24.3.09

Ominous Development: Stop Breathing

Real gangsters boycott Oxygen-Nitrogen alliances.

Some news from the IHT:

"In the first known case of what may be transmission of the Ebola virus from a pig to a human, a pig handler in the Philippines has tested positive for a strain of the virus, world health officials and the Philippine government announced Friday."

Ebola Fact: "It has a case-fatality rate ranging from 50–89%, depending on viral subtype."

The Good News: "Due to the high fatality rate, the rapidity of demise, and the often remote areas where infections occur, the potential for widespread epidemic outbreaks is considered low."

Please continue IHT:

"The development is worrying because pigs are mixing vessels in which other viruses from humans and animals exchange genetic material, possibly creating strains that are more lethal or more infectious."

The Bad News: "The cause of death is usually due to hypovolemic shock or organ failure."

Any thoughts IHT?:

"By contrast, the Zaire, Sudan and Bundibugyo strains of Ebola, all found in African apes, cause fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans."

Ah.

The Badder News: "Ebola is potentially lethal, and, since no approved vaccine or treatment is available, it is classified as a biosafety level 4 agent, as well as a Category A bioterrorism agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has the potential to be weaponized for use in biological warfare."

So why should you abstain from air based on Oxygen-Nitrogen collusion?: "Only the strain known as Ebola Reston (after the city of Reston, Virginia where it was first identified in Green Monkeys) is believed to be airborne."

Oh I forgot to ask IHT, what strain was found in the Philippines?:

"Ebola Reston, normally a monkey virus, was first found in pigs last year in the Philippines."

Ayo Zoop, when can we move to Mars?

All facts not in italics from Wikipedia.

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