Levels of biohazard

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fedr808

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Well it is somewhat common knowledge to those in the field of studying dangerous deseases that there are four levels of danger levels of viruses. So i guess what this is about is why don't you guys pick which level four diseases in your opinion are the worst and why. And P.S. HIV is level two not level 4 so that's outta the question. And this does not include genetic diseases. Have fun youguys battling it out to see which is one top.

My favorite:
Ebola Zaire

50-60% infectivity in an area
90% lethality

Can be transmitted through any body fluids, and sometimes through the air.

Symptoms:
Headaches
personality change (people are usually more enraged because of the severity of the headaches)
internal bleeding.
External bleeding through any oriface (so not going into specifics)
and death

some random facts:
Class A bioterrorist
Considered by many to be the most lethal
5 kinds
related to Marburg
One of 16 viruses that directly cause internal bleeding
It kills the population so quickly that it burnes out very fast and dies because of lack of people to be infected



so have fun and lets see which viruses, or diseases out there are the worst.
 
People themselves are bio hazards and many of them are very ignorant as to what they are doing to the Earth and others around them. They are the worse thing that is happening for they reproduce and continue their genetic ignorances down the genetic trail.
 
fedr808 said:
why don't you guys pick which level four diseases in your opinion are the worst and why.
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Pathogens are assigned a Risk Group classification for the purposes of scientific research. The Risk Group dictates the level of containment required in the laboratory in which the work is performed.

The term “worst” is a subjective measure. The various malarial parasites kill tens of millions of people every year; Ebola deaths are around a few dozen per year (averaged since the first known outbreak in 1976). Clearly malaria is “worse” than Ebola in terms of deaths, yet Ebola is a RG4 pathogen (maximum level of physical containment required) whereas malaria is RG3 (I think, or it might even be as low as RG2).

Risk Group 1. (low individual and community risk)
-microorganisms that unlikely to cause disease in healthy workers or animals

Risk Group 2. (moderate individual risk, limited community risk)
-pathogens that cause human or animal disease

Risk Group 3. (high individual risk, low Community risk)
-pathogens that usually cause serious human or animal disease or which can result in serious economic consequences
-not ordinarily spread by casual contact

Risk Group 4. (high individual risk, high community risk)
-pathogens that usually produces very serious human or animal disease, often untreatable
-readily transmitted
 
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