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.

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    The earth will be ok. One day we’ll be gone and she’ll be just fine.

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      Its too bad I don’t care about the rock we’re floating around in space on and mostly care about me and my loved ones.

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        Oh you didn’t need to tell us you care more about your stuff then anyone else’s, bud.

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          Fine, and the the innocent people on it. Jesus fucking Christ.

          My point was that Earth itself is just an object with things living on it.

          I might be aggressively fucking angry at like 90% of the voting eligible populace in America but there are a ton of other people that don’t fit into that category that don’t hold my ire.

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      People say save the earth, save the earth. The earth is fine. The people are fucked. We’re going away, folks.

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        I’m pretty sure when people say that they mean “save the [current state of the] earth [so we can continue living on it together]”.