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Great to see this happening now. We learned from COVID that public health leaders can't be relied on in a crisis, and are skipping straight to cleaning up their messes proactively.
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Quarter Million N95 Respirators Headed to DRC as California Group Eases Ebola Strain on Health System
A California relief group is sending 250,000 N95 respirators to help protect health workers amid the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
Mark Ungrin
It's extremely concerning that clinical authorities are not taking the possibility of aerosol transmission of Ebola seriously. This is exactly how they botched COVID containment in 2020 and let it get out of control. The UK COVID Inquiry just explicitly called it a "widespread failure" 3 months ago!
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Mark Ungrin
Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
www.aljazeera.com
More than 70 medics infected with Ebola as DRC outbreak spreads ‘fast’
Yeah, the USAID cuts were both evil and stupid. When it comes to pathogens, ignoring someone else's suffering is the best way to make it your own. The trouble with biological systems is selection pressure. Ebola *can* transmit via aerosols, and people infected with... apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
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Mark Ungrin