Tag: drc
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A follow-up dispatch — talk-radio format, statistical reality check Opening Monologue: The Numbers Just Moved Two weeks ago, we were working with a figure of 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths. That was August 26. Today is September 13, 2026. And the numbers have moved. Hard. 7,022 confirmed cases. 3,398 deaths. And 1,671 people have…
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An evidence-based exploration of Prunella vulgaris, black pepper, and the fight against Bundibugyo virus The Scenario Picture this: You’re a field nurse in a remote village. The nearest Ebola Treatment Unit is six hours away by dirt road. Contact tracers are working around the clock, but the virus is spreading. You have PPE, you have…
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The Numbers We’re Not Talking About Let’s start with a number: 5,794. That’s the confirmed case count in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2026 Ebola outbreak as of August 26. Here’s another: 2,786 — the number of dead. Now let me give you a comparison that should make you sit up. In the first…