Ebola outbreak

[.45cultist]

In the 1990's epidemiologists thought Ebola might be the disease they have a name for-"Slate Wiper". The original mutates millions of times every 24 hours. The original is probably safer than the weaponized samples Russia has. Developed countries transportation networks make it scary, isolation of the sick is Africa's chief defense.

[stormlion1]

Isolation is the only real way to contain it. Not bring it to labs on separate continents. I fully expect this to get out somehow and cause an issue somewhere in the world. Its almost inevitable with airlines and people being people.

[kato13]

I remember from the non-fiction book "The Hot Zone" that two of the pioneering researchers accidentally inhaled Ebola Reston during the early phases of the investigation. (It smelled like grape juice if i recall correctly)

Rather than remove themselves from their research (or even tell anyone), they continued to work. They depended on the fact that they were working in isolation suits to protect their coworkers. With frequent testing of their blood after a time they were confident they were not infected.

In the end, they were fine and the research went on unimpeded by the exposure, but is shows how human nature can make smart people violate protocols if they think they either know better or that they have a handle on it.

[.45cultist]

Airports were what I looked at for my Marburg Z frame work. Fast travel is the chief hazard for pandemics.

[Schone23666]

Originally Posted by .45cultist

In the 1990's epidemiologists thought Ebola might be the disease they have a name for-"Slate Wiper". The original mutates millions of times every 24 hours. The original is probably safer than the weaponized samples Russia has. Developed countries transportation networks make it scary, isolation of the sick is Africa's chief defense.

I'd read in Ken Alibek's "Biohazard" (highly recommended and scary as hell if you haven't read it yet) that the Biopreparat (Soviet secret biological weapons program for those who don't know) was experimenting with different strains of Ebola in an attempt to weaponize it, supposedly one nasty cocktail they came up with was Ebopox, basically a combination of Ebola and smallpox.

[.45cultist]

Originally Posted by Schone23666

I'd read in Ken Alibek's "Biohazard" (highly recommended and scary as hell if you haven't read it yet) that the Biopreparat (Soviet secret biological weapons program for those who don't know) was experimenting with different strains of Ebola in an attempt to weaponize it, supposedly one nasty cocktail they came up with was Ebopox, basically a combination of Ebola and smallpox.

It was that agencie's work with Marburg and Ebola that inspired my disease. That book went into the fact they preferred to play with incurable, no vaccine biohazards. I could see new interest in Ebola if Russia could inoculate thier soldiers.