An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exploded to over 900 suspected cases and at least 223 deaths, and the International Rescue Committee is now warning that the virus is spreading faster than containment measures can keep up. But sure, let's keep talking about pronouns.

Remember when we were told to "trust the experts" on infectious disease? How'd that work out last time?

According to Just The News, the outbreak — which had been largely confined to remote northeastern Congo — is now pushing into major regional hubs including Goma, one of the country's largest cities. That's the kind of sentence that should make every public health official on the planet sit up straight in their chair. Goma isn't some isolated village. It's a city of over two million people sitting right on the border with Uganda.

And wouldn't you know it, the virus has already crossed into Uganda, with cases now appearing in Kampala, the nation's capital. A city of nearly two million. With an international airport. With flights that connect to everywhere.

We've seen this movie before, folks.

The International Rescue Committee issued its warning on Tuesday, essentially saying that the outbreak is outpacing every effort to contain it. Over 900 suspected cases. At least 223 dead. And those are the numbers they're admitting to — in a region where reporting infrastructure is, let's be generous, not exactly CDC-grade.

Now here's the part where Bob gets to be the pessimist in the room. We just spent three years of our lives locked in our homes, masked up, jabbed up, and lectured to by Anthony Fauci because of a virus that came out of a region the "experts" told us not to worry about. COVID taught us exactly one useful lesson: when health officials say "it's contained," start buying canned goods.

Ebola isn't COVID. It's worse in some ways — we're talking about a virus with a fatality rate that can hit 90% in some strains. It doesn't spread as easily as a respiratory virus, sure. But it doesn't need to spread easily when it kills nearly everyone it touches.

So what's the plan? What is the Biden — sorry, force of habit — what is the current administration doing to make sure this doesn't become our problem? Because last time I checked, our southern border is still about as secure as a screen door on a submarine, and the same people who told us travel bans were "racist" in 2020 are still running the show at every international health agency.

The 223 people who are already dead didn't get a "second chance" from this virus. It doesn't care about your DEI training or your climate pledges or your equity framework. It kills. That's what it does.

And Goma — sitting right on the Ugandan border — is now a ticking time bomb. Once a virus like this hits a dense urban population center with international travel connections, the containment window starts closing fast. Kampala has direct flights to Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. You don't need a medical degree to connect those dots.

We should be hearing about this every single night on the evening news. Instead, crickets. The same media apparatus that turned COVID into a 24/7 panic machine can't be bothered to mention that Ebola — actual, hemorrhagic-fever, bleeding-from-your-eyes Ebola — is burning through Central Africa at a pace that has international aid organizations publicly sounding the alarm.

Over 900 cases. At least 223 dead. Spreading faster than it can be contained. Crossing international borders.

If that doesn't warrant front-page coverage and an immediate American response plan, nothing does. But hey, at least we know what flag to fly in June.