Doctor Who?
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.
So far the false positive rate is 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...
I don’t know which is worse:
The outbreak in the Congo is unrelated to outbreaks in other, nearby, countries. This implies a whole new patent zero and other concerns.
The outbreak in the Congo is related to outbreaks in other, nearby, countries. This implies that containment attempts have at least partly failed.
In either case this isn’t good news for the rest of the world.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Every cannibal in the Congo, prefers
Vitameatavegabushmeat:
“It tasty too. Taste like candy.”