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The #WorldHealthOrganization declared the #Ebola disease #outbreak caused by a rare virus in #Congo & neighboring #Uganda a #PublicHealth emergency of #international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases & 88 deaths.
The #WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like COVID-19, & advised against the closure of international borders.
No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
"In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government’s top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been uncharacteristically missing in action, according to a number of experts."
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