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by yoshizar 4262 days ago
Very few articles about airborne mutation seem to bring up that ebola is an RNA-based virus, which means that it mutates at a faster rate and is less genetically stable than DNA-based viruses, bacteria, or most other pathogens. I wrote an explanation about the significance of RNA here: http://www.thinkhardly.com/think-hardly/ebola-for-entreprene...