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Ebola Without a Vaccine

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01Where It Began02The Virus the World Did Not Prepare For03From One Health Zone to Six Provinces04The Fastest Ebola on Record05Three Registers, One Epidemic06The Fatality Ratio That Keeps Rising07The Price Health Workers Pay08What the Numbers Cannot See09The Vaccine Gamble10War at the Epicenter11The Money12Uganda: How an Outbreak Ends13The Bans WHO Advised Against14The 42-Day Rule15What We Know and What We Do Not16For Travelers01Where It Began02The Virus the World Did Not Prepare For03From One Health Zone to Six Provinces04The Fastest Ebola on Record05Three Registers, One Epidemic06The Fatality Ratio That Keeps Rising07The Price Health Workers Pay08What the Numbers Cannot See09The Vaccine Gamble10War at the Epicenter11The Money12Uganda: How an Outbreak Ends13The Bans WHO Advised Against14The 42-Day Rule15What We Know and What We Do Not16For Travelers
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Ebola Without a Vaccine

Ebola Without a Vaccine (dialog)

The DRC is fighting the largest Ebola outbreak in its history with a virus no licensed vaccine or treatment was built for. What the numbers say, who stands behind each of them, and where the numbers cannot see - the full investigation as a two-voice conversation.

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“The tools existed for one virus. The world now has six thousand confirmed cases of a different one.”

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Every episode starts from a verified, dated story - every number with its institution and cutoff. The narration is synthesized with studio-grade voices; the journalism is the same as on the page.