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The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press.

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.

According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fuck yes! A deadly pandemic without long drawn out suffering? Sign me up!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Yeah those 48 hours don’t look too fun either though.

Feel awful for those affected.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Sadly, that makes this unlikely to go pandemic. If it kills too fast it can't spread.

We'll have to live a little while longer... 😒

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Until some poor sap examining the body gets a tear in his PPE and he gets the mutated version that turns him into a zombie

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I apologize in advance for my ignorance. But why do people like to eat bats? Are they particularly nutritious? Or is it a matter of access to foods and resources? Are they really yummy? And why didn’t Ozzy contract any weird deadly disease?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

This is why we had programs like USAID. To keep people from starving and eating infected animals harboring endemic viruses we know nothing about.

Even in the US, it's highly inadvisable to eat animals/bush meat infected with CWD even if it technically can't infect humans ...yet.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (30 children)

Because they need to eat.

Why do people eat chicken if there's a risk of getting salmonella?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

is it a matter of access to foods and resources

This is generally why people eat certain things, yes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure you eat anything possible when you're starving, and these children may have been.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We ordered the one that infects "red hat", not "fed bat". Blame a bad connection, but we're not paying for this Congo Labs. Try again. (Edit: forgot /s)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Was gonna say unexpected letterkenny but then I saw you come from lemmy.ca so...

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