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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well we would have had a vaccine by now, but the budget for the vaccine by NIH was cut by the republicans.[/quote] More money would be nice, of course. But Ebola and Marburg are difficult because they occur infrequently, in inaccessible areas, and don't last very long. Since the '70s, there have been 34 outbreaks total, 26 of those with single or double digits reported cases, which is not all that many. [/quote] Exactly. In fact, until this recent outbreak, I am surprised anyone bothered with trying to come up with a vaccine at all seeing that the disease was incredibly rare. No matter how much money NIH or anyone else has, money is not unlimited and treatments for diseases that are more widespread would be getting first dibs. Until this outbreak, you had more chance of being struck by lightning than getting ebola or even knowing someone who got ebola.[/quote]
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