Doctor who discovered Ebola warns about a new deadly virus to hit humanity

A doctor who discovered the Ebola virus disease warned that many dangerous diseases are about to spread and that they could spread as quickly as the coronavirus and be as dangerous as the Ebola virus. Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum from the Congo spoke to CNN recently and revealed how several new viruses are expected to come to light in an act that he describes as "a threat to humanity." The microbiologist who discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 said that these viruses emerging from Africa's tropical forests could spread rapidly and multiply and be deadly to the humans.

"We are now in a world where new pathogens will emerge," he further told the publication. He also said that he believes any new disease could become more apocalyptic than COVID-19.

This scientific warning has been given after a lady from the Democratic Republic of the Congo showed hemorrhagic fever's first symptoms. Although she was tested for Ebola, researchers fear she is patient zero for the hypothetical Disease X, which spreads faster than COVID and has a death rate of 50 to 90 percent.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says a Disease X is the possibility of an international epidemic that can spread from an unknown pathogen to humanity. The disease has been included in the list of priority diseases by the health body, and experts believe that it is essential that we remain alert and fear the appearance of any new pathogens.

As seen in one of the woman's case, where she tested negative for several other diseases with similar symptoms, Muyembe expects many more zoonotic diseases to emerge in the future.

Zoonotic diseases such as yellow fever, rabies, brucellosis and Lyme disease spread from animals to humans and have caused epidemics and pandemics. While deadly HIV arose from one type of chimpanzee and later morphed into a fatal disease, SARS-CoV-2, along with SARS and MERS, are all coronaviruses that have suddenly passed from animals to humans.

So the terrifying possibility of many more zoonotic diseases attacking humanity is valid.