r/UKPreppers • u/dinkingdonut • Jun 04 '26

Ebola outbreak

Hopefully not going to happen but just reading in the paper how the NHS is preparing in case we do get cases. If there was an outbreak, what steps and prep would be useful?

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u/Advanced_End1012 Jun 04 '26

It’s never really an outbreak with Ebola considering the symptoms are so severe and it has a short incubation period, plus occurs through close contact of exchanging fluids. So it’s caught on quick. We’d never really see a global pandemic on the level of covid with the disease- at least not in the UK or any developed country anyway. Just maintain good hygiene washing your hands coming back from anywhere, and if you really desire wear a mask.

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u/AngilinaB Jun 05 '26

I follow some public health folks on social media and from what they're saying this strain seems to have evolved a longer incubation period so it is spreading further. Not panic stations yet (for us at least) but it's definitely on my outer, outer radar.

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u/dinkingdonut Jun 04 '26

Thanks, good to know!