Marburg Virus. Here we go again...

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The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country.

In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency confirmed the epidemic after samples from Equatorial Guinea were sent to a lab in Senegal to pinpoint the cause of disease after an alert from a local health official last week.

The WHO said there were currently nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting. The agency said it was sending medical experts to help officials in Equatorial Guinea stop the outbreak and was also sending protective equipment for hundreds of workers.

Kin to Ebola.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/02/13/marburg-virus-disease-outbreak-equatorial-guinea/11250717002/

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Well, monkey pox never really took off, so maybe we have a puncher’s chance. 
 

CHIEF

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The earth gonna clean the pests to help itself 

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[South Austin 52,688]

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

[SquishMitten 10,459]

A fatality rate of 23-90% is quite broad

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They didn't learn from their last round of monkeyfucking...

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8 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

A fatality rate of 23-90% is quite broad

Only 16 people have had it?A

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so 4 to 14 people are mostly dead?

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19 minutes ago, Longhornstampede said:

They didn't learn from their last round of monkeyfucking...

It's not called monkeyfucking any more.

 

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Marbug use to be pretty nasty.  I wonder how effective are the newer treatments.

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47 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Only 16 people have had it?A

The article mentions previous outbreaks, the biggest being 252 people in Angola. That one was 90% fatal, but another article that goes into it a bit more seems to indicate that there was little to no medical care available for most of the outbreak.

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14 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

The article mentions previous outbreaks, the biggest being 252 people in Angola. That one was 90% fatal, but another article that goes into it a bit more seems to indicate that there was little to no medical care available for most of the outbreak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus_disease#Epidemiology

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Equatorial Guinea is almost 100% Roman Catholic, so I'm sure it'll be gone by Easter.

 

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7 hours ago, South Austin said:

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

A crummy commercial?  Son of a bitch. 

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I guess I’ll have to cancel my Spring Break trips to Equatorial Guinea.

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Is Marburg an STD?  Because it might affect my spring break too.

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Look, we're gonna end up with COVIDbolaflu, and you're gonna like it, okay?

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Time to pull out The Hot Zone again. 

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Can we pin this on an oriental country somehow?  Much more accepting to make fun of them

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34 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Can we pin this on an oriental country somehow?  Much more accepting to make fun of them

“No offense to the Orientals.” - Bill Parcells

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-warns-us-spy-balloon-escalation-biden-rcna70945

 

China warns U.S. against escalation as balloon saga spirals

 

Biden, please let surly write the response. We even have a cartoonist.

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1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

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23 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It's not called monkeyfucking any more.

 

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