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CaptainCrunch · 07-31-2014, 11:51 PM

I think your a little incorrect. There was a study done in 2012 I think, at least I remember reading it where they had infected monkeys separated from uninfected pigs by a cage barrier and the disease not only skipped to the pigs but did it without physical contact. This was a Zaire strain. Now fortunately for the pigs they got sick but didn't die I guess the virus dosen't like lung tissue.

But Ebola Zaire can be spread via droplets but it only survives for a short period of time in that form.

So if you cough on somebody and they get it in the eyes or mouth or a cut it can be transmitted that way.

Ebola is one of the least perfect viruses out there, it kills too quickly to be effective at infecting large groups. It shows its signs very fast compared to other viruses which will travel with an infected host like a smart bomb.

07-31-2014, 11:51 PM	#11
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I think your a little incorrect. There was a study done in 2012 I think, at least I remember reading it where they had infected monkeys separated from uninfected pigs by a cage barrier and the disease not only skipped to the pigs but did it without physical contact. This was a Zaire strain. Now fortunately for the pigs they got sick but didn't die I guess the virus dosen't like lung tissue. But Ebola Zaire can be spread via droplets but it only survives for a short period of time in that form. So if you cough on somebody and they get it in the eyes or mouth or a cut it can be transmitted that way. Ebola is one of the least perfect viruses out there, it kills too quickly to be effective at infecting large groups. It shows its signs very fast compared to other viruses which will travel with an infected host like a smart bomb.