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[kandrathe]

So, if anyone has a good link or an explanation they are willing to type, I'd appreciate the info.

My understanding is that *real* viruses start small but hijack the transcript RNA mechanisms within the cell which convert the cells proteins into virus copies and flood the body hyper-exponentially over time (e.g. each cell infected releases 1000's of copies of the virus when the cell wall explodes). When you get a shot of vaccine, it is a massive amount of antigen stimulating compound. So, you are right in that before or earlier is better, otherwise you are behind the viral load of the *real* virus. It's so hot that it will do its damage before the immune system can get up to speed. Ebola attacks the epithelial lining of blood vessels and destroys platelets doing the double damage of ripping apart your circulatory system while also preventing clotting.

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ebolaMa...efault.htm

I would add that there are only a few diseases on this planet that truly terrify me, they are Ebola/Marburg, Dengue, SARS, Pneumonic plague and Cholera. Oh, and that flesh eating streptococcal bacteria...