TBH I thought it would be sold for a lot more (ebola.com). I read it was actually $200K in a combo of $50K cash and the rest in co stock, and the seller had intended to get $150,000 cash when he priced it, no doubt. I have no idea how promising that stock is but it took longer than I thought to be sold, and he should've gotten $150K cash without a problem. These diseases can become pandemics and this one is highly lethal. As a domainer I don't think you can go wrong with these names looking at this objectively, unless both the buyer really overpays and domains also start becoming less relevant so next time the virus gets the world's attention who owns the domain might be less important. A pharmaceutical co would certainly want it, generic domains for many illnesses/health conditions are owned by them mostly in the .com or .org, even in ccTLDs. Health organizations, governments, etc are also likely potential buyers of these domains
I still see H5N1 (avian or bird flu) related domains being traded, and unlike the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak of 2009 that began in Mexico where that virus got later incorporated into our annual influenza vaccine, an avian flu vaccine hasn't been developed since the 2005 outbreak originating in SE Asia, making it still a significant threat should it make a comeback. But I saw many swine flu/H1N1 domains being sold for a lot in 2009. Even as serious as it was, SARS got somewhat less attention worldwide when in peaked in 2003 due to most cases coming from Hong Kong and affecting mostly Ontario in the Western world. Also, the number of domainers was much lower in 2003 and domains got less attention then
