So, what happened to ebola?

[Eddie Teach]

(developed in Canada) 

[garbon]

Read through history before modern medicine. Yes there were global outbreaks like the Black Death or Plague of Justinian, but far more common were regional outbreaks that killed some percent of the population and went away.

I'm not saying that local efforts weren't important. But here we are talking about the first world media, which frequently had the tone, "west africa is fucked, probably all of africa, and maybe us too." That probably got more western support over there, but in a multi country area I doubt that was more decisive than local messaging of avoiding frequent modes of transmission. "The West saved the Africans from their Ebola" seems a dubious claim.

A lot of diseases flair up and die out because people build up immunity over time.  My understanding is people don't build up immunity naturally to ebola.

Not quite accurate.  The difficulty is the high mortality rate.  But if someone manages to survive an infection they do build up an immunity.  That is the premise of the vaccine (developed in Canada) which is currently being tested in human trials. 

Ahem it was initially developed in Canada.

[crazy canuck]

(developed in Canada) 

[Eddie Teach]

Put it this way- if the vaccine was developed in the US, I wouldn't feel the need to mention that every time I brought it up. 

[garbon]

Put it this way- if the vaccine was developed in the US, I wouldn't feel the need to mention that every time I brought it up. 

[crazy canuck]

Put it this way- if the vaccine was developed in the US, I wouldn't feel the need to mention that every time I brought it up. 

Ok, one of our gun nuts thought the US had developed the "cure" which is why I mentioned it.

Also, it excuses Yi to some extent as he probably hasn't heard of the vaccine given the inward looking nature of media in the US.

[Eddie Teach]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/01-october-2014/en/

According to this page, there's both a Canadian developed vaccine and a US developed one in the experimental stages. Maybe he was referring to the other one.

[garbon]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/01-october-2014/en/

According to this page, there's both a Canadian developed vaccine and a US developed one in the experimental stages. Maybe he was referring to the other one.

And the Canadian originating one is currently being developed between an Iowa based company and an American multi-national.

[crazy canuck]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/01-october-2014/en/

According to this page, there's both a Canadian developed vaccine and a US developed one in the experimental stages. Maybe he was referring to the other one.

And the Canadian originating one is currently being developed between an Iowa based company and an American multi-national.

By developed you mean tested....

[garbon]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/01-october-2014/en/

According to this page, there's both a Canadian developed vaccine and a US developed one in the experimental stages. Maybe he was referring to the other one.

And the Canadian originating one is currently being developed between an Iowa based company and an American multi-national.

By developed you mean tested....

No, I mean developed. That's the word that most media outlets used to Merck's acquisition.

[crazy canuck]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/01-october-2014/en/

According to this page, there's both a Canadian developed vaccine and a US developed one in the experimental stages. Maybe he was referring to the other one.

And the Canadian originating one is currently being developed between an Iowa based company and an American multi-national.

By developed you mean tested....

No, I mean developed. That's the word that most media outlets used to Merck's acquisition.

Ok.  When Merck acquired it, it was ready for human testing.  All that is happening now is that an independent lab is determining its efficacy and potential side effects.  Not much "development" being done by Merck at this point other than paying for the independent lab to do the testing. 

[garbon]

Which means it was necessary to note that Canada was once involved because...?

[crazy canuck]

Which means it was necessary to note that Canada was once involved because...?

Because without the Canadian lab developing the vaccine to the stage that it was ready for human trials Merck would have had nothing.

[garbon]

And what relevance did this have to your post?

[Barrister]

And what relevance did this have to your post?

Why so obtuse garbo?  People tend to forget that Canada produces much besides oil and hockey players, so we like to toot our own horn about stuff like this.