John Campbell: Ebola vaccine soon

Key Takeaways

• No Ebola pandemic expected in Western countries – The virus doesn’t spread via respiratory transmission like previous pandemics.
• Oxford/SII Ebola vaccine in development – Uses same chimpanzee adenovirus platform as the controversial AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, expected for efficacy assessment in 2-3 months.
• Prioritize malnutrition over Ebola – 13 million acutely malnourished children in Africa (2025) vs. worst-case Ebola projections of 50,000-100,000 deaths.
• Malaria kills 50x more than Ebola – 579,000 African malaria deaths (2024) vs. 11,300 in worst Ebola outbreak.

Products & Gear Mentioned

• Bundibugyo Ebola virus vaccine – Oxford chimpanzee adenovirus platform being developed with Serum Institute of India.

Notable Quotes

“Hungry kids need food just in case that wasn’t covered in your PPE degrees from your Ivory League and brick universities, world leaders.”

Bottom Line

While Ebola vaccines are in development, focus should shift to solving malnutrition and malaria in Africa which claim exponentially more lives annually.

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