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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by slowmovintarget on Sunday January 20, 2019 @11:07AM (#18953614)
Another problem with the last outbreak is that one of the things Westerners were telling them to do was to stop eating portions of their dead. This is a tradition there, and local shamans started saying they were getting sick because they weren't honoring the tradition.

The last outbreak started from people eating infected bats. I'll have to read up on this one.

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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by wbl on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:22PM (#18955358)
You are thinking of kuru.
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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by nkurz on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:34PM (#18955752)
That too, but bats are also frequently associated with ebola: https://www.google.com/search?q=ebola+bats
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