Originally Posted by woof
Everytime Ebola copies it self, it make a mutation. Nucleic acid polymerases insert incorrect nucleotides during chain elongation which means, everytime it copies it self, it messes up it's RNA enzymes.
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Uh, that is how mutations happen in general. Viruses don't copy themselves, they require a host for reproduction.
Nor do those mutations happen every time they reproduce. That would be actually good for us because most mutations have either no or a negative effect.
Please don't spew bullshit all over the place. Your source also contradicts your statement. I also don't suggest you use words you don't seem to understand.
I think we are all going to be fine, as long as its isolated in Africa and cases in other countries are isolated its all good. But what really concerns me is that in the US we apparently didn't test the people coming back from Africa and we let the guy out of the hospital "on accident"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Originally Posted by Oracle
At least describe the virus adequately. It's far from the most destructive virus out right now, it's killed only slightly more than 3000 people this year and infected anywhere from double to triple that amount. Malaria will go on to kill around 600,000 people this year and infect around 200 million.
Malaria is a parasite, not a virus. :P
The common flu, however, kills far more people every year.
There are very many viruses that are lethal and exist around the world. Ebola is just particularly interesting at the moment.
