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NeuroticPsionic t1_j3yz7gn wrote

Took more than 10 whole years but finally. I wish the same happened to COVID.

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alphahydra OP t1_j40cnbe wrote

It's the end of a four month long outbreak in humans. Not the total end of Ebola, unfortunately (which has been around much longer than a decade), as there are natural reservoirs of the disease in animals.

The concern with this recent outbreak was it would run out of control and spread more widely than the usual range for Ebola, as happened with monkeypox. The good news is, it has now been contained and that's not going to happen. But Ebola still exists as a pathogen in the wild, and can pose a threat again in future.

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