WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a global emergency

Folks will forget Obama fought this crisis over there, he didn't wait for it to come here while under extreme political pressure. Of course he had a plan, but now there will be none. More needless deaths.

Aaroncanetsneck64

Death of USAID ain’t gonna help any of this thanks Elon & Donnie

kittycollins.bsky.social45

Remember when we had a real President called Barack Obama and there was a worrisome outbreak? He was all over it and our scientists and doctor’s were supporting the African effort to contain it? And, we heard about it but knew our country could be counted on to assist in stoping the spread? And now?

jmcardinalsfan.bsky.social39

If only there was an organization to stave off outbreaks like this. Hey, why don’t we create one and call it USAID? Oh yeah another cut by trump. Where has all the money saved by cut backs like this 🤔 www.npr.org/sections/goa...

flyflicker.bsky.social35

There used to be people who knew that humanitarian and medical aid to other countries was created specifically to safeguard PEOPLE IN THE U.S. Now it's "wasteful charity to foreigners". Welp, you can treat people there ... or wait until a disease gets here. Your choice, dimwits.

Women For Survival #GetOutTheMidtermVote27

Unlike hantavirus, which we have lived with in Arizona for decades, ebola is actually seriously dangerous to humanity. It is in Americans’ interest to send assistance to Africa immediately! @who.int

Clever Patter26

CDC use to have teams on the ground in other countries to help containment.

Lechter Detector19

Feel so bad for the ppl living there...scary!

polyheathen18

Remember when the right wing media ecosystem was in a frenzy over Ebola during Obama’s term?

Ned Wilcox14

Oh, I'm sure it will be gone by summer. --Donald Trump

Barbara Appleby14

This is a five-alarm fire-there is no diagnostic test and no vaccine for this variant-it will require strict isolation of cases and contact tracing & quarantine of contacts-THERE IS NO OTHER SOLUTION

Sian of the South13

In the past, the CDC and the army would already be on the ground. This is actually one of my worst nightmares.

bookstbr.bsky.social11

It has a 80-90% fatality rate and no virus specific vaccine. If it comes here, considering the many dumbasses we have in this country we will be fucked.

joe4zu.bsky.social10

Trump has pulled us out of WHO. Another move designed by Trump because he hopes for some kind of national emergency he can declare to cancel the midterms.

Zacharydideas9

In the US MAGA have no worries. They have ivermectin and glow stick suppositories to combat Ebola.

Bull Goose Looney9

And a carrier will soon arrive at an airport near you, and the government is in no way competent to manage it.

🩵💙🩵 Beth 🩵💙🩵8

Great, and we have a science denying jackass for a president and a psychotic junkie for a HHS Secretary.

Phil F.8

you guys remember the Ebola outbreak during the Obama administration? oh you don't? I bet you'll remember how the admin handles this one for a long long time.

Susannah R8

I’m sure the current HHS will advise everyone to take a dip in a sewage-river to inoculate ourselves from it. What a horror show. 🥲

Alice7

Here we go again. Have we learned nothing? Incompetence will rule the day.

Sian of the South7

An oldie but a goody. I read this again when RFK started slashing the CDC. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Anarchists Without Borders6

Thank God we've got RFK, Jr.'s brain worm, and 'El'no's USAID on the case.

OgreDragon5

USAID was the shield against Ebola..

WendyTSRQ5

Good thing we quit WHO. That will keep us safe. 🙄

Iain5

Just as well America is well prepared for this sort of thing, eh?

James J.5

And I am already afraid that when it comes to America, we can forget about midterm elections. And any other elections for that matter.

Ron Sparks4

Or as Donald Trump will put it: "Who cares about those s***hole countries? Buy my new Trump Mobile phone - it has a jack for your headphones!" www.bbc.com/news/article... #congo #drc #who #un #africa #dhs #health #medicine #outbreak #disease #pandemic

H Kenney4

W.H.O. - would this be the same organization the orange dipstick withdrew our country from?

EtherealSpirit4

USAID provided massive assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That has ceased thanks to the despot. Over 800,000 people have died so far. 9.4 million & 22.6 million preventable deaths globally by 2030, including 2.5 million to 5.4 million children under the age of 5. MASS MURDER!

