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Mysterious illness kills more than 50 people in Democratic Republic of Congo (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

More than 50 people in the north-western of the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of an unidentified illness.

The outbreak began on January 21, with 419 cases having been recorded since.

The first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Have we learned nothing? Leave bats the fuck alone!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why does everything sound like an ominous foreshadowing background headline in a horror movie nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Back to back reading from 1994. The first is like reading a story in a tabloid, the 2nd like the same story in the New York Times.

I wish everyone had read these, Covid was mild in comparison:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone

https://www.lauriegarrett.com/the-coming-plague