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    Ebola spreads to a major city

    Ebola spreads to a major city

    WHO does not have enough vaccines now. Expect the death toll to rise.

    The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up to the demands of an epidemic with no end in sight.

    Butembo, with more than 1 million residents, is now reporting cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever. That complicates Ebola containment work already challenged by rebel attacks elsewhere that have made tracking the virus almost impossible in some isolated villages.

    “We are very concerned by the epidemiological situation in the Butembo area,” said John Johnson, project coordinator with Medecins Sans Frontieres in the city. New cases are increasing quickly in the eastern suburbs and outlying, isolated districts, the medical charity said.


    The outbreak declared on Aug. 1 is now second only to the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people a few years ago. There are currently 471 Ebola cases, of which 423 are confirmed, including 225 confirmed deaths, Congo’s health ministry said late Thursday.


    Without the teams that have vaccinated more than 41,000 people so far, this outbreak could have already seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases, the health ministry said .


    This is by far the largest deployment of the promising but still experimental Ebola vaccine , which is owned by Merck. The company keeps a stockpile of 300,000 doses, and preparing them takes months.
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    Man this has deadly potential
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Man this has deadly potential
    It does. Luckily Ebola has not mutated to become airborne. That will make it global.
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    That will be another Trump fight, to say they can't immigrate to the US while the ACLU will file lawsuits against him saying it's a human right and a judge claiming he can't. I can see them holding signs now, no hate, no KKK, no racist USA. Let them in, all are welcome here.

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    Up to 319 dead.

    Ebola normally burns itself out after several months, but since this time it spread to a couple of major cities, burnout may take longer, or not at all.

    One of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history continues to worsen in the Democratic Republic of Congo with as many as 319 people now dead.



    The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that 542 Ebola cases had been recorded in the province of North Kivu -- 494 of which have been confirmed. Of the 319 believed to have died from the virus so far, 271 have been confirmed.


    On average, Ebola -- which causes fever, severe headache and in some cases hemorrhaging -- kills about half of those infected, but fatality rates in individual outbreaks have varied.
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    The Ebola virus is heading towards another major city in the DRC. Goma is a major regional transportation hub.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The Ebola virus is heading towards another major city in the DRC. Goma is a major regional transportation hub.
    Oh my lord. That is the worst. That is horrifying. Also that article talked about the experimental Ebola vaccine. Good God, that is one vaccine you don't want to be experimented on with. Darn it.... poor people. Thanks for the update though. We do need to keep tabs on this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just AnotherPerson View Post
    Oh my lord. That is the worst. That is horrifying. Also that article talked about the experimental Ebola vaccine. Good God, that is one vaccine you don't want to be experimented on with. Darn it.... poor people. Thanks for the update though. We do need to keep tabs on this.
    I have heard good things about the Ebola vaccine, but this outbreak still has a kill rate well over 50%.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It does. Luckily Ebola has not mutated to become airborne. That will make it global.

    Somebody is working on that as we speak no doubt.

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