The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press.

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.

According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms.

  • Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    Why not eat something nice and normal that westerners think is normal instead of a bat though? I mean FFS

    Fixed that for you. You know different regions and cultures have different norms for foods, right?

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      Do they? Most everywhere people eat basically the same shit. Preparation methods vary and there’s substitutions historically based on available resources but globalisation has practically obliterated all that.

      I’m not a westoid BTW I’ve traveled a decent amount.

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        people eat basically the same shit

        Buffalo sauce is a rare sight in Europe, as is white gravy. Americans consider them an everyday occurrence.

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          man what part of america are you in lol. I’ve never seen either of those as an everyday occurrence, though you will find them if you go to a southern fried chicken joint.

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      I’m struggling to think of a single component of a hot dog or sausage that isn’t “normal” to eat everywhere in the world except for reasons of religion and even then it depends on what meat was used to make it.

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        You’re absolutely correct, in fact most food is usually variations on a theme e.g. meat in bread like sandwiches, burgers, burritos, tacos, dumplings… but this isn’t a popular opinion unfortunately.