Marburg Virus - Angola

May 2005
The flesh-eating Marburg virus in Angola is one of the most dangerous and contagious there is. We exclusively follow the doctors in the wards battling the epidemic.

The isolation ward in Uige, Angola, is strictly off limits but our cameras gained exclusive access. It's here that confirmed Marburg victims are cared for. "This patient has arrived at a very late stage of infection so the prognosis is not good," states a nurse. But most Marburg victims never make it to hospital. Instead, they're picked up by WHO doctors trawling the slums. "The problem is that they're calling us for the bodies. We're going after the epidemic has struck so we're not being effective," explains Dr William Perea. Doctors don't even know where the virus comes from and are working on tracing its carrier.

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[spencerspot]

@Obsidian182 The sick recieve sympathy that is inherent to their condition. But they didn't choose to get sick. Most of the infected in this outbreak(as well as their families) caused problems for the doctors providing treatment. It's a common theme in third world viral outbreaks. The doctors and nurses are choosing to put themselves in harms way. A most admirable and selfless act indeed.

[gilgax21]

read hot zones, all about level 4 viruses like marburg...slate wipers

[EbolaMudkipSapphire7]

@MikkiOfTheAnbu We all die at some point.

It's inevitable.

We humans are duality: pure good and pure evil.

And to everything else...

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[gloryboundkev]

look up UNIT 731

[babykevinxoxo]

Man I am sad now seeing the update video about about baby yue yue dieing how sad! Good night youtube. I am sleepy.

[Vlaew]

@babykevinxoxo This conversation is over.

[babykevinxoxo]

@Vlaew how long you been married and what you do ?

[babykevinxoxo]

@Vlaew I am originally from Teipai but my parents are white I was adopted.

[Vlaew]

@babykevinxoxo You know what, doesn't matter, just stick to trying out that chess thing.

[Vlaew]

@babykevinxoxo What ethnicity are you?

[babykevinxoxo]

@Vlaew anyways I want to date a Asian or Russian girl living in USA have you ever dated either.

[Vlaew]

@babykevinxoxo Dude stop worrying, USA has been through ALOT worse. It was ALOT worse in the 1980s. I'm not going to even mention the 1930s. We have systems in place to prevent total collapse. We will be just fine, it just takes time.