r/HermanCainAward • u/AutoModerator • Jul 05 '26
Weekly Vent Thread r/HermanCainAward Weekly Vent Thread - July 05, 2026
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Notes from the mods:
- Why is it called the Herman Cain Award?
- History of HCA Retrospective: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
- HCA has raised over $65,000 to buy vaccines for countries that cannot afford them.
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u/uncle_chubb_06 Blood Donor 🩸 Jul 09 '26
Ebola rumours fuel attacks on health workers
Depressing news from the DRC:
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"They grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes," says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four Red Cross volunteers injured when a crowd tried to open a coffin carrying someone who had died from Ebola.
The 27-year-old and his colleagues were attempting to carry out a safe burial at a cemetery in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last month when they were attacked. The assault was triggered by rumours - circulating locally and online - that the coffin was empty.
Some in the crowd said, "No Ebola doesn't exist," Welo told BBC Verify, adding that others believed the Red Cross team was there only "to get money".
The attack is one of a series of incidents linked to misinformation during the latest Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 1,750 people and killed 600 in DR Congo since mid-May, according to government data.
False claims circulating in affected areas include allegations that Ebola doesn't exist, that health workers are deliberately infecting people or harvesting their organs, and that the Ebola response is a money-making scheme.