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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

What's on Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's mind?

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Ebola outpacing response 34% Second-largest on record 19% · newFighting the vaccine order 17% · newThe August 18 review 8% · neweverything else 22%
#1
Congo's Ebola outbreak is now on track to be the deadliest ever

Tedros told reporters the DRC outbreak is spreading faster than any Ebola epidemic before it and is on course to eclipse the 2014-16 West Africa record.

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo on track to eclipse 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic: WHO chief

Anadolu Ajansı · 2026-08-12
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he is saying the frightening number out loud because alarm is the only lever he has left — nobody funds a curve until it already looks like history

20+ outlets carried today's warningvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Past 4,000 cases, and already the second-biggest outbreak in history
new — Confirmed cases crossed 4,000very sure · 3 sources
#3
Tedros: US immunization changes are 'not aligned with decades of evidence'
new — Five outlets on WHO's rebukepretty sure · 4 sources
#4
A record outbreak lands days before the emergency committee reconvenes
new — Review due August 18honestly, a hunch · 2 sources
thursday, august 13
Get the overnight DRC case count before the morning briefing(safe bet)
Say 'this outbreak is not over' on camera at least twice(reported)
Repeat the 'decades of evidence' line without saying Trump's name(reported)
Start prepping the emergency committee brief for August 18(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Get the overnight DRC case count before the morning briefing

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