In Less Sanguine News, Ebola/Bundibugyo Has Now Hit Over 5,000 Cases In DRC -- Ituri, And Bas-Uele Provinces... Ugh.

We know this will likely be the most rapidly lethal Ebola outbreak in recorded world-wide history -- even as EU and WHO and local partners race to try and arrest the now wildly-free contagion. Just a sad moment for epidemic science, here.

Here is that deeply discouraging news, from NPR:

. . .The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country's remotest regions.

Health investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo interview individuals as part of their contact tracing — seeking to find those who came into contact with people infected with Ebola.

Data from Congo's Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday, as it rages in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable fueled by insecurity, displacement and intense population movements.

The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history. The World Health Organization estimates it will likely surpass the outbreak of 2014 to 2016 across West Africa, which was the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record with more than 11,000 deaths. . . .

Onward, just the same -- into the clear, thin 14,000 foot air. Be excellent to one another.

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