‘Bunny Ebola’ is spreading in the United States: reports

Well, 2020 just continues to be a year to forget.

And, not just for humans.

“Bunny Ebola” is rapidly spreading across country, according to a story on Yahoo.com.

We’ve reported on this before – warnings that the disease could wreak havoc on rabbit populations and ecosystems in the United States — and it appears to be taking off.

What is “Bunny Ebola?”

It’s real name is Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, or RHDV2, according to the report, and it can cause severe internal bleeding and organ failure. And, it said, it’s “highly infectious and nearly always fatal.”

How fast can it move?

Well, according to a report in the Sacramento Bee, a man in Texas had 200 rabbits. They all died from “Bunny Ebola,” between a Friday and a Sunday.

What are the symptoms?

Well, sudden death is one. So, not much you can do there. Another is, reportedly, nose bleeds.

The Yahoo report said the first known cases in the United States popped up in Ohio in 2018, and the virus reportedly “spreads easily through blood, urine and feces.” And, unfortunately, it appears to be fatal in 90 percent of cases. Even if a rabbit survives, the report said, it still poses a risk of spreading the virus for another 42 days.

Thus far, cases have been confirmed in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Texas and officials are looking at population control policies in hopes of curbing the spread.

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