Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.
Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.
Thank You all for you participation.
"People in Kadugli, Abu Jubaiha, and Habila localities in South Kordofan have complained about the outbreak of an unknown fever. The outbreak has also been acknowledged by the state’s health minister. A number of …"
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"BAMAKO - Mali has recorded a new case of Ebola in the capital Bamako after the friend of a nurse who died of the hemorrhagic fever earlier this month tested positive for the disease, health and medical officials said on …"
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KPBS: Ebola Survey Teams Take A Grim Census In Sierra Leone 17 minutes ago
"Her relatives are supposed to be under quarantine, but they've been walking around freely. One of the youth leaders asks for police enforcement. Bangura explains that his team has nothing to do with quarantines, and …"*****
"They came by the hundreds from all over central Minnesota, lining up to help package meals for Liberians trapped in villages by the Ebola quarantine. West African immigrants and lifelong Minnesotans, parents and …"
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"The benefit shall only apply to service members who are required to undergo a 21-day quarantine. Text of the bill at www.cruz.senate"
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"WASHINGTON — There were no hugs or handshakes just in case Ebola germs lurked, but Rep. Steven Palazzo found 15 Navy Seabees from Mississippi in “good spirits” Friday as they waited out a 21-day isolation …"
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"LEADING international organizations and associations from the transport, trade and tourism sector have warned against general bans on travel and trade, as well as restrictions that include general quarantine of travellers from Ebola-affected countries."
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"The quarantine lasted under an hour and Holm said that the incident proved that Copenhagen Airport is prepared to handle a potential Ebola threat. “Today we saw that our emergency procedures work. It is best to be …"
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"The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) would open an office in Mali immediately to support national efforts against the Ebola virus.
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"AUBURN, AL (WTVM) - Auburn University Professor Dr. David Pascoe is considered to be a top expert in thermal imaging, and he believes the United States is ..."
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"It is easy to lose in the shuffle of one sensational news report after another, the lesser known fact that the Ebola virus silently rages on. Wreaking havoc on ..."
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"Scott Murray talks about the planned quarantine areas for soldiers returning from Ebola-related missions in West Africa. Published November 22nd 2014, 8:03 ..."
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New Ebola case confirmed, 2 more suspected
DHS: Visitors from three Ebola-stricken West African countries can stay in US for 18 months
An Ebola Clinic Figures Out A Way To Start Beating The Odds
Highway Robbers steal Ebola Blood in Cooler from Transporter in Guinea!
Bandits in Guinea steal blood samples believed to be infected with Ebola
GOP Introduces Bill That Would Enforce Ebola Travel Ban
EXCLUSIVE: Revealed, how Firestone forces families of dead Ebola victims to leave their homes
The Truth About Obama's "Temporary" Ebola Amnesty
New York, Missouri patients test negative for Ebola virus
Doctor who treated source of second Mali Ebola outbreak dies
Exclusive: U.S. to allow people from nations hit by Ebola to stay temporarily
Man (from Sierra Leone) with suspected Ebola on the run (in Thailand after not showing up for checkups) http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/445122/sierra-leonean-with-suspected-ebola-hunted-after-fails-to-report-in-thailand
"The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the identification of Ebola patient contacts for daily monitoring has reportedly reached 99 per cent. It said on Wednesday in Washington that based on experiences in Nigeria …"
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"Six American Ebola survivors, meeting together for the first time as a group Wednesday on TODAY, opened up about the unusual bond they share and the unique reasons they have to be thankful this holiday season."
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"Seoul will send a team of 10 medical workers next month to work at the new treatment centre in Goderich outside the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown where they will join British and American volunteer personnel."
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"A portable device to test bodily fluids for Ebola in under an hour and anthropological training to help foreign health workers work more effectively with local people in West Africa are among five research programmes being funded by the UK's Department for ..."
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"U.S. Public Health Service officers operating an Ebola clinic in Monrovia learned from recent medical tests that a deathly ill Liberian nurse who arrived at their facility last week and died several hours later tested negative for Ebola. The facility is ..."
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"MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries has seen interest from ship managers, seafarers and health officials from more than 100 counties in response to its recently released 15-minute video about Ebola safety. Jill Connors, media and communications manager …"
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"Scientific American presents Everyday Einstein by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. By now, you’re probably either sick of hearing about Ebola, or terrified …"
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" Peter Piot, one of the scientists who first identified the Ebola virus almost 40 years ago, said the outbreak was far from over, but said that "thanks to now massive efforts at all levels" what had been an exponential growth …"
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"In order to fight the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, the Nigerian High Commissioner Gladys Modupeola Aquist Adebiyi, has called on Sierra Leoneans to desist from traditional practices for the time being to help …"
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"ROME (AP) — An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has arrived back in Italy and is being treated with the same experimental drugs used in the U.S. and other European countries to treat people infected with the virus."
