Sensible or totally unfair?

[vetran]

As a young child I had a variation of it when I was bitten by a green monkey in Nigeria but have survived. I also contracted Malaria, which I still have to this day (one of the more well known 'treatments' used by British expats was Gin and Tonic, not so much the gin but the tonic water as it used to contain quinine), Bilharzia and been bitten by a rabid dog which required 15 injections into my stomach one after another and look at me, fighting fit

with significant medical intervention & costs. If the body count starts rising they could be overwhelmed.

[tractor]

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As a young child I had a variation of it when I was bitten by a green monkey in Nigeria but have survived. I also contracted Malaria, which I still have to this day (one of the more well known 'treatments' used by British expats was Gin and Tonic, not so much the gin but the tonic water as it used to contain quinine), Bilharzia and been bitten by a rabid dog which required 15 injections into my stomach one after another and look at me, fighting fit

Lassa, Green Monkey (Marburg) and Ebola are all similar strains. They have been around for years. There were courses on them available in the armed services from early 70's onwards. The bio suits we had to wear supposedly offered protection. Porton Down was working on cures (and probably delivery systems also) from that time. The Russians are know to have been weaponising it and I am quite sure we in the west were doing the same.

None of this is new but of course with the ease of international transport today, the risk of pandemic is that much greater.

Scientists cannot even agree whether they are spread primarily by bats or mice having access to food stores. Maybe it's both and more.

The point is that it has not been and still is not containable. And given that it was being weaponised over 4 decades ago, you would think they would have a vaccine available by now. It's clear where the priorities are

[EternalOptimist]

why should we worry ?
according to Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of the British Medical Journal , this week,
Ebola 'fades into insignificance' when compared to climate change.

If the people in the know say that, it must be true