Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)
by cm2187 on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:23AM
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And then it's game over, low survival rate. Which makes it scary but not very dangerous.
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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)
by nonbel on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:51AM
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I would bet the deadliness of Ebola has been overstated (at least by a little, probably by a lot). Like any infection, many people who get it are probably asymptomatic, and until recently the vast majority of people tested for it were most definitely symptomatic.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/ebola-study-fin...