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lazarus1 OP
May 18, 2026 at 03:05 PM ET
Ebola outbreak in Africa with this strain of the
the virus having no vaccine nor cure. What are the odds that it reaches North America on a scale 1-10 with 1 being no danger and 10 being a certainty?

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HtownHokie HtownHokie
2mo
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the media will have a ball exager-blaming 👉 👈 the entire thing, and projecting another black plague, spanish flu, or c-19 apocalyptic ending
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
2mo
1.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
2mo
17th ebola outbreak in Congo. Why will this be worse?
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turkeywinghokie
2mo
Vaccine? Did you say vaccine? People take those things?
E
EDGEMAN
2mo
I remember the US brought Ebola patients back to the US.
RJR developed a treatment, and none of the patients who came back to the US died. It's very dangerous and very transmittable, but if caught in time probably won't be a death sentence.
MP4VT2004 MP4VT2004
2mo
Isn't it only transmittable by direct contact?
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
2mo
No, it's transmitted by reading about it and discussing it online.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
2mo
Somebody say "spoiler" and save lives
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HOKIERIT
2mo
According to news today (if accurate), close contact and bodily fluids
Vtskier1 Vtskier1
2mo
If at first they don't succeed... try try again? SMDH
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
2mo
Some may say its already here (at least in Nebraska or Georgia).
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
2mo
That was hantavirus, from the cruise ship, wasn't it?
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
2mo
There may be other people in quarantine from Africa....Just evacuated out
an American Doctor.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
2mo
I thought the American doctor was evacuated to Germany. I don't see where
WHO or CDC are saying ebola patients are being brought to Georgia or Nebraska. ** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 5/18/2026, 8:20:15 PM
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
2mo
In fact, US Department of State today said:
"In response to an Ebola outbreak, the U.S. has banned entry for noncitizens who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan recently."