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Outbreak of Deadly Brain-Damaging Virus In India
There is an outbreak of a rare, deadly brain-damaging virus in India, the World Health Organization says.
At least 18 people have been infected in the outbreak of Nipah virus in the state of Kerala, and 17 of those patients have died, The New York Times reported.
The virus naturally occurs in fruit bats across South and Southeast Asia, and can spread to humans through contact with the bats' bodily fluids. There is no vaccine and no cure.
The virus is considered a possible epidemic threat and is listed by the WHO as a high priority for research, The Times reported.
Despite the danger posed by the virus, little is being done to find ways to fight it, experts warn.
"There's a market failure for protecting people from this," Dr. Steve Luby, an epidemiologist at Stanford University, told The Times. "It's not like treating baldness or breast cancer, where wealthy people will pay for your product. There's no big customer here, no incentive, until it escalates."
It already feels like it's the end of the world in India. I lost 2 of my teachers, my uncle and several relatives to covid. My parents got the virus too, (they're okay now :) )
Black fungus is also so scary. Please nothing more. It's literally hell over here. reply
Man, I literally watched a movie about this outbreak a year ago lol. its way old and its already been controlled with some treatment from Australia reply
the nipah virus was an outbreak in the indian state of kerela and was caused by eating fruits that were bitten by bats. it was 10x times more dangerous virus than covid 19 is since people became braindead the moment they were infected by it. but it was contained extremely well and remained within the districts and did not spread any further to othe...... 1 reply
