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posted on Dec, 26 2018 @ 10:54 PM
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a reply to: TheLorax
Ah now that is a conspiracy. And probably some truth to it, but ya could be more then a little truth to it. I remember some years ago during the Ebola scare, there were whole villages barricading or kicking out the help, some forcefully, or as forcefully as they could seeing they had no guns and the people wanting to help them did.

But anyways, I dont see why Bill Gates would want to reduce world population. If he did that, he, his company, his shareholders and stock holders, investors everybody would literally like killing off customers or potential customers. Making themselves a whole lot poorer. But then again he has so much money dont think the promise of more would do much as seeing one lifetime alone would not be enough to spend it all.

But there must be a reason why all these new "cures" are first tested in dingy poor African countries.

I think its way past time for African nations to say. Oh you want to help. Sure go help dig up that well or irrigate those canals. Oh you want to stick needles in us and try these new drugs. No thanks, don't need that kind of help. If one were to look at the statistics it seems that these outbreaks did not happen nowhere near with the frequency back when they even colonial times or even farther, before the invention of the frying pan.

So they have either devolved and things are getting worse, conditions of living and everything in these more modern times. or something more is a happening. Really people only started tracking on record disease epidemic in Africa in the 1990s I think, maybe the 80s or 70s. So how knows, not people speculating on the internet that's for sure. Boots on the ground right, I dont think its just superstitions that got all those villages and people to try to reject help, and by help I mean more people sticking more needles in them.

But we shall see the truth of this all. In oh, I would say about 100 or two hundred years the truth may come out. It is the way history works. Only after the facts are done, and always to late. In hindsight. Because in the moment there is to much chatter, and way to much bull# on both and all parts.



posted on Jan, 12 2019 @ 02:33 PM
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Per the latest updates there are now 630 cases and the fatality rate is holding at 61%. What is particularly alarming is that for the first time since the outbreak began the greatest increase in new cases are centered in the city area of Butembo/Katwa, home to more than a million people and a major trade and travel hub for the area. After 7 1/2 months of aggressive containment efforts the disease is still advancing in highly populated areas as well as more distant villages.

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posted on Jan, 23 2019 @ 12:52 PM
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As of 1/20/19 the total number of cases stands at 689. The biggest increases in the number of new cases reported occurred in the cities of Katwa and Butembo, the two most populous cities in the area home to more than a million people. The number of new cases reported in Beni, the original location of the outbreak, have decreased but reporting has been delayed due to a temporary break in response efforts citing a local security issue as the cause. The interruption in containment efforts may cause a surge in new cases in the area.

The growing increase in new cases being reported in the major cities of Katwa and Butembo are a serious issue. Typically this disease occurs in small villages where it can be more readily contained. The lethal nature of the disease along with the speed with which it progresses aid in containment efforts in remote villages. However, in densely populated areas like the cities of Katwa and Butembo that is not the case. Being major trade and travel hubs for the area the outbreak clusters in Katwa and Butembo are of great concern and not easily contained. Further complicating response efforts are the growing number of responder cases. Despite rigorous protocols medical personnel are contracting the disease in growing numbers.



posted on Jan, 28 2019 @ 08:35 AM
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As of 1/27/19 there were 733 cases reported. The mortality rate is 62%. In the 21 day period between 1/2/19 and 1/22/19 there were 102 new cases reported. 74 of those cases were in the cities of Katwa and Butembo, home to more than 1 million people. Of the 148 total cases in Katwa less than half (55/148) were registered as contacts at the time of onset. Registered contacts are people known to have had direct contact with other infected persons. In a city the size of Katwa these numbers are alarming. It means there is a chance the disease is spreading more by secondary or indirect contact than direct.

WHO officials state the threat level remains high at the national and regional levels but insist the global risk remains low at this tine. With the far greater number of cases being reported in the trade and travel hub of Katwa/Butembo I fail to understand how the global risk is not of greater concern. After 8 months of dedicated containment efforts the disease is spreading in one of the largest and busiest urban areas with international travel options in the DRC. In my opinion it is only a matter of time now until cases are reported in other nations.



posted on Feb, 8 2019 @ 08:44 PM
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As of 2/5/19 there were 791 cases reported. The mortality rate is holding at 62%. In the 21 day period between 1/14/19 and 2/3/19 there were 123 new cases reported. The cities of Katwa, Butembo, and Beni, home to more than 1 million people, are responsible for 79% of the new cases. These numbers confirm that new cases in heavily populated urban centers are outpacing smaller villages and outlying areas where these types of numbers would usually be seen.



posted on Feb, 27 2019 @ 09:59 PM
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After 18 months of dedicated containment efforts the WHO reports that the outbreak is continuing with the number of cases increasing to 872. The mortality rate has increased to 63%.


"Trends in case incidence reflect that the outbreak is continuing, with most recent cases reported in the major urban centers of Katwa and Butembo, with 84% (61/73) of cases reported in the last three weeks ..."


