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Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
npr ^ | July 15, 2026

Posted on 07/15/2026 7:04:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track despite an expanding response.

Congo has been battling an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola since May, with no approved treatment or vaccine. The Africa Centres for Disease Control says it is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on the continent.

"Perhaps the most alarming finding is that many of the newly reported deaths are people who died in their communities without ever reaching a health facility and without receiving care," Chikwe Ihekweazu said after returning from Bunia, in Ituri province, one of the worst-hit cities. "And as of today, 80% of new cases are outside our contact lists and so are coming to us from unknown chains of transmission."

The outbreak, Ihekweazu said, "continues to outpace the response efforts."

As of Monday, at least 1,926 people have been infected, of whom 702 have died, in three provinces in Congo from the rare Bundibugyo virus, Congolese authorities said. Cases have also been confirmed in neighboring Uganda.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: ricola

1 posted on 07/15/2026 7:04:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: null and void

He: "He said Bundibugyo."
SHE: "Ping Null and Void."
2 posted on 07/15/2026 7:05:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Per AI and sourced to the French governmemt...

“The worst year for Ebola was 2014, during the devastating West Africa epidemic. Across that single calendar year, the World Health Organization reported approximately 7,900 deaths out of more than 20,000 confirmed and suspected cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.”

Paging NPR.


3 posted on 07/15/2026 7:07:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: BenLurkin

Quick! Get the doctors plane tickets to the USA ASAP!!


4 posted on 07/15/2026 7:10:48 AM PDT by not in the club
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To: not in the club

The Party would love to bring entire villages here. Diseases and all.


5 posted on 07/15/2026 7:11:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Unless you’re just trying for terror, Ebola would be a lousy one to pick.

Per AI...

“Historical Context: While Ebola has a high case fatality rate (averaging about 50%, though it can range from 25% to 90%), it has historically caused far fewer global deaths compared to widespread respiratory pandemics because it requires direct, close-proximity contact to spread.”


6 posted on 07/15/2026 7:15:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: mewzilla
Understood, however this particular strain is supposedly less efficient than typical. Sort of improved its function by having less gain of function. Or something.
7 posted on 07/15/2026 7:18:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

You can bet they’re doing something that they think protects them but infects them


8 posted on 07/15/2026 7:24:51 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: BenLurkin

They can’t count past 700 ??? These guys should’ve been in charge of Covid.


9 posted on 07/15/2026 7:31:02 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: BenLurkin

Yellow journalism fear pron.
Literally not the worst outbreak, but NPR is about as ignorant as they come and ignores history.

Also, one of the easiest diseases and places on earth to manage, total quarantine except for real medical / humanitarian aid, isolate completely and it burns out.


10 posted on 07/15/2026 7:40:51 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: butlerweave

They could be hanging out with ebola corpses for some bizarre reason.


11 posted on 07/15/2026 7:43:33 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: BenLurkin; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ..
Where is St. Fauci the Divine?
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...


Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.


12 posted on 07/15/2026 7:45:37 AM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: mewzilla
it requires direct, close-proximity contact to spread.

That happens when a primitive culture has a tradition of hugging its dead at funerals and then fights anyone who tries to stop them from doing that. Fortunately Ebola has a high burn rate and can’t be easily brought here due to the travel time. Let the natives deal with it their way and let’s stay out of it.

13 posted on 07/15/2026 7:57:53 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: BenLurkin

Pre-shadows the “Pale Horse” which should silence the scoffers.


14 posted on 07/15/2026 8:04:40 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: BenLurkin

Oh definitely!


15 posted on 07/15/2026 8:30:27 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

If POS Obama was president he would be importing hundreds of these Ebola infected, to be treated here with the excuse being “research” ..... Fauci style dangerous research.


16 posted on 07/15/2026 8:38:09 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: BenLurkin

Is everyone still hugging mom and dad when they die. Handling corpses is something more advanced civilizations have perfected. Still an issue in Africa.


17 posted on 07/15/2026 9:16:33 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BenLurkin

So it’s ebola light?

Let’s send AOC on a fact finding trip.......have her take bernie sanders with her....get the millionaire democratic socialists point of view....


18 posted on 07/15/2026 11:13:10 AM PDT by BFW
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To: BenLurkin

They’d better rush thousands of them to US hospitals as soon as possible. Maybe China can finance it behind the scenes.

God forbid.


19 posted on 07/15/2026 12:49:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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