WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency

Post by JumpCrisscross » Sun, May 17, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC

picsao wrote: post #22

thinkcontext wrote: post #7

I read elsewhere that this strain is less deadly than previous strains. I'm no epidemiologist but being less deadly could allow it to spread further, which is obviously concerning. Also, the article says surveillance picked up the spread late. I wonder if the US's pulling back from the WHO and other international functions had anything to do with this, it used to make up a big chunk of its resources and staff.

The WHO is just another politically subverted organization. It declared covid for half an eternity as not airborne. If its connected with a loos of face or economic short term losses- many actors will put the pressur on to prevent the declaration of an pandemic or other travell restrictions. The us is not involved in this mess.

Post by antonvs » Sun, May 17, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC

thinkcontext wrote: post #7

I read elsewhere that this strain is less deadly than previous strains. I'm no epidemiologist but being less deadly could allow it to spread further, which is obviously concerning. Also, the article says surveillance picked up the spread late. I wonder if the US's pulling back from the WHO and other international functions had anything to do with this, it used to make up a big chunk of its resources and staff.

Post by trvz » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #47

trvz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> People with the flu tend to self-isolate showing symptoms. Do you have any other fantasy tales you’d like to tell?

The world is bigger than the US. Also, not everybody in the US is an underpaid service worker with no benefits. Also, if you limit yourself to just the US, you're still just wrong [1]: > Approximately one-quarter (26%, n = 303/1169) of adults (aged 16–64 years) with self-reported ILI took time off work for their illness for a mean of 3.3 days, compared with 31% (n = 31/99) and 20% (n = 3/15) of those with confirmed i…

Post by malfist » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC

rob_c wrote: post #39

mschuster91 wrote: post #36

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In this case I'd guess the DOGE cuts to foreign aid are a massive, massive contributor to the problem. A lot of third-world countries heavily relied on USAID et al to keep basic sanitation and healthcare going.

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Post by Take8435 » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #64

"It is unclear how that [closure of US-AID program] might have affected the response to this outbreak." But, we'll just throw that in to the story anyway, even though we have no facts either way.