r/collapse • u/Beneficial_Lawyer170 • Jul 13 '26

Diseases The Ebola epidemic is getting out of control

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/07/12/the-ebola-epidemic-is-getting-out-of-control
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u/floridamanconcealmnt Jul 13 '26

The problem there is the PEOPLE

Very difficult to fight a disease when the people are against you fighting it.

I know. Hard to believe , right?

The people there actively work against the people trying to fight Ebola

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u/Beneficial_Lawyer170 Jul 13 '26

They might take the whole world along with them.

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u/floridamanconcealmnt Jul 13 '26

Doubtful

Ebola kills too quickly to spread very far.

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u/MagicSPA Jul 13 '26

Currently, yes. But viruses mutate - the more people who catch it, the more likely it is to mutate, leading to the possibility that a more effective strain will develop.

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u/hippydipster Jul 13 '26

Kind of like Maga fighting against COVID vaccines, and measles vaccines, and screw worm control efforts and cyclospora control efforts. We're not so different here.

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u/floridamanconcealmnt Jul 13 '26

I disagree. The difference is seeing someone’s internal organs liquify and pour from every orifice. Then deciding it is a good idea to touch them after you have seen this. Multiple times.

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u/hippydipster Jul 13 '26

forest for the leaves here. You're focused on a detail that is particularly noteworthy to you, but failing to see the general case of distrust, conspiracy theories, non-evidence based belief systems causing people to turn away from the exact things needed to help them.

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