In a long-term study of ape interspecies social relationships, researchers discovered transmission of pathogens between the two ape groups.
“Ebola, for example, is a highly
transmissible virus that has had a devastating impact on ape populations in
central Africa. Just over 20 years ago, Ebola emerged in wild ape populations
and then spread to humans.”
Researchers,
then, should develop a vaccine for the Ebola and offer the treatment to all
chimpanzees and gorillas. Those apes that refuse to take the vaccine should be
denied access to government bananas.
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