased with the Mayinga subtype during the crash and bleed out stage. You are in a pool of blood and you can easily flick it in the air. The nurse for whom the strain is named is said to have left the walls dripping in infected blood.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 7:34 am to High C
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The highly infectious disease is similar to Ebola and has no vaccine.
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Fatality rates from the disease can reach nearly 90%, according to the WHO.
Diseases that deadly don't usually get far. Sort of like ebola.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 8:31 am to SoonerK
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Or, instead of going down a conspiracy rabbit hole you could just understand that there have been 10+ outbreaks of Marburg since 1967 and that these viruses such as Marburg, Lassa and Ebola pop up and then usually burn out relatively quickly. Rinse and Repeat.
Forgive me for finding it interesting that this outbreak which, according to you, happens once every 5.5 years or so. And just so happens to coincide a few weeks after a popular TV series embraced by the right is aired. Which turns out to be a book series that few were aware of, and I, actively reading the series happen to be reading about the Marburg Virus that, as a layman have never heard of at the same time that the virus has reared its ugly little head one of the ten times in the last 55 f'ing years. Seems awfully coincidental to me. Had I been reading the book randomly, I wouldn't think twice about it. Since I can not verify that the outbreak actually occurred, all I can do is assume that the media, which I trust not at all, might be looking to make hay on a scare that the right might actually be afraid of since Covid didn't scare them at all...
And why not go down a conspiracy rabbit hole... they are fun!
Posted on 7/19/22 at 8:37 am to fredswaves
Posted on 7/19/22 at 8:40 am to High C
Like ebola, the chances of this disease getting out of Africa are minimal. The highly deadly nature of certain viruses actually limits their spread.
Posted on 7/19/22 at 8:45 am to High C
Marburg is a pretty frickin bad way to die, homie. Similar to ebola in that you bleed out from very orifice.
I don't agree it should be onoz news though. Africa unfortunately gets lots of these.
I don't agree it should be onoz news though. Africa unfortunately gets lots of these.
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