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The Washington Post is reporting that the Center for Disease Control's director is warning that the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak may not be containable. The ongoing conflicts in the region might ensure that the disease becomes entrenched instead of coming under control. If it becomes endemic to the province then it will become impossible to trace contacts, stop transmission chains, and contain the outbreak. Apparently 60% to 80% of the newly-confirmed cases have no known epidemiological link to prior cases, indicating loss of control and fewer options for prevention or treatment. High level political attention is becoming needed at this point for there to be a solution.
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CDC Director Warns that Congo’s Ebola Outbreak may not be Containable
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There will be big changes for you but you will be happy.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @04:46PM (8 children)
Why contain it?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:27PM
For easier warehousing, and eventual export, most likely.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:36PM (1 child)
It's a bit like a forest fire. It's not generally possible to put the entire thing out, so firefighters focus on containing it so that it runs out of fuel and eventually goes out on its own. We can do that because the forest itself is something that can be reforested and forest fires get to be massive relatively quickly. Contrast that to how we handled buildings that are on fire. Most of the time, the firefighters try to put it out as soon as it can safely be done. Occasionally, the might let the thing just burn down and contain it, but frequently, they can extinguish it.
Trying to put the disease down, would require more or less roaming bands of death squads murdering everybody that's either contracted it or been exposed to it. Yes, it would probably be effective, so long as proper procedures are followed for decontaminating the death squads and disposing of the remains, but few people would suggest that this is an acceptable means of dealing with people.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by black6host on Saturday November 10 2018, @09:44PM
If the groups involved in the conflict decide that killing everyone on sight is better than spreading Ebola through their midst you just might get your roaming death squads. I doubt they're prepared to deal with this outbreak in a medically sound way. This may all lead to increased violence and death. It's a sad situation and I'm glad I don't live there. I feel for those who do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @06:09PM (4 children)
I know right?? Better to let it spread and hopefully wipe out all the racist idiotsbin the world.
Can we engineer viruses to attack certain mental states?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by EvilSS on Saturday November 10 2018, @06:16PM (3 children)
Wait, you didn't thing it was going to work the other way 'round did you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @06:29PM (1 child)
So being not-racist is liberal huh? Good to know, go plan your little civil war. It'll suck, but at the end maybe we will be rid of the Nazi stain on humanity.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @03:34AM
We should study the Russian Revolution. There may be another period of history coming up where international working class has a credible chance at taking democratic control of the means of production and expropriating the wealth of the bourgeoisie.
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday November 12 2018, @02:49PM