Engineered Avian Flu

[twilyth]

Starts shopping for DNA sequencers on ebay.

 

[AphexDreamer]

So how about a cure for cancer or aids and publicly releasing that?

No, no no. I think I'll just keep making stuff that kill people.

Next up on the list, an ebola like AIDS virus that transmits via skin contact. Strictly research of course.

 

[v12dock]

Alright now make a super vaccine

 

[twilyth]

Next up on the list, an ebola like AIDS virus that transmits via skin contact. Strictly research of course.

Why fuck around with plain vanilla Ebola - use Marburg.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Why fuck around with plain vanilla Ebola - use Marburg.

No the pick of the crop would have to be the Zaire ebolavirus.

 

[twilyth]

No the pick of the crop would have to be the Zaire ebolavirus.

I thought marburg was more virulent. I did a quick google but didn't look too hard and found this from 2005.

More than 100 people in Angola have died so far in an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola. If you have to fall sick with a viral hemorrhagic fever from the Marburg-Ebola family, which one should you choose?

Go with Marburg. Though we don't know very much about how these viruses work, history suggests that between a quarter and half of all people who get Marburg die from it; there is a 90 percent mortality rate among those who contract Ebola. These numbers may be revised in light of the Marburg outbreak in Angola, however. Early reports indicate a mortality rate of nearly 100 percent.

 

[AphexDreamer]

I thought marburg was more virulent. I did a quick google but didn't look too hard and found this from 2005.

"Also known simply as the Zaire virus, ZEBOV has the highest case-fatality rate, up to 90% in some epidemics, with an average case fatality rate of approximately 83% over 27 years. There have been more outbreaks of Zaire ebolavirus than of any other species. "

Source Not sure which link is more solid, perhaps I'll find a more solid link later.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Fuck ebola, you can actually survive that. You know what they should do? Make Rabies more virulent. Then everyone be fucked!