Step 🐸4

defunding USAID will do that Universal Healthcare should be a human right.

Jmeyernj4

ivermectin all around honestly praying for the people of DRC praying that reasonable people can use science to contain this.

Patrice Brown4

Send in RFKJr, and Dr. Oz to the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight Ebola. Yeah, take all the Trump Regime with you.

forbiddenx.bsky.social3

Remember Trump canceled all these foreign aid programs which is a death sentance

oldbluecollar.bsky.social3

Suks to live in a 3rd world country.

malinois4me.bsky.social3

This is what happens when wealthier countries stop aid to much less fortunate countries. DOGE and Trump killed innocent people (as did Hegseth, Miller and the ICE gestapo).

o-reezy.bsky.social3

Here we go again. I remember when Ebola was on its way to eradication

Ryan H3

It’s amazing to think that one person might be responsible for all of this.

JanetB MAintelligentA3

And this is a variety with no approved vaccine.

Lilly3

And where is that functioning CDC that we used to have before Roadkill Jr. came aboard?

Sara2

Here we go again. Everyone stay safe. Mask up.

GmamaLili✨️2

Thanks for cutting spending, assholes. Now it's an epic disaster, just waiting to happen here. Sheer stupidity.

Murderbot 2387764312

Ebola is only transmitted through human to human direct contact with bodily fluids on a mucus membrane.

Coffee Magic2

RFK Jr will travel there to pick up raccoons and cut off their penises.

Kpow💥2

I swear to god I worked in dentistry when the last ebola outbreak came to the uS and I had a fking pt come in, say he went to the emergency room last night bc he wasn't feeling good, just got bk from w africa and they tested him and told him to isolate. So he came to the fking dentist. I hate ppl

💙🇺🇦 🚫🧊2

and the u.s. cut aid…….

Derek Smalls’ Moustache2

But 75 million Americans are immune because they think the WHO is fake news and voted for an asshole who withdrew the entire country from the WHO. So I guess, enjoy the sickness and death if it eventually spreads in a nation of 340 million people.

Sherry2

Ain't it great we cut our funding to who. So proud. America first right after congo.

Just G2

We should sent rfkJr there personally so he can tell them the dangers of vaccines and how bad health sciences are.

Strongarm37🇺🇦2

Don't look to this administration for help. The victims are Black.

charles-198.bsky.social2

No vaccine, not specific medicine known to stop it….. Bet RFK Jr is dancing in his bathroom….

vizslamum65.bsky.social2

scary for the world since we no longer have a cdc

SirNYC2

Oh no. Those poor people. What a horrible illness and way to die. With ebola outbreak, anti-virus outbreak, and Covid still circulating and creating new variants making people ill. It appears we're entering the pestilence portion of the world's current ongoing nightmare.

Deirdre3

The U.S. has the capacity to handle individual cases or importations of ebola, but there are concerns about reduced international coordination due to recent changes in federal agencies like USAID and the departure of WHO.

LjeanaBedouin1976🇺🇲💙🇺🇦🕊️🇵🇸2

Only the poor will die

Salvador’s Deli 🇵🇷🏴2

For the psychopath, as Trump surely is, chaos is a ladder.

christopezemole.bsky.social4

So while we looking at hantavirus Ebola says hold my beer.

Steven Lupo4

idk … seems like a bad time to pull out of the WHO, gut PEPFAR and USAID.

PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Twitter ‘X’ refugee thank you 'Elon' 🙄3

And we have anti vax and anti science RFKjr in charge of HHS. Good luck world this thing is going to spread

coconutlizard.bsky.social3

I wish we had a Dem In charge like Obama. Read about Ebola if you are not familia. R weakened us against this by firing everyone. This is the scariest most horrible!

rick3

*Has reached the capitals (airport hubs) in both Uganda and DRC; outbreak is large *Has incubation period of 2-21 days (generally 8-10) *Is NOT airborne *Transmitted by contact w/ bodily fluids (including sweat and bed linens), which is why family and health care workers get it before it’s ID-ed

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