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christkvtoday at 4:59 PM6 repliesview on HN

You are only infectious during illness and it requires contact with fluids. It's exasperated by local funeral rituals where people interact with the dead body and get infected.


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zuluxtoday at 5:11 PM

"relatives slept in the same room as the body, stayed beside it continuously, or had direct physical contact during overnight mourning."

I’ll do my best to avoid the overnight cuddle vigil with an Ebola corpse.

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mentalgeartoday at 5:42 PM

I wonder if you have sources on this? I heard that this is a new variant that has a much longer incubation time. A longer time until symptoms appear means it will spread much quicker and wider (that was also the issue with Covid that had a incubation time of 5 - 8 days).

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r721today at 5:59 PM

The "coughing up blood" symptom can cause you to come into contact with fluids involuntarily.

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pixelpoettoday at 5:43 PM

Exacerbated*, however it surely is exasperating how poorly this is being handled.

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SecretDreamstoday at 5:24 PM

So your claim is this won't be an issue for the rest of the world? What are the underlying implications from your statement?

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illusive4080today at 5:24 PM

0% chance this spreads rapidly in the first world.