Originally posted by: Orsorum
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Originally posted by: gururu
the funny thing is that in outbreak they came up with a cure in like 24 hours. pretty hilarious...
How long could it take?
There is no cure for ebola (none that I am aware of anyway).
Correct. If you contract the virus, the odds are you'll kick the bucket.
Depends on the strain. IIRC the mortality rate for Ebola Zaire is somewhere around 90%, and Ebola Sudan is 50%. I don't remember the mortality rates for Ebola Marburg or Ebola Reston.
The mortality rate for Ebola Reston is zero for humans, it's not infectious for us. For simians it's pretty close to Ebola Zaire, over 90% croak. Marburg is not a variant of Ebola. It's very similar, but it's different enough to be distinct. Mortality rates for Marburg are around 25%.
Essentially, there are no cures for any virii. When you get one your body reacts and either you destroy the virus or the virus destroys you. Medical science has very little to do with it. The treatments are for the symptoms, not the virus itself. Most virri are weak enough that the body beats them pretty easily, Ebola is strong enough that the body has very little chance of beating it. But the "Outbreak" scenario of creating a cure in 24 hours is a joke, 24 days would be a joke and 24 months would be a joke too. Even 24 years might not be feasable.
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