Good News For Liberians: The Turkish Boat / Traveler Who Died At Sea... Was NOT An Ebola Or Marburg Case...

From 2014 through 2016, Liberia endured a rather severe outbreak of the dread Ebola virus. And now, with DRC reporting exploding case numbers, public health officials in many African nations are once again. . . "on edge".

While there is an effective vaccine (Merck/New Link) -- even this time around -- peoples' travel is largely unmonitored inside central Africa, for migratory work. So, a "hot-spot" anywhere can become a hot-spot in another country -- often before the first spot is even. . . definitively identifed. Here's the latest, from on the ground reporting, in Monrovia, Liberia:

. . .According to the Nimba County Health Team, the Turkish national, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was a crew member who reportedly died suddenly at sea near Maryland County. . . .

Those quarantined include workers at Gompa Funeral Home, passengers in the taxi that transported the body, and the funeral home’s owner, David Mulbeh. Military officers from the Gbarnga Regional Hub were deployed in Ganta to enforce compliance and prevent any possible spread of infection. Specimens from the deceased were subsequently sent to Monrovia for laboratory analysis. . . .

“To date (10th September 2025 at 21:00 Hrs GMT), all specimens received and tested by the molecular PCR method at the National Reference Laboratory of the NPHIL have demonstrated ‘NEGATIVE’ for Ebola and Marburg. This NEGATIVE-TEST RESULT thereby rules out any of the indicated VHF infections in said biological specimens,” said NPHIL Director General, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan. . . .

Yes -- we are sorely in need of some good news. And so, this will do -- for today. Onward, resolutely.

[As an aside -- did Charlie Kirk's widow imagine instagramming from inside his open casket -- showing his now waxy hands -- and the tie he's being buried in. . . was somehow akin to Mamie Till-Mobley having the world photograph and publish Emmett Till's battered body, after being lynched?!

I am at a loss for words, here. I respect Mrs. Kirk's need to grieve in her own way. . . but inside the casket?! Really? Her toddlers will now grow up, and this viral public footage will be recycled, endlessly. . . in their faces -- by mostly-unkind people. What on Earth?! I'm baffled. Utterly. . . baffled.]

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