How Does Ebola Kill You?

The current ebola outbreak is the deadliest one in history. How exactly does this virus kill? Trace explains how the virus itself doesn't kill people. Read More: How Ebola Kills You:...

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This episode of DNews was proudly made possible by the all-new 2015 Subaru Legacy. It's not just a sedan, it's a Subaru. Ebola is a horrific infection that causes a horrible messy death, but technically… it's not the infection that kills you. It's you that kills you. Hey DNewsers, Trace here. Ebola is ravaging West Africa, with over 1,400 dead and almost 3,000 infected.[a][b] The outbreak is real, and horrible. And though it is a terrible infection, it's not the virus, it's your immune system that's doing the killing due to a cytokine[c] storm. But before we get ahead of ourselves, lemme explain how we got here. Ebola or EVD was first identified in 1972[d]. Two simultaneous outbreaks occurred in the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of...
How Does Ebola Kill You?
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