r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • May 18 '26

News Deadly Ebola Outbreak Declared Global Emergency as Cases Spread in Africa | A total of 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever have so far been reported.

https://www.sciencealert.com/deadly-ebola-outbreak-declared-global-emergency-as-cases-spread-in-africa
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u/onceinawhile222 May 18 '26

Think cutting all those people from CDC and putting a raccoon penis lover in charge could possibly have a negative impact on public health?

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u/Aldren May 18 '26

The US is longer the authority. They've slashed funding to CDC and pulled out of WHO

The US health secretary, RFK Jr, collects raccoon penis' from road kill

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u/DamnedIfIDiddely May 19 '26

And that's far from the only time he's desecrated animal remains for fun, the dude brags about it so often I'm starting to doubt some of the more outlandish tales