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"We are facing an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in terms of the distribution of cases in the country: Gueckedou, Macenta, Kissidougou, Nzerekore, and now Conakry," Mariano Lugli, the organisation's coordinator in the Guinean capital, said in a statement.

Up until now, Ebola outbreaks have occurred in extremely remote locations, whose isolation prevented a wide-spread epidemic. The two exceptions are the 1989 outbreak in Reston, Virginia (which does not affect humans) and Mayinga N'Seka, who made it to Kinshasa in 1976, but died without infecting any of the people she came into contact with.

Ebola is normally passed on my direct contact or aerosolized
secretions in which the virus is protected by a water droplet. Ebola Zaire is thought to be airborn naturally due to its unique protein coat.

The average time it takes between a patient becoming infected to onset of symptoms is 16 days, during which time the patient, feeling perfectly healthy, potentially infects everyone they touch or share a contacted surface with.

The worst case scenario is a patient traveling by air or train, touching various surfaces in the airport or train station and with the aircraft or train itself. Before the patient even boards their plane or train, they can infect other travelers headed for other planes or trains. By the time the plane or train reaches its destination, other travelers will be infected, as will more people at the destination airport or train station.

Previously this did not happen because the earlier outbreaks were always in remote locations, but the cases in Sierra Leon and Liberia suggest infected people are already traveling through the system. Senegal has already closed their border with Guinea. If the case in Canada does in fact turn out to be the same strain of Ebola, then extreme precautionary steps must be taken.

This is a reminder that despite all man's technical prowess, Mother Nature can still give us the finger when she feels like it!

Up until now, Ebola outbreaks have occurred in extremely remote locations, whose isolation prevented a wide-spread epidemic. The two exceptions are the 1989 outbreak in Reston, Virginia (which does not affect humans) and Mayinga N'Seka, who made it to Kinshasa in 1976, but died without infecting any of the people she came into contact with.

Ebola is normally passed on my direct contact or aerosolized
secretions in which the virus is protected by a water droplet. Ebola Zaire is thought to be airborn naturally due to its unique protein coat.

The average time it takes between a patient becoming infected to onset of symptoms is 16 days, during which time the patient, feeling perfectly healthy, potentially infects everyone they touch or share a contacted surface with.

The worst case scenario is a patient traveling by air or train, touching various surfaces in the airport or train station and with the aircraft or train itself. Before the patient even boards their plane or train, they can infect other travelers headed for other planes or trains. By the time the plane or train reaches its destination, other travelers will be infected, as will more people at the destination airport or train station.

Previously this did not happen because the earlier outbreaks were always in remote locations, but the cases in Sierra Leon and Liberia suggest infected people are already traveling through the system. Senegal has already closed their border with Guinea. If the case in Canada does in fact turn out to be the same strain of Ebola, then extreme precautionary steps must be taken.

This is a reminder that despite all man's technical prowess, Mother Nature can still give us the finger when she feels like it!