Once a country is contaminated with the Ebola virus, the virus enters the food chain. African countries have periodic outbreaks of Ebola because the virus had become endemic in the wild animal population. The use of "bush meat" then can re-ignite epidemics. People who are recovering from Ebola can carry the virus for months. That means that they will contaminate sewage and the animals that live on the sewage. In addition, the virus can be transmitted sexually in semen.
Another danger that looms is the contamination of food animals and even insect such as mosquitoes.
A UN Committee gives us 60 days to stop a world-wide epidemic.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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