![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maxomaiI see a lot of people on Twitter wondering how come Ebola just suddenly vanished.
If you're one of those folks, I have some good news, some bad news, and some ugly news.
The good news is, it disappeared in the United States, thanks to some very good health care. It's also disappeared from Nigeria, and, we think, from Mali, also thanks to some very good health care.
The bad news is, it's still raging through West Africa, and has killed over six thousand people. Sierra Leone just literally canceled Christmas in a desperate attempt to get the virus under control.
The ugly news is, we thought we had the virus somewhat controlled, but we don't. It's still spreading, and the general consensus is that most of the spread is happening where the medical community can't see it. Which means it may very well turn out to be almost a hundred thousand cases.
And there's still no cure, or vaccine. The only thing to do is isolate the infected, support their immune systems, and hope the patient is one of the 30% who doesn't die from the virus.
So, not only hasn't the disease gone away, but the threat to the rest of the world is still very real.
Happy Holidays!
If you're one of those folks, I have some good news, some bad news, and some ugly news.
The good news is, it disappeared in the United States, thanks to some very good health care. It's also disappeared from Nigeria, and, we think, from Mali, also thanks to some very good health care.
The bad news is, it's still raging through West Africa, and has killed over six thousand people. Sierra Leone just literally canceled Christmas in a desperate attempt to get the virus under control.
The ugly news is, we thought we had the virus somewhat controlled, but we don't. It's still spreading, and the general consensus is that most of the spread is happening where the medical community can't see it. Which means it may very well turn out to be almost a hundred thousand cases.
And there's still no cure, or vaccine. The only thing to do is isolate the infected, support their immune systems, and hope the patient is one of the 30% who doesn't die from the virus.
So, not only hasn't the disease gone away, but the threat to the rest of the world is still very real.
Happy Holidays!
