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Congo 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

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[–] Diplomjodler3 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's always lots of headlines like this but I still always wonder whether this one is "the one".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the modern era, we typically have pandemic response teams in place to prevent these headlines from transmuting into "the one". Can you guess what happened the last time last time these teams were defunded?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We saved a bunch of money and nothing bad happened at all?