frozen snapshot — 2026-08-19 · see today →

What's on Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

30%26%17%9%18%

5,000 cases and climbing 30% Still a global emergency 26% · newFar from under control 17% The bench is thinning 9% · neweverything else 18%

WHO says the epidemic is outrunning the response at, in its own words, unprecedented speed.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed - ABC News

our translation

the number is the argument. he cannot make donors care about a curve, so he hands them a round, ugly milestone and lets it do the asking for him.

5,000-case mark crossedvery sure · 3 sources

new — Emergency committee reviewed Aug 18very sure · 3 sources

WHO raised spread-risk warningvery sure · 4 sources

new — Farrar departure confirmed Aug 18pretty sure · 2 sources

wednesday, august 19

Say 'far from under control' until a donor writes a cheque(reported)

Post the emergency-committee decision thread from Geneva(reported)

Ask for the overnight DRC case count before coffee(safe bet)

Draft something gracious about Jeremy Farrar leaving(reported)

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

The source

WHO: Ebola 'far from being under control' in DRC

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