An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
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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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the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat
You’re kidding me
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Inb4 congo virus lab conspiracy theory
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Note to self: Do NOT eat bats. Even if Mom says, "We're having bat tonight".
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EBFO? Eat a bat and find out.
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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,”
That's also great news because it's easy to identify infections, quarantine, and contain. What would be really worrying is a hemorrhagic fever with an incubation period of 5-21 days a la covid.
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Just because they died right after showing symptoms does mean that's when they were infected. Maybe you're contagious for 3 weeks then cough twice and die.
Have a nice day.
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Have a nice day.
I don't think I will
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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?
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Because they need to eat.
Why do people eat chicken if there's a risk of getting salmonella?
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Yeah no thanks, you have a nice day
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Can't we just have a regular old plague that kills like 30% of the population and not that sigma "I don't really want to kill you" bullshit?
Covid was so annoying, because it killed too few people for many to care. I don't want that again.
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You cook it...
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Yet thousands of people get salmonella every year from under cooked chicken and some die of it. Eating bat is the same, cook it correctly and it's safe.
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Guess I need to change my dinner plans for tonight.
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Fuck yes! A deadly pandemic without long drawn out suffering? Sign me up!
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Why not eat something nice and normal instead of a bat though? I mean FFS
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Lol wtf makes a bat not normal?
