Epidemic Outbreaks Caused By Environment, Not Evolution

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and people say organic and GMO don't matter...and all the pollution and sky trails are fine!

maybe we are due for one here soon in America

...wait, its already happened. 1/2 of the population is basically...mutated, I hate to say it but its almost that bad. That's how it appears at least
 
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They used to say Ebola wasn't dangerous because it kills too quickly to spread... let's see if we crammed enough people close enough to make it viable.
 
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Researchers have traced genetic changes in a bacterial pathogen over 450 years, and claim that epidemics of bacterial disease in human history may be caused by chance environmental changes rather than genetic mutations.
Or as Ray Peat might say, "... epidemics of bacterial disease in human history may be caused by directed mutations from environmental changes rather than random genetic mutations."
 
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Such_Saturation said:
They used to say Ebola wasn't dangerous because it kills too quickly to spread... let's see if we crammed enough people close enough to make it viable.
Old ebola meet new ebola. :(
 
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70: The Magic Number That Could End the Ebola Epidemic

Despite its reputation as a killer, Ebola isn’t very good at reproducing itself. The virus is spread through body fluids, not air, and it often kills patients before they have a chance to spread the disease widely. When 70 percent of patients are isolated, the disease no longer spreads fast enough to replace dying or recovering patients. It burns itself out. All it takes is to break the epidemic is to reach that magic number. What makes the current outbreak so difficult is that it’s happening in war-impoverished countries that have no prior experience with Ebola and very few doctors and hospitals to start with. The size of the outbreak also puts it in uncharted territory.
 

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