So as I understand it: - Panzi is an isolated, hard-to-access area where malnutrition, prior epidemics, and seasonal flu have already weakened the population.

So as I understand it: - Panzi is an isolated, hard-to-access area where malnutrition, prior epidemics, and seasonal flu have already weakened the population. - Poor healthcare infrastructure and delayed medical intervention have amplified deaths. - There is no evidence of rapid or widespread transmission. (see first point). - Samples have been retrieved for testing. At this point, there is no information on transmission vector (assuming it’s even a disease)