Posted on 03/28/2021 1:30:12 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Washington was considered ground zero for COVID-19 in the U.S., and now 23 travelers from the state are being monitored for another deadly contagious virus: Ebola. Add 4 in Oregon and 40 in Ohio!
The travelers recently returned from the West African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo — where there are outbreaks of the deadly virus — according to a news release from the state’s Department of Health.
The risk of Ebola coming to the United States remains “extremely low,” according to a news release last month from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.
Likewise, people in Washington are considered “low risk” for getting the virus, the state health department says.
The travelers recently returned from the West African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo — where there are outbreaks of the deadly virus — according to a news release from the state’s Department of Health.
The risk of Ebola coming to the United States remains “extremely low,” according to a news release last month from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.
Likewise, people in Washington are considered “low risk” for getting the virus, the state health department says.
Bombshell The news comes just days after scientists said that the world’s latest Ebola virus outbreak may have been caused by a person who was infected over seven years ago.
Top World Health Organization boss Mike Ryan said the “scary” new findings suggested the infection could remain for years and can be transmitted through sex.
Scientists compared the genetic sequence of the most recent virus with one from seven years ago – and found they were remarkably similar.
The bombshell findings mean the virus did not transmit from animals to humans as was previously thought, and were in fact hidden in a “persistently infected survivor” of the 2013-16 epidemic.
Ebola cases are rare in the United States The last confirmed cases in the U.S. came during the 2014-16 epidemic in Africa, when 11 people were treated for the deadly virus in the states. Most of the cases involved people who had contracted the virus outside the U.S., but in 2014 two nurses were infected while caring for an Ebola patient from Liberia in a Dallas hospital.
The man died, but the nurses recovered.
Meanwhile in Africa At least 18 Ebola cases and nine deaths have been reported amid a resurgence of the deadly virus in Guinea in West Africa.
The disease, first discovered along the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, has killed thousands of people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
But WHO officials said it is too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the outbreak – and further testing would be needed.
Scientists have long known that Ebola can persist in fluids such as semen, but it is highly unusual for a virus to lie undetected for so long.
Dr Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security, said on Twitter: “Based on the known mutation rate of (Ebola virus), we’d expect viruses that have been replicating for five to seven years, even at low levels, to have many more mutations.”
Biden’s fault.
Has calling this virus the Ebola virus caused an increase in violence against blacks?
You betcha!
LOL!
Only ‘violence’ against blacks is by cops I guess.
We have no idea who is making decisions for this country. It does not seem to be Biden. He is just a puppet.
“Top World Health Organization boss Mike Ryan said the “scary” new findings suggested the infection could remain for years and can be transmitted through sex.”
The only saving grace with Ebola was that it was so deadly and quick that people died before they could spread it to other villages.
Now it is years!?
Covid scam playin’ out, gotta push a new one
Oh Goodie, Ebola’s back..thanks Biden
Dead, bring ‘em out?
Just think how many are at the border waiting to infect us.
If you think covid-19 restrictions were bad, all bets are off if we have an ebola outbreak.
I’m still waiting for the outcry against South African, Brazilian, UK, and California variants.
As well as cancellation of German Measles, Zika, Lyme disease, Asian flu, Hong Kong flue, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
It’ll be deadlier IMHO I think.
That is if it is real and not just another reason to clamp down on us.
“The risk of Ebola coming to the United States remains “extremely low,” according to a news release last month from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.”
Last I looked, but my geography isn’t what it used to be, WA, OR, and OH are 3 out of the 50 states in the USA. Looks like CDC doesn’t know...again...that ship has sailed.
Obama and the ACLU said we can’t discriminate against people because they have been exposed to a pandemic disease.
They also said that we can’t force people to quarantine.
So NONE OF IT MATTERS.
How many fewer died from the flu this season?
How many fewer died from heart disease?
How many fewer died from cancer?
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