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CDC director warns that Congo’s Ebola outbreak may not be containable
washington post ^ | 11/05/2018 | Lena H. Sun

Posted on 11/07/2018 12:35:55 PM PST by BenLurkin

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Monday that the Ebola outbreak in conflict-ridden Congo has become so serious that international public health experts need to consider the possibility that it cannot be brought under control and instead will become entrenched.

If that happened, it would be the first time since the deadly viral disease was first identified in 1976 that an Ebola outbreak led to the persistent presence of the disease. In all previous outbreaks, most of which took place in remote areas, the disease was contained before it spread widely. The current outbreak is entering its fourth month, with nearly 300 cases, including 186 deaths.

If Ebola becomes endemic in substantial areas of North Kivu province, in northeastern Congo, “this will mean that we’ve lost the ability to trace contacts, stop transmission chains and contain the outbreak,” said Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, which hosted the briefing on Capitol Hill that featured the Ebola discussion with Redfield.

In that scenario, there would be a sustained and unpredictable spread of the deadly virus, with major implications for travel and trade....

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: 2018; cdc; congo; ebola; inglesby; redfield; robertredfield; tominglesby
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To: BenLurkin

Let the African Medical establishment deal with that Ebola epidemic.

Don’t bring that crap here. We have enough of our own diseases brought here by our illegal alian guest. A little Sarcasm there.


21 posted on 11/07/2018 3:12:58 PM PST by puppypusher ( The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.


22 posted on 11/07/2018 3:15:23 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: BenLurkin

One of my daughters is the “go to” person for another disease. She gets summoned regularly whenever there is an outbreak somewhere in the world to try to keep it under control. She goes to some really sadly unbelievable areas in third world countries. We keep hoping that she doesn’t get summoned to help out with the ebola outbreaks in the Congo.

The medical professionals who have volunteered in the past to help with the ebola outbreaks are heroes—and I don’t use that term lightly.


23 posted on 11/09/2018 7:25:46 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands
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