-=> Quoting Jan Thomas to Barbara Howell <=-
 
 -> I am beginning to study and read more and more on virology and
 -> origins of same. I am fascinated by Ebola virus as what it does to
 -> certain animal's/people's insides acts much like the polyoma virus in
 -> birds. "Outbreak" the book and movie fascinated me as did "The Hot
 -> Zone" a book about an Ebola outbreak in Washington DC in the
 -> 1980's. Matter of factly I just saw that the two chief USAMRID
 -> (equivalent Army's version to CDC) veterinarians that handled the
 -> virology "hot" zone and lab in that outbreak are now breeding
 -> birds! I bet those birds are virally clean and tested!
 JT> It fascinates me too, Barbara- I read "The Hot Zone" too.  The most
 JT> horrific part to me was when they realized the monkeys were getting it
 JT> through the AIR DUCTS too.  I hope those vets will come up with some
 JT> new insight into avian viruses.
"The Hot Zone" scared the living jeebers out of me! I live only an hour
away from Reston, VA and only about 20 minutes "as the virus flies,"
I'm a retired firefighter/paramedic and still like to keep up with
medical stuff. There is a newer book out titled "The Coming Plaque"
that addresses all of the emerging superbugs and viruses, and THAT one
scared me even more. I don't recall any avian viruses mentioned, though.
I live about an hour away from the Jaax's and I was thinking that I 
would probably buy a bird from them when it comes time to buy, since
they're vets and disease-savvy, and from what I read in "Zone," I
think they're super-ethical. One of their birds, Herky, was mentioned
in the book.
In "The Coming Plaque" the author wrote that whie Ebola Reston is
deadly to monkeys and does seem to spread via air, it is now considered 
to be a mutated virus harmless to humans. I dunno about that, but none
of the animal caretakers exposed to the virus died, so maybe there is
something to that...but I don'tl want to be around it to find out!
... Therapy helps, but screaming obscenities is cheaper.
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