Physician Scientist MDPhD
Infectious Diseases
Academic Medicine
Global Health
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Posts are my opinions, not my employer's and not medical advice
I bet on myself and double down
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BK. Titanji
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WHO risk assessment:
DRC -Very High
Uganda and neighboring countries charing borders with countries experiencing active cases - High
Rest of Africa and the world - Low
The outbreak is serious but the response is slowly catching up.
Hoping for the best.
Access for epidemiological investigations and contact tracing has been challenged by acts of violence towards healthcare workers and emergency responders highlighting the need for continued efforts to build trust within fragile and distrustful communities.
What's past is indeed prologue.
WHO published the latest situation update on the Ebola outbreak. confirmed cases are now at 534 including 93 deaths in the DRC. CFR is about 17% but likely underestimate as investigation seeks to confirm cause of death from earlier in the outbreak.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Uganda is at 19 cases. All of the linked to travel from DRC or exposure in health care settings. No evidence of community transmission so far. Testing is slowly improving, contact tracing is improving. Epicenter is Ituri province of DRC with 94% of cases .
I don't know what scares me more the part that he is disinterested in the job outside of wanting to advance his deadly anti vaccine agenda or that he is unqualified or both. Either way the damage he is causing will not be easily reversible.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/u...
Authoritarianism only succeeds when ordinary people and institutions are willing to carry its water. Police harassing and arresting physicians for distributing an editorial that criticizes the policies of the regime is very telling. Do not look away.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
As the excitement over the SpaceX IPO rises, a reminder of another ongoing stratospheric rise. This is the environment future trillionaire Musk has helped spawn through his efforts in DOGE and gutting of USAID.
This Could Be the Worst Ebola Outbreak in History www.nytimes.com/interactive/...