Should You Be Worried About Ebola?
5/26/202618 min
As a growing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa raises alarm, listeners have questions about what it is, how it spreads, and how worried they should be. Sanjay breaks down what we know — including why Ebola is highly infectious but not easily contagious — and why this outbreak has experts on alert. Plus, what it could mean for travel and the upcoming World Cup.
This episode was produced by Andrea Kane and Leying Tang
Senior Producer: Dan Bloom
Technical Director: Dan Dzula
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First 90 secondsSanjay Gupta· Host0:00
[intro music] Hey there. Welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta. Thanks so much for joining us. We have another outbreak to talk about. First, we talked about hantavirus back in April. That struck a small cruise ship in the South Atlantic. It does appear to be winding down, but now you've certainly heard about Ebola. So today we're gonna be pivoting to Ebola and the developing situation in Central Africa. This is a place in the world where I've spent a lot of time, specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda. Here's the headline. The World Health Organization has declared this a public health emergency of international concern, but importantly at the same time, the global risk remains low. The risk is high in that region, and for now, the outbreak appears to be spreading quickly. My producer Andrea is back with me. So what are people asking about?
Andrea Kane· Host0:56
Yeah, listeners have many questions and concerns about Ebola, what it is, how it's spread, and just how deadly is it?
Sanjay Gupta· Host1:05
All right. We'll have those answers. I'm also gonna explain why global health experts are concerned about this even though, again, the global risk remains low. We'll have all that when we come back from a short break.
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