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More on the accelerating Ebola crisis in the DRC.

Without wishing to be alarmist (but accepting that it will sound that way) this is starting to remind me of the reports that were coming out of Wuhan in the January & February before we knew to call the health crisis about to engulf the world 'Covid'.

There's many way this may not come to pass, not least of all due to the lessons learnt during the pandemic six years ago, but nonetheless, I'm getting worried.

#ebola

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/23/ebola-virus-spread-drc-democratic-republic-of-congo
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Peter (ˈpiːtər) · 11w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4mstcx9tq It is extremely concerning. Not so much for "us" in the "West" but very much so for people in and around the DRC. The health infrastructure in the region just isn't up to the shit-figh...
Cllr Gareth Kitchen · 11w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4mstcx9tq We've known about Ebola for decades but it's always been seen as an African problem. :(
HarriettMB · 11w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4mstcx9tq The American response seems to be [1] that the Congo football team in the USA must isolate. [2] that no one from Congo can come into the USA, including American citizens where were wo...