Ebola and the Centers for Dissimulation and Confusion
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The first thing to understand about Ebola is that we don't understand very much about Ebola. The virus was first identified in 1976 in the blood of a Belgian nun who died of the disease, and whose job was, incidentally, giving injections to pregnant native women in the Congo, thus spreading the disease and death to many others. Since then, sporadic small outbreaks have occurred, but active research has been sparse and desultory, complicated by the extreme hazard that a virus preparation represents, and the expensive and rigorous conditions required to study it.
The initial human infection with Ebola occurs when a human contacts the virus in nature, either by contact with the host organism, fruit bats, or by touching or ingesting contaminated meat. Unfortunately, many old buildings in Africa are infested with bats, and it also turns out that bat soup is considered a delicacy by some. Bushmeat, the meat of wild animals hunted and sold, is also a potential source of infection. In past times, Ebola might wipe out a small village and disappear. With rapid population growth and urbanization in Africa, the potential for a massive epidemic grew – and has now been realized. ...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/10/ebola_and_the_centers_for_dissimulation_and_confusion.html
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