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At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
- frmersdog 5mo ago>Zero comments half-an-hour later, despite being on the front page That tracks.
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- tombert 5mo agoI mean, it's a sad story but I'm not entirely sure I have much to say about it. I doubt I'm unique.
- frmersdog 5mo agoPeople figure out things to say about topics they care about. But the kind of person who comes to HN doesn't care about the DRC, so yeah, not much commentary. Not surprised, just disappointed. If such people also dislike being called out for their concern, that's kind of them to reconcile.
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- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> while the US has already proved it can treat this when on our shores, with run of the mill blood transfusions, from the last time this happened Source?
- yieldcrv 5mo ago12 years ago https://abcnews.com/Health/blood-transfusions-ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-patients/story?id=26182136 https://abcnews.com/Health/blood-transfusions-ebola-survivor... (find a source that you like) and FDA has other treatment recommendations that supersede this now we one shotted this the first time it ever made it to the US, like I wrote, its only a mystery disease while in Africa
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> 12 years ago This is a novel ebolavirus species [1]. It's "closely related to the Zaire ebolaviruses." But it's at the very least different enough to be spreading undetected. I'm not particularly concerned right now. But I think it would be a mistake to assume this disease has been–or can rapidly be–one shotted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundibugyo_ebolavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundibugyo_ebolavirus
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- nomel 5mo agoAmerica is not to blame for them being unable to have a functional government for how long now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Democratic_R...
- merksoftworks 5mo agoNor are the victims of preventable disease to be blamed for being born into countries without functioning governments. I'm happy to pay $37 as a U.S. taxpayer if it saves the life of someone I'll never meet.
- dbvn 5mo agoyou don't get to speak for all taxpayers. You can donate your $37
- gopher_space 5mo agoThey’re speaking for taxpayers who understand causality and have a planning horizon.
- nomel 5mo agoA planning horizon would involve fixing the actual problem, which is the corruption in their government, rather than indirectly supporting it. I think both are required. Make sure disease spread is understood and prevented and also make it so we don't have to babysit them. They're capable of having a functioning government, right? Or are we just patiently waiting for a revolution from their people?
- SilentM68 5mo agoAs I am not an expert on this subject, what is it about this part of the world that seems to be a hotbed for Ebola and what, if anything, can local governments do to reduce its likelihood of reoccurring?
- asdff 5mo agoPeople eat the reservoir species for these diseases in these areas. Not much local government can do about something that has been done for all of human history. Can't exactly tell a hungry person capable of hunting for themselves to stop hunting for themselves and go without.
- gus_massa 5mo agoI agree, but it's more complicated. Some people in the developed world like to collect mushroom, and when someone misidentify one of them can have a horrible death. I guess some of the hunter would say: fake quote> The morons can't get their own food and must pay someone to fish in a barrel for them. Anyway, I agree that the lot of rules that farmer and butchers must follow improve a lot the safety of the meat we eat.
- SilentM68 5mo agoIt's hard to dismiss a population's drive to eat out of hunger. When its survival is at stake sometimes there is no choice but to hunt and eat what is available. It's hard to choose between animal's survival and your own survival. Those hotspot areas are notoriously infamous for government coups and instability being commonplace. Even so, if a large percentage of the world population is at risk, then I would hope that friendly regional authorities would have enough forethought and common sense to, at least, find alternative methods of feeding their population, including asking for help. I totally get that there are places where "authoritarian regimes and dictatorships or fragile and failed states," standby and do nothing, because it is in their interest or corruption is the norm. But even so, being a continuous obstacle, or an indirect cause to a potential world catastrophe, be it natural or man-made while willingly refusing to do something about it, should carry permanent, serious and long-lasting consequences for any government found to be negligent. Not trying to make lite of this situation, but in cases like these, the needs of the many must truly outweigh the needs of the, corrupt few. Thank you for letting me in! Sol Roth PS: Hope you like the décor. I’m redecorating your thoughts permanently.
- dwa3592 5mo ago>>Outbreaks between people start when somebody catches Ebola from an infected animal >>It spreads through infected bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. Can someone please educate me on how ebola is spreading? are these 100 deaths because of virus transmission from infected animals or from humans? if from humans - then how is it spreading given that it spreads via blood and vomit.
- mschuster91 5mo ago> then how is it spreading given that it spreads via blood and vomit. Water, mostly. Bad sanitation is one of the major drivers behind most if not all epidemics. If you don't have clean water to drink because your wells are contaminated with fecal matter, you're screwed. The sick contaminate the environment for everyone else.
- throwatdem12311 5mo agoLook up “African dry sex”. Sorry.
- mordechai9000 5mo agoA handful get infected from direct exposure to animals. Then it spreads to family and others in the community. Sometimes people travel and bring it to a new location. Sadly, it is often the caregivers who get infected.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> * how is it spreading given that it spreads via blood and vomit* Note that this isn’t the Zaire ebolavirus. We’re still pinning down specifics.
- traceroute66 5mo ago> Can someone please educate me on how ebola is spreading? are these 100 deaths because of virus transmission from infected animals or from humans? Human to human. Its not only "blood and vomit", it is any bodily fluid, so you also have sweat, saliva, breast milk and semen. So you therefore have bedding, clothing, or medical equipment soiled with infected fluids. And preparation of the body after death. Bearing in mind viral load (concentration of Ebola in bodily fluids) is often high, so it does not take much. In addition, delayed diagnosis is not uncommon. Access to and adherence to infection control can easily be a problem. So, in essence you have various routes to amplification of spread.
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- r721 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundibugyo_ebolavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundibugyo_ebolavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ituri_Province_Ebola_epidemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ituri_Province_Ebola_epid...