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Ebola Vaccines Successfully Tested on Monkeys

Posted by timothy on from the bring-out-the-chimp dept.

An Anonymous Reader writes "Canadian and American researchers, in a joint venture between Canada's National Microbiology Lab and the U.S. military, have created two vaccines that prevent Monkeys from becoming ill with Ebola and Marburg. While a human vaccine may still be 5 years away, this is very promising news.

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  1. What??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you implying that monkeys are perhaps related to human beings in some way? That sounds like evolution to me!

    Don't waste your time with monkeys. The proper way to treat and cure disease is with prayer and the occasional feeding tube.

    You know why God sent ebola to the heathens, right? Because they haven't professed their love for Jesus Christ. If you don't want to get the ebola flesh eating disease, get down on your knees now. No silly, we're not going to play "catholic priest and alterboy" again, this time I want you to pray.