Bacterial infection causing concern in China detected in Ireland - First Irish outbreak of mycoplasma pneumoniae in a number of years occurred in October, Health Protection Surveillance Centre warns by neolib in outbreaks

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That's a fortune coincidence for Ireland's embattled gov

China's Inner Mongolia reports two cases of bubonic plague by neolib in outbreaks

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It's weird how they don't say if the people are sick or how they are doing, or if they were given any medicine. No details.

Woman in Japan dies of Oz virus in world 1st, possibly tick-borne by neolib in outbreaks

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A man in Namibia has died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, prompting the country to declare an outbreak of the viral tick-borne disease ... Also known as Congo fever, the disease has a high fatality rate of up to 40 percent, according to the World Health Organization. by neolib in outbreaks

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Those high lethality viruses incapacitate and kill the infected before they have a chance to really spread.

CDC warns of Marburg virus after deadly Africa outbreak - The CDC is sending personnel to assist with the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Guinea and Tanzania by neolib in outbreaks

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Viruses like Marburg's are too virulent and lethal to become a global pandemic thankfully.

Covid was a great experiment in biological warfare. A virus that can spread globally is only going to have .5-1% fatality rate and then mutate into something less harmful.

CDC warns of Marburg virus after deadly Africa outbreak - The CDC is sending personnel to assist with the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Guinea and Tanzania by neolib in outbreaks

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The disease can cause haemorrhage, fever, and other symptoms similar to Ebola, which belongs to the same family of viruses. According to the WHO, there are no approved vaccines or antiviral treatment for Marburg, but early, professional treatment of symptoms like dehydration considerably increases survival chances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus

Of the 252 people who contracted Marburg during the 2004–2005 outbreak of a particularly virulent serotype in Angola, 227 died, for a case fatality rate of 90%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus_disease