Susan Gries

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Ebolaviruses, judged by experience so far, fit that pattern. Careful medical procedures (such as barrier nursing by way of isolation wards, latex gloves, gowns, masks, and disposable needles and syringes) usually stop them. Sometimes simpler methods can bring a local spillover to a dead end too. This has probably happened more times than we’ll ever know. Advisory: If your husband catches an ebolavirus, give him food and water and love and maybe prayers but keep your distance, wait patiently, hope for the best—and, if he dies, don’t clean out his bowels by hand. Better to step back, blow a ...more
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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