The Hot Zone
Given the similarities between Ebola Zaire and Ebola Reston, what is Jahrling's ongoing concern?
"A Bad Day", "Decon", or "The Most Dangerous Strain"
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Jahrling's concern is that they'll make the mistake of misdiagnosing the strain.
Jahrling said. “The bullet hit us. We were just lucky that the bullet we took was a rubber bullet from a twenty-two rather than a dumdum bullet from a forty-five. My concern is that people are saying, ‘Whew, we dodged a bullet.’ And the next time they see Ebola in a microscope, they’ll say, ‘Aw, it’s just Reston,’ and they’ll take it outside a containment facility. And we’ll get whacked in the forehead when the stuff turns out not to be Reston but its big sister.”Source(s)
Preston, Richard (2012-03-14). The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 364). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
