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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    They had a previous outbreak in December that was diagnosed as malaria. This outbreak is not that one but malaria has not been confirmed as the culprit.

    In any case, please don’t go to Congo to bring whatever it is to the rest of the world. Let WHO experts figure it out…if only a retard president had not pulled funding for that vital global health organization.

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        Genuine question, would calling him an idiot, or some other euphemism, be better? It all boils down to “ableist” if you consider it deeply. How do you insult an individual without insulting people like them?

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          I mean, yes? Are there jackasses, douchebags, and shitbirds out there I should be worried about offending?

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          In general, value statements are meaningless except as an emotional expression and are a sign of an inability to be articulate and specific in what an issue is. It’s kinda why ad hominems are considered fallacies. Trump is a giant piece of shit though and that’s fine to say

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        Speak for yourself. I’ll slur all his disabilities any chance I get.

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      I haven’t seen the r-slur used since the mid 2000s, and now suddenly it’s everywhere in the past 2-3 weeks. Why are we back-pedaling on even the most basic decencies?

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        When fash take over the hard words come back. Also id say the prez is more retarded than someone with down syndrome so really he owns the word now kinda like how all nazis are boot licking fa*****ts(fascists lol)

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      I am thinking a Congo vacation might be the cheapest thing I can do to save America. Go straight fro the Congo to a Republican fundraiser.