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NEWSLETTER
December5th
WashingtonDCthreatenedby
deadlyvirus
Ebola,adeadlyviruswasfoundinamonkeyhouselocatedin
RestonVirginiaearlierthismonth.TheArmyandUSAMRIIDare
currentlyworkingonerectingit.
Thevirusisextremelylethalandhasakillrateuprateof50%.
ThereiscurrentlynocureforthevirusandtheUSAMRIIDis
lookingtofindavaccination.
ThesemonkeyswereflownintotheUnitedStatesfromthe
Philippianstobesold.Themonkeyswereunderquarantineatthe
RestonMonkeyhousewhenworkersstartedtonoticeodd
symptomsassociatedwithMarburg,asimilarvirus.
USAMRIIDconfirmedthevirusinthemonkeysandcontactedthe
Army.Theyarenowworkingtogethertoputdownthemonkeys
anderadicatethevirusfromthebuilding.
ThepublicissafeatthemomentbecauseEbolaisnotanairborne
virusandcanonlybecontactedthroughtheexchangeofbodily
fluids.USAMRIIDdoesaskthatthepubicmakesuretheyare
washingtheirhandsandtoprotectthemselvesbyusinghand
sanitizer.AccordingtoUSAMRIIDthevirusisinacontrolled
environmentandthethreattothegeneralpublicisveryslim.