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The thread is about claims from *The Hot Zone* that the Ebola Reston virus spread rapidly through a building via air-handling ducts. The key implied question is whether airborne transmission through HVAC systems is a credible explanation for the outbreak’s rapid room-to-room spread. Overall sentiment appears neutral-to-skeptical, with the opener citing the source and linking to a related article rather than presenting new evidence or engaging in detailed rebuttal.

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The Ebola Reston virus jumped quickly from room to room... Ebola apparently drifted through the building's air-handling ducts
In October 1989 people in the community of Reston, Virginia went about their daily lives not realizing that a serious crisis was developing right in their back yards that would not be entirely resolved until March 1990. It was a serious calamity that could have wiped out the entire population. This dire emergency was described twenty years ago by Richard Preston in his non-fiction book, “The Hot Zone.” The “hot zone” refers to an “area that contains lethal, infectious organisms” also dubbed “hot agent,” an “extremely lethal virus, potentially airborne.” (Richard Preston, The Hot Zone, Random House, New York, 1994, p. 296)
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/65053