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1. Short #flu thread:
If you haven't gotten a flu shot yet but intend to do so, you'll want to think about getting a move on. Flu activity is starting to tick up & with the intergenerational & geographic mixing opportunities Thanksgiving provides, it will increase.
2. Predicting #flu is a nutty thing to do. Flu will make people sick this winter. Which type will be the biggest culprit? When will it peak? These aren't questions that can be answered ahead of time. But activity is already well underway in Louisiana & Puerto Rico.
3. Super interesting: Nearly 2/3s of confirmed #flu cases so far have been caused by influenza B viruses. Flu B often waits till late in the season to materialize. But there was almost no B activity last year. Could this year be a predominantly flu B season? Stay tuned.
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1. There is another #Ebola case in South Kivu, at Mwenga. That makes the 5th case there. A woman with 2 children traveled to Beni from Mwenga, got infected & traveled home. She, at least 1 child, her husband & 1 other child, plus a relative of the 2nd child, have been infected.
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1. #Ebola thread: DRC's daily update is out. It has details about the South Kivu cases. Here's the timeline as described now. I imagine this could change.
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1. The weekly #Ebola update from @WHO & the latest situation report from @UNICEF are out, so time for an Ebola thread.
There were 10 cases reported yesterday. That makes 139 cases already in Aug. Compared to April-July, that's not bad & might signal a decline in cases. Pray.
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