The news is… unwelcome.

And doubly dangerous — with USAID still more or less hamstrung and sidelined. By Trump. The viral outbreaks will continue, and likely even accelerate — as we sit on our thumbs. Dammit. And excess deaths will follow, inexorably. Always. Here’s the latest:

…Tanzania has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said Monday. Two individuals exhibiting symptoms were isolated and tested on Sunday, health minister Jenista Mhagama said in a statement on X.

“Among the suspects, one is a truck driver who traveled from a neighboring country to Dar es Salaam,” the statement said.

In a report by the African Union’s health agency last week, 6,034 cases of mpox have been confirmed since January in 22 countries, resulting in 25 deaths….

All of this is so profoundly… frustrating. Frustrating — because it is almost all… avoidable. Damn.

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