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Alec Pow

1 day ago

Alec Pow
1 day ago

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading in central Africa is a distinct species from the Zaire strain that existing approved vaccines target. A claim submitted to IsItCap this week asks whether the current vaccines can stop it.

isitcap.com/r/fact-check-ebola…

#Ebola #Bundibugyo #vaccines #publichealth #factcheck #science #virology

Fact check: Are existing Ebola vaccines ineffective against current outbreak strains?

Explore the effectiveness of existing Ebola vaccines against current outbreak strains. Verdict: mostly_false.

^IsItCap

#science #publichealth #vaccines #virology #ebola #bundibugyo #factcheck

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getmisch

1 week ago

getmisch
1 week ago

BVD (#Bundibugyo Virus Disease) has been elevated to a #PHEIC (#PublicHealth #Emergency of International Concern), but does not match a #pandemic #classification as defined in the IHR (#International Health Regulations 2005), by #WHO (#World #Health Organization).
"...and clusters of deaths across Ituri all point towards a potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being #detected and reported."
Since there's no #vaccine, "this is considered extraordinary."
#Ebola #outbreak

#health #outbreak #publichealth #international #world #vaccine #who #pandemic #EMERGENCY #ebola #bundibugyo #pheic #classification #detected