Covid just dress rehearsal for Ebola?

Sometimes, reading the morning paper is depressing

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Public health officials in Washington state are monitoring 23 low-risk people who recently traveled from areas experiencing an Ebola virus disease outbreak, according to the Washington Department of Health. There is low risk for people in Washington, state health officials said.

There is an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in N’Zérékoré Prefecture of Guinea and the North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a press release from the Department of Health.

According to the CDC, Ebola symptoms include, fever; aches and pains, such as severe headache, muscle and joint pain, and abdominal (stomach) pain; weakness and fatigue; gastrointestinal symptoms including diarrhea and vomiting; abdominal (stomach) pain; unexplained hemorrhaging, bleeding or bruising; red eyes, skin rash, and hiccups (late stage).

Many common illnesses can have the same symptoms as EVD, including influenza (flu), malaria, or typhoid fever.

EVD is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates, according to a press release from the health department. The viruses that cause EVD are located mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and are spread through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with Ebola virus.

In 2014 to 2016, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa became a global epidemic, according to the CDC. Eleven people in the United States were diagnosed with the disease. Two of them died.