This is a real outbreak, but it is a real outbreak in Africa.
The 2022 outbreak was from a strain in the clade II family, which is predominantly found in West Africa and is not that lethal, as the 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men demonstrated.
This outbreak in Africa is largely clade 1, and in particular clade 1b, which is considerably more lethal than clade II. But it's also not spreading outside Africa.
I'm finishing up a deeper dive on this. Suffice it to say the media's managed to mangle the story yet again.
This is a real outbreak, but it is a real outbreak in Africa.
The 2022 outbreak was from a strain in the clade II family, which is predominantly found in West Africa and is not that lethal, as the 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men demonstrated.
This outbreak in Africa is largely clade 1, and in particular clade 1b, which is considerably more lethal than clade II. But it's also not spreading outside Africa.
I'm finishing up a deeper dive on this. Suffice it to say the media's managed to mangle the story yet again.