Post by @kakape@mas.to

2026-05-15 09:27 UTC

While everyone is watching hantavirus I&#39;m actually much more eager to learn more about the Ebola outbreak in DRC&#39;s Ituri Province that Africa CDC has confirmed. Early information makes it sound very large for an outbreak that has just been reported: &quot;about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths&quot;

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@kakape@mas.to 2026-05-15 09:27

It also appears not to be Ebola Zaire, the Ebola species targeted by currently approved vaccines: "preliminary laboratory results from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) have detected Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested. The results suggest a non-Zaire ebolavirus."

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@JacquesCaplat@eldritch.cafe 2026-05-15 11:09

@kakape@mas.to 😱

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-05-15 12:44

@kakape@mas.to But that didn’t happen to rich white people. Which is why it’s not front page news!

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@JizzelEtBass@kolektiva.social 2026-05-15 13:56

@kakape@mas.to Who doesn't love a good #HemorrhagicFever outbreak? .. Anyone? Anyone? ... ... ... I am being told that only Infectious disease specialists / epidemiologists are actually excited about this. {I was super stoked when we had the first case of #CochliomyiaHominivorax in a human here in the USA, aka New World Screw Fly}

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@shansterable@ohai.social 2026-05-15 16:54

@kakape@mas.to I am concerned also about H5N1 outbreaks closer to home, with dairy herds under quarantine in a neighboring state.

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