The Ebola Outbreak of 1976 | Going Viral

In 1976 a deadly illness appeared in the remote province of Zaire, it became known as the as Ebola Zaire, after the nearby Ebola River.

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The Ebola Outbreak of 1976 | Going Viral

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[NatGeo]

What's one thing you learned about the Ebola outbreak of 1976?

[chaye]

so crazy watching this while we’re literally in the middle of a pandemic. “if something like this spreads around the world, we’re just not ready to fight it.” clearly

[suhailanaz]

How upsetting is it that despite repeated warnings in the past years by the health organisations and officials, governments did not formalize an action plan. Nor did they invested as much in research as they should have. What a pity.

[File_Archive]

This video will be in the Archive of the good internet, see you in 500 years

[Sofia-qnfs]

History is a mystery. This documentary is so awesome I always adore the mysterious past thanks national geographic channel for this awesome video 😁

[Alaska_Gal]

I had never heard of Ebola until the movie, Outbreak, debuted in 1995. I will never forget the scene in the movie theater.

[botkiller]

So crazy to see this 2 years after COVID started and Can confirm the cdc was NOT ready for it.

[Dolphinvideoproductions]

God bless those who treated these people and for the families it effected

[antiquemacabre]

Makes me want to go watch "Outbreak" again.

[BrandonGrannum]

2019, "if there's a virus like this that spreads so quickly we can't handle it"
2020, "COVID-19 hits the world"

[monicar]

There's a book called level 4; virus hunters of the CDC and it's basically the biography of the main cdc scientists in this outbreak. It's a great read.

[jonawesolowski-thecommunit]

Wow, Dr. Fauci's words at the end gave me chills

[Sahilsharma-ceow]

The way he says " *Ebola Zaire* " makes me feel like it's under my bed🤧🤧

[k_memeslife]

we won't be ready to fi-
Corhana: HI SISTERS!

[immaoddone]

I'm shivering just by listening the words... Now we all r here once again in a situation... Where the only god we hv... Who can help us are only doctors.... We r proud of them... 🙌

[knownow]

Highly transmissible = Lower mortality
Less transmissible = higher mortality

Not always, but most of the time.

[rolmodel.]

This event was the basis of the book, "Hot Zone". Which, was the inspiration behind the movie, "Outbreak."

[brainstormingsharing]

Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[Richie]

refreshing to determine that the impacts of the outbreak were confined to the Congo region.

[VirgoCali]

At least these people didn't complain about helping like they do now, always looking for recognition for a field they chose