A recent update says the U.S. is “supporting the people of Congo and beyond” while trying to protect Americans. It says DHS and HHS quickly restricted travel from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan, and that the U.S. is sending Public Health Service officers, including doctors experienced in treating Ebola, to a new facility in Kenya. The update also says the State Department has committed more than $162 million in aid, and that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. authorized CDC’s Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund to support the response.
Gobble's Take: The headline here is less “mystery outbreak drama” and more “the machinery of containment is already in motion.”
Source: Steps taken to combat Ebola by Dr. Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health and acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A CDC-based wastewater map updated on May 28 covers May 17 through May 23. It says the vast majority of the U.S. is at “very low” levels, while Mississippi is at “low” levels. Guam is reported at “high” levels. Arizona, North Dakota, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are reporting “limited/no data,” and New Hampshire, Mississippi, and Arkansas are reporting limited coverage, meaning the data is based on less than 5% of the population and may not be accurate for the entire state. Regional trend data say all regions remain at “very low” levels.
Gobble's Take: A mostly quiet map is still a map with blind spots, and the blind spots deserve the same attention as the green zones.
Source: People's CDC, COVID-19, Weather Report, June 1, 2026
The same June 1 update says detainees at Delaney Hall have been on hunger and labor strike for nearly 2 weeks. It says they report rotten food, and a lack of medical care and legal resources. It also says Leonardo, who wrote a letter from inside Delaney Hall, was transferred out in an effort to break the strike, and that hundreds have shown up in support. The post adds that at least 51 people have lost their lives in ICE custody since Donald Trump’s second term, and that Delaney Hall was closed in 2017 and reopened in February 2026 by GEO Group in return for 1 billion dollars of taxpayer money.
Gobble's Take: When a “weather report” also has to cover detention conditions this grim, the forecast is doing more than reporting clouds.
Source: People's CDC, COVID-19, Weather Report, June 1, 2026
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