Go a little off topic
—Ebola update: Short again. The WHO is late with a situation report, but as near as I can tell from other sources there appears to be 1 new case in the last week. Again, low trickle is likely to continue for a bit, and no one will pay attention because coronavirus is all. Speaking of …
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This will be on the shorter side–we have another whole pork processing plant sending samples to us right now for emergency testing, on top of all of the “regular” cases. Ebola: Still holding steady at 6 patients, 4 of which have died. They have 942 contacts identified, including transmission chains via sequencing, but follow up …
Ebola—two new cases have now become 6 since April 10th. They have already identified several hundred contacts, many of whom are vaccinated, but follow up has been frankly terrible due to the ongoing security situation in the DRC. They have 6000 doses of vaccine in country, but WHO is warning that getting more will be …
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Well, that was quick. Ebola re-emerged this past week in the DRC, as two patients died of disease and were confirmed to have Ebola. Very likely the Ebola Janes are still circulating, and will make long term control difficult. Right now, they are trying to sequence the virus from both patients to see if either …
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No new Ebola cases this week. The world is safe(ish) from Ebola yet again. Coronavirus section will be bona fide short this time. –The CDC finally got a serology test together and is testing for antibodies in asymptomatic or never symptomatic patients in “outbreak” areas in the US. Again, this is the best test of …
Ebola: Last contacts have finished follow up, and have not caught the virus. Very close to the last Ebola update (until the next outbreak). Coronavirus: We’ve still been brisk on the testing, so comments will be brief. –There are several distinct strains of coronavirus, if you have seen those headlines. That does not mean the …
Just a couple late breaking developments. –Abbott has received an emergency use authorization for their rapid ID Now device. This is a point of care device that does a quick and dirty version of the RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2. It can ID a positive in 6 minutes, and run longer to be more sure of …
Ebola—No new cases. End remains in sight. 2,273 deaths total for this outbreak. Coronavirus—Most everyone on this list has had a lot of time, and everything is all coronavirus, all the time (so juuuuust a quick reminder that Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself). In terms of world events with coronavirus, good chance you are …
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Ebola: No new cases and the last 46 contacts of the last known patient finished their follow up period this past week. We’ll follow for another couple weeks just in case of an “Ebola Jane” flare up, but humanity appears to have triumphed again. At least against Ebola. As for coronavirus, again, more than I …
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No new cases of Ebola. Only 46 people still under watch as a known contact, but they are nearly all out of the incubation period window. We are a couple weeks from officially over at this point. On the coronavirus, man, pretty slow week, huh? : ) This will be pretty short (and I mean …
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