Questions tagged [ebola]

for questions about claims based on the Ebola virus and its cures.

Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebolaviruses. The disease has a high risk of death, killing approximately 50% of those infected. It was first identified 1976. There have been dozens of outbreaks since then, the largest being the ongoing outbreak in West Africa.

After years of research, a vaccine was found to be 100% successful against ebola in July 2015.

See Wikipedia for more information

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Is there a cure for Ebola?

Wikipedia's page on "Ebola Virus Disease" states: No specific treatment for the virus is available. Wikipedia's page on "Ebola Virus" also states: There is no cure for Ebola, but if people get care quickly from doctors and nurses at a hospital,…
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Did the US Government invent ebola to test bioweapons in Africa?

It has been going around that the US government was responsible for creating Ebola in order to test their Bioweapons as stated by CBS news: The largest newspaper in Liberia published a conspiracy theory accusing the United States of intentionally…
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Does Ebola pose "little risk to the U.S. general population"?

We are currently in the middle of the largest ever Ebola outbreak, with nearly 900 killed and more than 1,600 infected by the disease in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and now Nigeria. The disease's toll continues to rise. One of the big questions…
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Did a hospital employee put up "ebola" signs to cover up he was making fries?

According to the Dutch news site RTV Oost, an employee at the hospital Isala Klinieken in Zwolle was making fries in a place where that was not allowed. In order to not be caught, he put up signs saying "no entry - ebola". The story has been picked…
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