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12. The medieval period is indeed fascinating. I don't think I would have fared well. The quality of

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:17 AM

Oct 2014

life just seems to suck regardless of your "station." Thank you for such a wonderful response.

Re Ebola, some expert on Rachel Maddow's show last night (or maybe tonight's show--I watched them both today and they've kind of blended together in my memory hole) said that Ebola is no longer classified as hemorrhagic, that only 17% of cases result in bleeding.

So, it seems that the sympton that freaks people out the most is not necessarily a given. I googled around for a confirmation but no can find. Sorry.

Anyway, thank you--you are a gifted writer.

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WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen [View all] TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 OP

10K per week? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2014 #1

scary, I know TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #3

Yes, and especially with global travel as it is. misterhighwasted Oct 2014 #4

ABC News also reporting in comparing EBOLA Virus to HIV: Ebola is far more powerful misterhighwasted Oct 2014 #2

even during the worst of the plague in medieval times TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #7

Your post is fascinating. Do you think that Ebola and the Plagues are/were the same virus? I don't Stardust Oct 2014 #9

they aren't the same TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #11

The medieval period is indeed fascinating. I don't think I would have fared well. The quality of Stardust Oct 2014 #12

I knew this was going to get out of control scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #5

Wealthy countries need to step and get the tools needed to combat this to the responders. Marrah_G Oct 2014 #6

It's hard to combat something where the population scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #8

That is fewer than 1/14 of the number of people who die of starvation each week. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #10