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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by bsder on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @07:19PM (#8391987)
Oy, look up the word "contagious", please.

This has the potential to make malaria look like a walk in the park.

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by cmdrfred on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @08:47PM (#8392265)
In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 207 million clinical episodes, and 627,000 deaths.

Source: CDC.gov

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by ekianjo on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @09:50PM (#8392421)
> This has the potential to make malaria look like a walk in the park.

Based on what, really ? It may be exponential in some area but not in another with different climate conditions and genetic pool. We have NO IDEA at this stage.

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by guscost on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @07:24PM (#8392004)
And a random asteroid has the potential to totally like explode the planet and kill everyone. The difference is that I'm talking about present reality.
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