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In reply to the discussion: CDC: Ebola patient may have had symptoms on Frontier flight from Cleveland to Dallas [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)45. Stick to the issue
We are not talking about belief in evolution, straw boy.
The OP originally said it has mutated to spread through the air. He or she changed that statement, thank goodness. This is fear mongering and reckless. You should not be spreading this fear without proof that it is now airborne.
Put on your big boy discussion pants and play like an adult.
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CDC: Ebola patient may have had symptoms on Frontier flight from Cleveland to Dallas [View all]
Divernan
Oct 2014
OP
Best response yet - taking measures out of an abundance of caution - that is what is needed.
Justice
Oct 2014
#2
Citations please for viruses that mutated to different forms of transmission.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#39
Ebola mutates all the time. And VIROLOGISTS are pretty fucking sure that it's physically impossible
kestrel91316
Oct 2014
#60
What do you mean "whether the Ebola virus has mutated such that it is more contagious?"
morningfog
Oct 2014
#6
All biologists know that viruses DO mutate. Ebola is no exception. There are no exceptions.
Divernan
Oct 2014
#9
Ebola would be unique among all life forms on the planet if it did not undergo mutation
MNBrewer
Oct 2014
#18
Do you also fear that HIV, also mutating, is going to leap at you one day from across the room?
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#43
I don't "also fear" that, because I never said that I feared that ebola would do the same
MNBrewer
Oct 2014
#74
Can't we just say "evolved", or have the right-wingers succeeded in turning that into an obscenity?
Towlie
Oct 2014
#27
Good move. Smart to be proactive AND smart to realize how scared many folks are.
peacebird
Oct 2014
#7
Post 5: Researchers have identified more than 300 new viral mutations in the latest strain of Ebola,
Divernan
Oct 2014
#14
Five co-authors of the article in Science contracted Ebola and lost their battle with it
mnhtnbb
Oct 2014
#20
She checked first w/ CDC re a slightly elevated temp; they told her she could fly.
Divernan
Oct 2014
#38
Of course she did! She should have had the brains to have called 911, from her mother's house!
SoapBox
Oct 2014
#41
Not true. There is disagreement about its ability to mutate to a strain that could be
mnhtnbb
Oct 2014
#68
Impressively detailed and scientifically current analysis of Ebola mutation/transmission
Divernan
Oct 2014
#69