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Can you get to the pub with the good news?
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Now we have to try a live attenuated virus.
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- Like with polio? - Exactly.
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The only danger with a live virus...
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...is the possibility that
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it will revert to wild type and kill the host.
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And when will we know about that?
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I'll ask the monkeys.
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As of right now, the mortality rate is fluctuating...
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...between 25 and 30 percent...
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...depending upon underlying medical conditions...
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...socioeconomic factors, nutrition, fresh water.