A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA On November 16, 1976 McCormick returned with startling news News of Platt’s illness came to Yambuku on November 12, 1976 hitting the commission members very hard. Morale Plummeted and …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA They took McCormick and van Niewenhove to Isiro some 300 miles north near the Sudanese frontier On October 31, 1976 Sureau, Germain, McCormick, and recently arrived Belgian researcher Simon …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA He needed a top entomologist or ecologist to search for the insects or animals that carried the disease Karl Johnson was trying his best to outmaneuver other logistic nightmares …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA The disease was claiming residents of at least forty-four villages in a fifty-mile radius around Yambuku After a three-hour flight the jet landed on Bumba’s tiny airstrip. The terrified …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA Logistical nightmares aggravated by national panic The snowball effect began modestly enough on October 13, 1976 with Pierre Sureau’s arrival in Kinshasa, representing WHO with the task of assisting …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA The greatest risks to the scientists were accidents Harder still was the animal work. To find a mysterious microbe, it was necessary to inject samples into mice, guinea pigs, …
