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RE: Congratulations DR Congo! Today you reached 42 days since the last case of Ebola, signaling the end of the outbreak
That is good news. Feel guilty I lost track of the latest Ebola outbreak. I love that effective altruism--both parts, being altruistic and being effective :)
No need to feel guilty, thats the whole point of public health, when it's going well it's one less thing to worry about in life!
Yes it was very much a penny drop moment when I heard the term for the first time. It gave a label to so many things I'd been thinking about, its a way of being skeptical of charities but not cynical (such a hard line to walk!). This ted talk by a the philosopher Peter Singer is great if you'd like to learn and think more about the term.
Thank you for the reference. I will listen to it.