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This is the WHO announcement: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a

This is the WHO announcement: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-d... This is our CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html And yes, this is a big deal. Public health emergencies of international concern are a short list consisting of, in their entirety: swine flu ('09 to '10), polio ('14 on), ebola ('13 to '16), Zika ('16), ebola ('19 to '20), Covid ('20 to '23), monkeypox ('22 to '25) and now this [1]. It's one step down from a pandemic emergency (which, to be clear, has not been declared). (Helpful explainer: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON602 https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2....) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_emergency_of_international_concern#Declarations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_emergency_of_int...

nrdxp 6mo ago
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cyanydeez 6mo ago
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- blurbleblurble 6mo ago
  The cynic in me sees this kind of outbreak as exactly the intention of the current US administration in gutting CDC funding and leaving the WHO. It's misanthropic behavior, fueled by their big bunch of various essentialist inferiority/superiority complexes.
  - qingcharles 6mo ago
    It's just a continuation of their anti-science policy which their voters support.
cm2187 6mo ago
No it's not a big deal. Ebola is deadly if you catch it but it is not very contagious at all. You need to be in contact with someone's fluids basically. It can't go very far.
- Retric 6mo ago
  If it was that simple Ebola wouldn’t ever spread and nobody would bother trying to contain it. Instead it’s relatively easy to contain but still requires active effort.
  - PunchyHamster 6mo ago
    It's that simple... in first world countries. Lacks in infrastructure and educatin make it harder
    - Retric 6mo ago
      COVID spread didn’t break down into first world vs third world countries because first world countries infrastructure isn’t built with pandemics in mind. Instead a great deal of modern infrastructure like subway systems makes things more difficult not less.
      - beng-nl 6mo ago
        I’m not an epidemiologist, but Ebola isn’t airborne like COVID is, so that isn’t a comparison that can be made. infrastructure density matters, but it doesn’t affect both the same way.
        Retric 6mo ago
        This gets into the question of definitions vs edge cases. Ebola like many viruses can be contagious without direct touching. It’s not well adapted to airborne transmission, but it’s very good at causing people to spread bodily fluids all over the place. So a very sick individual passing through a subway seeking medical treatment could infect a large number of people.
saati 6mo ago
The only actually serious one on that list is Covid, and the title and the nyt are lying, they declared an international emergency, not a global one, there is no chance this spreads outside of sub-saharan Africa.
- Arodex 6mo ago
  >The only actually serious one on that list Based on what? The final body count? This isn't a weather forecast, people and ressources flew towards making sure these emergencies didn't spiral into global pandemics. You are falling face first into the preparedness paradox.
  - saati 6mo ago
    The flu kills 300-500k every year, and did not make the list, while absolute bullshit like Zika and Monkey pox did.
    - Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 6mo ago
      Flu kills mostly babies and elders, ebola kills at any age. Hence the logistical and cultural and societal impact are nothing alike.
    - anakaine 6mo ago
      Death by infected count, and level of infectious ess both matter. Flue kills more, but its also a lower death per infected count. This is why comparing COVID to flu was a statistic only pursued by those with a wilful misunderstanding.
  - s1artibartfast 6mo ago
    How much effort was thrown at each one in dollars or hours? Can you fill in that context?
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago
  > only actually serious one on that list is Covid That's the only one on the list that turned into a pandemic emergency. > they declared an international emergency, not a global one ...you're mincing words in a silly way. > there is no chance this spreads outside of sub-saharan Africa Not what the public-health experts are saying! We currently don't actually know where it's gone. Given multi-week incubation periods, we won't know for a couple weeks where it is right now. Keep in mind that eastern DRC and South Sudan are host to multiple internationalised conflicts right now. There are easy ways this could spread to the Gulf, Russia, America or Asia through troops and trade.
taegee 6mo ago
> It's one step down from a pandemic emergency (which, to be clear, has not been declared). Well, no wonder. Ot was introduced only in June 2024.
mgh2 6mo ago
Nobody is going to take you seriously if you have shown how greed and corruption led to your mistake in COVID - sponsored by China

nrdxp 6mo ago

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cyanydeez 6mo ago

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blurbleblurble 6mo ago
The cynic in me sees this kind of outbreak as exactly the intention of the current US administration in gutting CDC funding and leaving the WHO. It's misanthropic behavior, fueled by their big bunch of various essentialist inferiority/superiority complexes.
- qingcharles 6mo ago
  It's just a continuation of their anti-science policy which their voters support.

cm2187 6mo ago

No it's not a big deal. Ebola is deadly if you catch it but it is not very contagious at all. You need to be in contact with someone's fluids basically. It can't go very far.

Retric 6mo ago
If it was that simple Ebola wouldn’t ever spread and nobody would bother trying to contain it. Instead it’s relatively easy to contain but still requires active effort.
- PunchyHamster 6mo ago
  It's that simple... in first world countries. Lacks in infrastructure and educatin make it harder
  - Retric 6mo ago
    COVID spread didn’t break down into first world vs third world countries because first world countries infrastructure isn’t built with pandemics in mind. Instead a great deal of modern infrastructure like subway systems makes things more difficult not less.
    - beng-nl 6mo ago
      I’m not an epidemiologist, but Ebola isn’t airborne like COVID is, so that isn’t a comparison that can be made. infrastructure density matters, but it doesn’t affect both the same way.
      - Retric 6mo ago
        This gets into the question of definitions vs edge cases. Ebola like many viruses can be contagious without direct touching. It’s not well adapted to airborne transmission, but it’s very good at causing people to spread bodily fluids all over the place. So a very sick individual passing through a subway seeking medical treatment could infect a large number of people.

saati 6mo ago

The only actually serious one on that list is Covid, and the title and the nyt are lying, they declared an international emergency, not a global one, there is no chance this spreads outside of sub-saharan Africa.

Arodex 6mo ago
>The only actually serious one on that list Based on what? The final body count? This isn't a weather forecast, people and ressources flew towards making sure these emergencies didn't spiral into global pandemics. You are falling face first into the preparedness paradox.
- saati 6mo ago
  The flu kills 300-500k every year, and did not make the list, while absolute bullshit like Zika and Monkey pox did.
  - Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 6mo ago
    Flu kills mostly babies and elders, ebola kills at any age. Hence the logistical and cultural and societal impact are nothing alike.
  - anakaine 6mo ago
    Death by infected count, and level of infectious ess both matter. Flue kills more, but its also a lower death per infected count. This is why comparing COVID to flu was a statistic only pursued by those with a wilful misunderstanding.
- s1artibartfast 6mo ago
  How much effort was thrown at each one in dollars or hours? Can you fill in that context?
JumpCrisscross 6mo ago
> only actually serious one on that list is Covid That's the only one on the list that turned into a pandemic emergency. > they declared an international emergency, not a global one ...you're mincing words in a silly way. > there is no chance this spreads outside of sub-saharan Africa Not what the public-health experts are saying! We currently don't actually know where it's gone. Given multi-week incubation periods, we won't know for a couple weeks where it is right now. Keep in mind that eastern DRC and South Sudan are host to multiple internationalised conflicts right now. There are easy ways this could spread to the Gulf, Russia, America or Asia through troops and trade.

taegee 6mo ago

> It's one step down from a pandemic emergency (which, to be clear, has not been declared). Well, no wonder. Ot was introduced only in June 2024.

mgh2 6mo ago

Nobody is going to take you seriously if you have shown how greed and corruption led to your mistake in COVID - sponsored by China