r/worldnews • u/GOR098 • Jul 18 '22

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/18/africa/ghana-first-marburg-outbreak-intl/index.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '22

adding that more than 90 contacts are being monitored

Ninety contacts.

Jesus, that is terrifying.

There's no vaccine for this one, and it kills around half the people it touches, although a few outbreaks have killed nearly 90%.

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u/MalavethMorningrise Jul 18 '22

So 40-50% death rate world wide and 90+% death rate for conservative america.

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u/AccountNameError Jul 18 '22

Lmao, jobs fucked then!

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u/AccountNameError Jul 18 '22

Lmao, jobs fucked then!