Yet another example of viral fake news circulating on various Social Media platforms
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Marburg Virus Is Not New
Marburg virus is NOT a new virus. It was actually discovered in 1967, in Marburg, Germany. Hence, the name – Marburg virus.
It spread to the Frankfurt, as well as Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia. 31 people were infected, and 7 of them died.
The Marburg virus belongs to the same Filoviridae (filovirus) family as Ebola viruses, and cause clinically similar diseases characterised by haemorrhagic fever and capillary leakage.
Like Ebola, Marburg has a high mortality rate, varying from 24% to 88%, with an average of 50%.
The video circulating on various Social Media platforms Was From 9 August 2021 and the Marburg Outbreak Was Over By September 2021.
The Ministry of Health of Guinea informed WHO of only one confirmed case of Marburg disease virus (MVD) in south-western Guinea on 6 August 2021.
Only One Person Died
A total of 173 contacts were identified, including 14 high-risk contacts. Fortunately, no one else developed symptoms.
Only the man, who was identified as the first known case of Marburg virus disease in Guinea, died.
Marburg Virus Has Low Pandemic Risk
Marburg virus primarily transmits through direct contact with blood and/or bodily fluids of infected persons or animals; and through exposure to infected Rousettus bats.
This greatly reduces its transmissibility, compared to a respiratory virus like SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19.
So while Marburg is more likely to kill an infected person than SARS-CoV-2, it does not transmit as easily and is very unlikely to become a pandemic.
Marburg Virus Has No Relevance To COVID-19 Pandemic
Anti-vaccination activists like Graham Hood, a former Qantas pilot, are using this Marburg virus announcement as “evidence” that vaccination is useless and pointless.
Their contention is – why get vaccinated against COVID-19 when new viruses like Marburg will keep coming up, with new vaccines?
Obviously, Marburg is not a new virus as I mentioned earlier. But more importantly, it is not related to SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.
Whether there is a Marburg outbreak or not, the COVID-19 vaccines will protect us against infection, hospitalisation or death from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Marburg Vaccines Have Been Under Development For Years
Marburg vaccines have been under development for years because it was discovered a long time ago.
The claim that WHO was secretly working on the vaccines before announcing this “new virus” is completely FALSE, and is based on their ignorance that Marburg virus was discovered 55 years ago!
With inputs from Tech ARP