Yesterday, I read a description of an Ebola ward where relatives are allowed in (some with as little protection as scarves and rubber gloves) because the clinic cannot offer the patients food and water.
Also, local burial customs (getting people not to touch the dead is a challenge).
Also, denial (some don’t think it’s real, or real enough).
It’s baffling that it’s not even an airborne virus to spread this quickly. Something doesn’t add up.
Absolute poverty.
Yesterday, I read a description of an Ebola ward where relatives are allowed in (some with as little protection as scarves and rubber gloves) because the clinic cannot offer the patients food and water.
Also, local burial customs (getting people not to touch the dead is a challenge).
Also, denial (some don’t think it’s real, or real enough).
Yeah, it’s terrible!
Previous outbreaks of the same virus:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Year | Geographic location | Human cases / deaths (case-fatality rate) | |-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | 2007–2008 | Bundibugyo District, Uganda | 149 / 37 (25%) | | 2012 | Province Orientale, DRC | 57 / 29 (51%) | | 2026 | Ituri Province, DRC | TBD | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -And it’s already much worse than previous ones. >>
Confirmed cases: 225Suspected cases: 1037Deaths: 241