Scores of people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers from the WHO are investigating the cause of this mysterious Disease X.
  • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    12 days ago

    No please don’t let it be called disease X please no

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    342·
    12 days ago

    Instead of some crappy website like Forbes, why not get all the information directly from the source.

    https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON546

    The summary at the top is the only part that needs reading, though the rest is informative too.

    Basically, they don’t know what it is yet, though given the malnourished, somewhat cut off, poor region with spotty healthcare at best, this could be one or multiple illnesses that we already know about, which have all struck a weak population at a bad time.

    So, no need to panic just yet. They’re sending various test samples off to be checked out, but the road out of the region takes 48 hours to drive due to rainy season issues, so it’s a bit slow going.

    All in all, this is likely no big deal, but certainly worth keeping an eye on just to be safe. These sorts of things happen all the time, basically, but before COVID nobody really cared.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      113·
      12 days ago

      Instead of some crappy website like Forbes, why not get all the information directly from the source.

      Because rule 1 in the sidebar says news articles only and press releases are not news articles. OP did the right thing in this community.