Ebola in Uganda -
Just over 8 years ago I posted a blog entitled -
Viagra - YES. Cure for Malaria - NO!
Plus I dealt with this whole scenario in my fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian mash up a few years ago called -
Fast forward to 2022 and, following the immensely impressive fast-forwarded development of the multiple vaccines for covid, still there is no cure for Ebola which has broken out again in Uganda.
Of course there is the inherent racism which is obvious to anyone paying attention in the way we approach diseases that terrorise developing nations as opposed to the 'urgent' sometimes aesthetic demands of the West.
Also, much as we may not like to consider it - there is the profit motive - as with everything else. The pandemic didn't just make big bucks here in the UK for Conservative cronies and profiteers who cornered big contracts (often for things that didn't work or they could not actually provide) it made massive profits for big pharma. Until it looks like Ebola could do likewise - it will not elicit the same focus.
That inherent stupidity should worry us all deeply.
Ebola is many times more infectious and deadly than covid. Are we really going to wait until it affects wealthy nations?
Even in the interest of self-interest - surely we can see that is a really bad approach...
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