Peter Piot predicts the current Ebola outbreak will likely continue beyond the end of the year due to regional violence and security issues.

The current Ebola outbreak response is severely hampered by widespread misinformation and conspiracy theories amplified by social media, leading to a lack of public trust and violent attacks on treatm...

The current Ebola outbreak is occurring in a densely populated area with high levels of insecurity and armed conflict, which complicates control efforts like contact tracing.

The identification of the current Ebola outbreak was delayed because existing diagnostic tests, designed for other strains, were not effective against the Bundibugyo strain.

Peter Piot predicts that developing a new vaccine specifically for the Bundibugyo Ebola strain will take approximately six months.

Gavi, the vaccine alliance, maintains a stockpile of tens of thousands of doses of the Ebola vaccine for the Zaire strain.

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed 1,500 healthcare workers.

The case fatality rate for the 1976 Ebola outbreak was 90%, while previous outbreaks of the Bundibugyo strain had a fatality rate of about 30%.

The 1976 Ebola outbreaks in Zaire and South Sudan were two independent events caused by the Zaire strain and the Sudan strain, respectively.

Peter Piot argues that sustained public funding is necessary for developing vaccines against epidemic threats like the Bundibugyo Ebola strain, as there are no market incentives for private industry t...

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) and the European Union's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) are key mechanisms for funding pandemic preparedness effo...

The HIV pandemic has resulted in more deaths globally than the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ebola virus is believed to have originated in bats, while the HIV virus originated in chimpanzees.

Peter Piot states that a complete travel restriction in response to the Ebola outbreak is an overreaction and is against the recommendations of the World Health Organization.

In a 2024 Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, the provision of intensive care reduced the mortality rate to approximately 20%.

The standard public health strategy for deploying the Ebola vaccine during an outbreak is "ring vaccination," which involves vaccinating all close contacts of a confirmed case.

Peter Piot identifies the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, and Burundi as the countries at most immediate risk for the spread of the current Ebola outbreak.

Peter Piot does not believe the Ebola virus will become a pandemic due to its requirement for close contact for transmission.

The Ebola virus is highly dangerous but is not highly contagious and cannot be transmitted through casual contact like sitting on a bus, unlike COVID-19.

A major vector for the 1976 Ebola outbreak was the use of only three unsterilized syringes at a hospital's antenatal clinic, which spread the virus among pregnant women.