An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo. That's according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.
The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press.
The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.
According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms.
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the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat
You’re kidding me
Inb4 congo virus lab conspiracy theory
there have been legitimate concerns that the ongoing violence in the DRC could result in lab leaks and whatnot. I believe there are or at least once were some small lab outputs in DRC bush set up to help with monitoring for diseases.
EBFO? Eat a bat and find out.
Do we need awareness campaign for "don't fucking eat bats"? Didn't know we were that hopeless as species.
Economic desperation and lack of education. Think back to how dumb humans were just like 400 years ago, which is what 20 generations or something? Essentially no grasp of diseases in the modern sense. We are biologically 99.9999% or whatever the same as them.
Ebola spread during that ~2015 outbreak in large part because local customs meant washing the dead and otherwise being in close physical contact. Sadly, people simply didn't know better.
Also, this is exactly why dismantling USAID was such a phenomenally stupid idea.
You want more plagues? This is how you get more plagues.
From how our Oligarchs have been speaking about the rest of us for quite some time, I'm thinking they want more plagues to get rid of us pesky useless eaters. Hence the destruction of our public health establishment.
I doubt these kids had many food options dude .