Russell McMahon wrote:
> given Ebola's
> immense virulence and vvv high 'success' rate and necessarily complete
> eradication very soon after every outbreak, isn't it surprising that
> it keeps coming back?

No, because it has a reservoir someplace else as you mentioned.  Note
however that Ebola is not a major threat to mankind.  Here is your worst
case poster child, but note how it's not spread to large areas and killed a
large fraction of the human population.  The very traits that make it so
dangerous when an outbreak does occur also make it difficult to spread
itself over large areas.

Here in Massachusett I'm far more likely to get killed in an automobile
accident than to contract a case of Ebola.


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