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		batmansbelt on July 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The U... Probably not. You'd need a vector. I saw a documentary about an outbreak in the 90s and it was a monkey that a man let loose in the forest.

Fomite on July 4, 2014 | [–]

An infected human is a perfectly functional vector, and this is already a sustained epidemic.

MrCedarCreek on July 4, 2014 | [–]

Her name's Betsy.

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