tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5029333248485364513..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: That Ebola Epidemic in West Africa Really Is More Important Than Kim KardashianClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-18114633278944727762014-04-08T09:02:18.464-06:002014-04-08T09:02:18.464-06:00Your link to "The Hot Zone" is broken fo...Your link to "The Hot Zone" is broken for me...metapundit.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729350517271714995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-31860930438010027092014-04-07T22:13:06.677-06:002014-04-07T22:13:06.677-06:00Sorry, Clayton, but I'm not going to worry abo...Sorry, Clayton, but I'm not going to worry about this, other than sympathy for the tragic deaths of a few hundred in Africa.<br /><br />Ebola is not a scary disease unless you catch it. It is transmitted (outside the bush) only by people already pretty sick, and then only by bodily fluids. It's not a terrorist threat and it's not going to be contagious in the west. It's far less of a threat than Anthrax, and Anthrax isn't much of an issue unless weaponized and dispersed in an unnatural way (aerosol).<br /><br />Also, a disease with a very high mortality after a relatively short infection is self limiting. The really nasty epidemics are form diseases that have participated in host/parasite evolution for a while, and thus don't kill of their hosts too quickly. Malaria comes to mind.StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.com