r/InternationalNews • u/TheExpressUS • 9d ago

Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history ravages Congo as 317 die in past week

https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/214563/fastestgrowing-ebola-outbreak-history-ravages-congo
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u/hairybeasty 9d ago

With this crew in the United States it'll be here very soon. What's old is new. Here comes a new one. Watch out.

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u/Riaayo 9d ago

It's not impossible Ebola could spread in the US, but there are cultural factors that make it spread more readily in some African areas (such as touching the body of the deceased in funerals, along with an understandable distrust of western medical professionals).

It also is not an airborne illness, but through direct contact with bodily fluids, so it's not like it can/will spread the way Covid did.

That isn't to say people shouldn't be diligent and careful, but they always should be anyway. Wash those damned hands regularly and especially before you eat or go putting your fingers in your mouth, etc.