Kai Kupferschmidt✓

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14.8K

Account age

3 yrs

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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC keeps growing at a shocking pace. We're already close to 2000 confirmed cases.
Right now:
1926 confirmed cases (incl. 53 new cases in the last 24 hours)
702 of these have died
https://insp.cd/sitrep-n058-mvb_11-07-2026/

64 views The Ebola outbreak in the DRC keeps growing at a shocking pace. We're already close to 2000 confirmed cases. Right now: 1926 confirmed cases (incl. 53 new cases in the last 24 hours) 702 of these have died https://insp.cd/sitrep-n058-mvb_11-07-2026/

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.2%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Yesterday marked two months since the DRC declared the ongoing E · 78 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

6 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

94×

Follows 157 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Yesterday marked two months since the DRC declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak, WHO head Tedros says in presser. "It's now the third largest Ebola outbreak on record, and in the past months, it has expanded faster than any previous outbreak." ★ 78

"We urgently need the support of the international community", says Tedros, citing a funding gap of 400 million dollars. "We urge donors to fill this gap and to help us to control this outbreak as quickly as possible. This is not charity, … ★ 27 If you look beyond the number of cases and deaths things look bad too: More than 80% of new cases are not known contacts, so transmission chains are being missed. Two thirds of Ebola deaths happen in the community without ever receiving c… ★ 21 2073 Ebola cases have been confirmed in the DRC including 796 deaths. The 2018-19 outbreak in the DRC took more than 10 months to reach 2000 confirmed cases, Tedros points out. "Intense transmission in the province of Ituri remains our big… ★ 15 The key to ending an Ebola outbreak is not some magic bullet, it's diagnosing people with Ebola and isolating them and identifying their contacts and quarantining them. That way patients can be treated safely, new cases identified early an… ★ 23 The numbers alone are shocking, but what is most troubling are the indicators that this outbreak is not coming under control. For instance there were 30 deaths in the last 24 hours and two thirds of these happened in the community, so in a… ★ 11

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC keeps growing at a shocking pace. We're already close to 2000 confirmed cases. Right now: 1926 confirmed cases (incl. 53 new cases in the last 24 hours) 702 of these have died https://insp.cd/sitrep-n058-mvb… ★ 64 “It’s a really important step,” says Vasee Moorthy, who leads R&D blueprint work at WHO’s Office of the Chief Scientist. “It’s hope for the community.” I wrote about the first ever clinical trial to test drugs against Bundibugyo, that star… ★ 10 But huge challenges clearly remain: "Just this week, an Ebola treatment center in Ituri Province was attacked, resulting in the deaths of two people, and the center was set on fire, and patients fled. Such acts not only endanger patients a… ★ 14 As I wrote earlier, the first clinical trial of treatments also began and will be testing the monoclonal antibody MBP134 and the antiviral remdesivir alone and in combination. "We're also working to ensure they have access to the two drugs… ★ 13 "Treatment capacity has expanded with about 650 beds available in 22 health centers, although about 96% of beds are currently occupied, and we're working on adding a further 300 beds." ★ 5 "Testing capacity has now grown to 10 laboratories set up closer to communities", says Tedros. "Contact tracing has improved with four in five contacts now being followed up, although there still need to be many more contacts identified pe… ★ 7

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Home server

mas.to

A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 24 views per post.

📤Posts about 6× per week.

🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

58/100

Fair Credibility score

81%

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Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. contributing correspondent "Science Magazine" part of @pandemia  interested in #infectiousdiseases, #misinformation #disinformation and all things #blue