Katwa and Butembo are the two majors cities in the area and have been responsible for the majority of new cases for the last several months. The ongoing outbreak in major urban centers is of great concern due to the proximity of international travel opportunities and dense population.



posted on Apr, 25 2019 @ 03:02 AM
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The current numbers are not showing any sign of relief. As of the last reporting period the total number of cases is 1353 with 880 deaths. Closing in on two years since the outbreak was first reported, the numbers are still very disturbing, especially in the larger urban areas like Katwa and Butembo. This commercial hub is home to more than a million people and the disease is holding on despite the best efforts of all the worlds major health organizations best efforts to contain it.



posted on Apr, 27 2019 @ 03:47 AM
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Thanks for the update.



posted on Jul, 14 2019 @ 11:16 PM
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I have not posted in this thread for a few months, but I have been watching the event unfold. We are approaching SIT-REP #50 and things are getting worse instead of better.

As of the latest reported data, there are 2,451 cases with 1,647 deaths. The fatality rate has increased yet again, to just over 67%. As of January it had been holding steady at 62%.

Butembo and Katwa, major urban areas with an international travel center, are still highly active. The hottest zone currently, however, is Beni, another major urban area home to approximately 250,000 people.

Being the second largest Ebola outbreak in DRC history, this event has the attention of every major organization meant to deal with threats such as this. Despite their best efforts since the outbreak was first reported the death toll is still rising and the fatality rate along with it. The disease is killing better now than when the outbreak started. Having the disease go uncontrolled in major urban areas is frightening enough. Having the disease become more lethal with the passage of time throughout a single outbreak leads to the suspicion that the disease is evolving. The more the fatality rates increase, the more likely it is that the current virus is different, and more lethal, than it was when this outbreak began.

if there were no countermeasures in place, no major world health organization intervention, no vaccine, it might be plausible that the disease is simply living up to our expectations of it. However, with all the mitigating factors/agencies working at their best and highest capacity it is possible the ever-increasing fatality of the disease is a sign of a more lethal variety emerging. It has happened before and will no doubt happen again. It's just a matter of time.
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posted on Jul, 15 2019 @ 03:14 AM
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A case in Goma was just reported. It is a very large city. Close to Rwanda.

www.statnews.com...


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posted on Jul, 15 2019 @ 07:06 AM
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When this was happening in small villages far from major urban areas it was a real problem. Now it is happening in cities with more than a million people. It has to be taken seriously. This has to be taken seriously. It is only a matter of time until someone contagious embarks on international travel, either in ignorance or fully cognizant of his actions.



posted on Jul, 17 2019 @ 11:16 AM
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originally posted by: drussell41
a reply to: Vroomfondel

A case in Goma was just reported. It is a very large city. Close to Rwanda.

www.statnews.com...



That is a disturbing development. the hotspot for this outbreak has been primarily in the Northern Kivu district. Goma is the capital of Kivu but has been spared direct involvement until now.

Every time this disease appears in a large densely populated area the chances of a global pandemic increase. I am not fear-mongering or shouting the sky is falling. It is a simple truth. This disease spreads and kills quickly. Its lethality is one of the things that has prevented global outbreaks in the past. When people in a small jungle village contract the disease typically they become incapacitated before they can travel far enough to spread the disease. That is why whole villages can be wiped out without neighboring villages being affected. With the disease in a city of more than a million people, a city with an international airport, the chances of containment drop drastically.

It wasn't that long ago that I saw the reports of specific hot-spots within Katwa. They were primarily in the same region of the city. Then a new report came out and there were cases on the opposite side of the city. The disease had crossed straight through the center of the city and appeared on the other side. Now the cases are all over the area. International travel is the key here.



posted on Aug, 30 2019 @ 01:57 AM
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This outbreak just keeps rolling along.



As of 20 August, a total of 2927 EVD cases were reported, including 2822 confirmed and 105 probable cases, of which 1961 cases died (overall case fatality ratio 67%). Of the total confirmed and probable cases, 58% (1697) were female, and 28% (830) were children aged less than 18 years. To date, 154 health workers have been infected.


Current numbers put the total number of cases over 3,000 with a mortality rate holding at 67%. The most active part of the outbreak is in the larger cities as it has been for many months now. Every day that passes the chances of genuine containment fall. It is truly just a matter of time before an infected person boards an international flight and spreads this outbreak beyond the DRC.

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posted on Aug, 30 2019 @ 02:29 AM
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Thank you for the updates Vroom. An awful situation.

Cheers



posted on Jan, 21 2020 @ 09:44 PM
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As of January, 2020, the total number of cases is 3,390 with 2,233 reported deaths holding the death ratio at 66%.

The most active areas remain the most populous cities in the region, which includes an international airport. It is obvious that containment, after twenty months of ongoing infection in a city of over one million people, is highly unlikely.

One infected traveller on an international flight to a country not familiar with ebola is a recipe for disaster. I believe it is nearly miraculous that is has not happened already. Just as I believe that the longer this outbreak continues, the more the odds will be against us.




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