• Question: Why does Ebola is taking so many lives now and that there are about fifty years, Ebola was not as dangerous as now.

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      Asked by Sismyke to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 12 Mar 2015.
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        Anaïs Pujol answered on 12 Mar 2015:

        As us and any living organism, virus respond to the theory of evolution and get mutation to get strongest.Which explains why virus can get more dangerous than before

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        Peter Maskell answered on 13 Mar 2015:

        ebola was only discovered in 1976. virus’s mutate and change (hence why we keep getting colds) we just hop that a super virus does emerge like spanish flu in 1918 which killed more people that the first world war.

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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 13 Mar 2015:

        Like others said, viruses are known to mutate, so it must have taken a form which is proving to be a danger for mankind now.

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