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Originally Posted by little_tippler
Many years back, I read a fictional book on Ebola and it terrified me. I'm happy to since learn that it does not have a 100% kill rate, though it works incredibly fast.
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It depends on the strain of Ebola - some strains do have a kill rate approaching 100% (Ebola Zaire) , others "merely" 40 to 50% or so (Sudan).
I don't think Ebola is the worry when it comes to worldwide epidemics - it burns out too quickly. But we will see some worldwide contagion come along that will do a 1918 on us eventually. Not sure we'll see it coming though, no matter how much time we spend studying Avian flu.