Dr. Steven Novella
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This is not going to be another COVID-19.
Let me just say that up front.
Because Ebola is transmitted through direct fluid contact.
One of the big concerns is burial practices, right?
Or healthcare workers who are treating these people.
So people who are in direct contact with patients or bodies.
But it still, you know, it can spread enough that you can get an epidemic that is continuing to spread.
The last...
DRC Ebola outbreak, how long do you think it took before it ended?
Like the World Health Organization said it's over.
Like from the first confirmed case?
From the first case to the last case.
What was the duration of the last?
Two years.
Two years.
Yeah, so they're getting them every few years, and they can last up to a couple of years.
So they're almost continuously in one Ebola outbreak or another.
Obviously, there's time in between, but you know what I mean.
Yeah, so in the DRC, there's a few issues.
One is the extremely remote areas, hard to get aid to.