Cory Wayne
Ebola is one of the world’s most terrifying illnesses. Whenever a case arises in the United States, typically stemming from international travel activities, we quickly move to trace, inform, and prevent. We do such things because we are terrified of Ebola. So it would only make sense that we’d look to eliminate it from the books of modern history as soon as possible.
All of that makes sense unless your Boston University’s prestigious and secure National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, whereas, obtaining Ebola virus samples makes for “science.” Last Thursday, the lab announced that it not only had obtained Ebola samples, but also the related and similar Marburg virus.
Its all in the name of research, says the University, that will now experiment with the viruses as a way to “prevent a global health threat.”
“Microbiologist Elke Mühlberger says the lab’s first Level-4 projects will examine how the Ebola