[quote=zk][quote=Aecetia]”The current Ebola virus’s hyper-evolution is unprecedented; there has been more human-to-human transmission in the past four months than most likely occurred in the last 500 to 1,000 years. Each new infection represents trillions of throws of the genetic dice.”
A lame and disappointing article. Just another fear monger with incomplete and incorrect information. He’s afraid that ebola could go airborne. But no human virus has ever changed its mode of transmission:
Nevermind the sensational title of the above link. Read the article.[/quote]
I agree with you in large part, however, we do not have perfect information with respect to viruses in terms of their history of changing or not changing modes of infection. Since all viruses presumably evolved from a single virus, we should probably assume that such a change has taken place – but over millenia, not in a few years.
