and now there is an Ebola Outbreak

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no proven cure,
fatality is around 50%

that is a worry

The desperation of some on MN to have another pandemic scare is so bizarre! 😂😂

strange how that is your conclusion with lots of laughter

You should be more concerned about the rise of TB which was virtually eradicated in the UK, now back thanks to unregulated illegal immigration

The most recent item on the subject was in the Guardian earlier this week. A former USAID guy in Pakistan was lamenting how US cash was seldom spent effectively.

There are other articles on-line on the subject. Basically USAID spent on organisations that promised much and delivered little, That's the basic gist of it.

I am NOT relying on the tripe spouted by DOGE.

The Who have declared this outbreak of Ebola a" public health emergency of international concern".

There isn't "always" an Andes hantavirus outbreak spreading person to person. And Ebola outbreaks don't usually evolve this rapidly.

It is not common to see two relatively rare viruses spreading simultaneously.

They declared the 2014 Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern as well. There are smaller outbreaks all the time. And there have been other outbreaks of Andes hantavirus spreading person to person. Yes these have been in Argentina, but they have happened. It just happens at the moment that two rare viruses (that we in this country are not exposed to normally) have happened at the same time.

That was the Zaire Ebolavirus, which is fairly well known and which has treatment and a vaccine for. It still killed over 11,000 people in that outbreak. And it was not declared a public health emergency until it had been sporadically breaking out since 2013 and cases had ramped up later in 2014.

This is the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus, which they have little knowledge of, and no treatment for, and no vaccine.

This outbreak only started in the last couple of months, so to declare it a public health emergency so quickly shows the level of concern. Cases have been spotted in Kinshasa and Kampala, which are major cities of roughly 18 and 8 million people, where sustained transmission would be very concerning.

I am well aware of the other quite rare instances of Andes virus outbreaks spreading person to person, having been following the cruiseship outbreak. The poster I was responding to blandly declared "there is always hantavirus out there." This is the first outbreak of the Andes hantavirus I am aware of that has occured outside of South America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/absence-usaid-likely-slowed-ebola-detection-response-former-officials-rcna345779

My daighter is meant to be travelling on a trip with the school to Uganda in July!

There have been two cases in Uganda both people who had travelled from DRC.
There are now stricter controls at border crossings.

This is a good point. We are seeing a lot of TB at the moment. All the patients are foreigners too.

Did you read the article or just the headline?
In the article the word possible is used not likely.
The CDC is there and they are supporting local officials.

Yes. I read the article. Are you in the habit of posting links to things you haven’t read?

Is the below extract the ‘possible’ you’re referring to? It certainly does bear repeating here. Former officials from the CDC are among those with these concerns, so thank you for drawing attention to that.

I hope you’re right with your faith and lack of concern regarding the remaining resources. I’d genuinely love to hear why you’re so confident though, particularly in the current US input to the management of this outbreak.

In interviews, former top officials at USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and the White House said that if USAID was still intact, it’s possible its resources might have helped contain the virus in this new outbreak and even saved lives.

So, unless we are running around panicking/frothing and worrying we "dont care"?

Dont be so bloody ridiculous. Its awful that there has been an ebola outbreak but me panicking about it in the UK is not going to assist anyone is it?

There are currently a lot of things going on in the world that are objectively worrying but if I spent all day fretting about them all I'd end up on a psych ward.

Who’s suggesting panicking and frothing?

I think people are just a bit concerned about the ability of governments and agencies to respond effectively.

The OP is- when people have responded calmly and rationally about the risk she has accused them of "not caring" so I am presuming she wants people to fret and worry.

It's perfectly possible to think something is awful without worrying about it constantly. As I said- there are many awful things in the world right now- does it mean if you are not worrying about them 24/7 that you couldn't give a shit about them?

It's perfectly possible to think something is awful without worrying about it constantly.

You would hope so, but we all know that many people do worry a lot about things like this, even if they’d prefer not to. Accusing them of ‘frothing’ is never in good faith. In fact, I’d say a few people on here like to come across the superior for being less worried about things like Ebola and the inhibited response to it due to the US’s recent funding decisions.

i would rather people cared, rather than dismiss things because they are far away and not on their doorstep, seems a big ask