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"(ANSA) - Rome, November 26 - The Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone is able to walk on his own and seems "strong and independent," Giuseppe Ippolito of Rome's Spallanzani Institute said …"
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"The FDA OKs Cerus Corp.'s Intercept blood system in processing plasma from Ebola survivors as a possible treatment for the deadly virus. Cerus Corp. (NSDQ: CERS) advanced a key medical product with the FDA, based on the premise that plasma …"
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"Fitt remarked that the potential threats to Australia could be just as harmful and devastating as the Ebola virus. He said farmers near Katherine in the Northern Territory are currently dealing with a new disease known as …
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"BAMAKO: The UN emergency mission to fight Ebola opened an office in Mali on Wednesday, where nearly 300 people are being monitored and two new cases have emerged. The office of the UN Mission for Ebola …"
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"The EVD MIO will ensure that all MSF-OCBA standards in relation to EVD or other VHF are correctly implemented in the field mission, and in coherence with MSF-OCBA medical and operational principles. Depending on the project of deployment, specific …"
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"Jammeh has asserted that the Eleventh Edition of the 2014 biennial National Youth Conference and Festival (NAYCONF) is fully alerted with issues surrounding the pandemic of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), and declared that participants to this national ..."
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"Beds in the £2 million Ebola unit are empty despite opening three weeks ago. Credit: MoD Only five out of 92 beds are in use at a British-funded Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone which opened three weeks ago.
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"The Russian medical specialists departing for the Republic of Guinea will take part in the development of a new Ebola virus treatment, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said Thursday."
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Sierra Leone Ebola burial workers dump bodies in pay protest
Other links on the second thread (Thanks, wtd! (more) Nice Work!)
'Dramatic improvement' in Ebola outlook in Liberia: U.S. general
Stolen Ebola Blood 'Lost for Good' Says Guinea
Number of Ebola cases nears 16,000 as Sierra Leone loses ground - WHO
A very scary report —
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/12/01/national/suspected-ebola-patient-isolated-in-karachi/?
KARACHI-
A suspected patient of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was quarantined on Monday in Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, private media reported,
The patient is reported to have recently arrived from Liberia, Africa.
According to provincial health authorities, blood samples have been obtained from the isolated patient to test for EVD.
Last week, a man was initially suspected of dying of EVD. However, World Health Organization later clarified that he was not suffering from the deadly disease but had died of Hepatitis C and Dengue fever.
Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated.
It depends on how advanced his symptoms are. We learned from the late Mr. Duncan that the secretion and fomite hazards depend very much on their relative viral loads. If the victim is only a few days into the puking, coughing, sneezing and diarrhea phase, ordinary hospital cleanliness standards are adequate. A week later the victim is deadly from a distance unless you’re in full Biohazard-4 suits.
You seem to be right about the viral load, but who knows when the nurses were infected? That’s a function of load and protection, and a few particles can cause an infection. It seems true that patients are more infectious close to death, but your sweeping statement about normal procedures being OK before that is careless. No one knows where the threshold is.
"The shot, one of several being fast-tracked through clinical trials in the hope they can be approved for use in the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa, is undergoing initial human safety tests at the University Hospitals …"
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"The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. "
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"Governments in the three countries, where most of Ebola deaths have occurred, have already seen their finances hit to the tune of around $500m Washington: The World Bank said Tuesday that the fallout from the deadly Ebola pandemic will push Guinea …"
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"Most of the request is aimed at the immediate response to the disease at home and abroad. But the package also includes $1.5 billion in contingency funds - money that could become a target if lawmakers decide to …"
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" [Man who returned from Nigeria to undergo Ebola test] HYDERABAD: Health authorities here have sent for testing the samples of a 52-year-old man from Hyderabad, who returned from Nigeria, as a measure of caution against Ebola. The man was suffering from fever and …"
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"Geneva: The World Health Organisation on Monday said more than 6,000 people had died from Ebola and not nearly 7,000 as earlier reported, blaming “an error” in numbers out of Liberia. According to the revised data, the worst Ebola epidemic on record ..."
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"Here's an Ebola puzzle for you: If the virus isn't airborne, why do doctors and nurses need to wear full protective suits, with face masks, while treating patients? After we dug through studies and talked to scientists, the answer slowly emerged."
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"A North Korean flag flutters in the propaganda village of Gijungdong as seen from a South Korean military check point of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas on November 12 …"
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"Unlike the other worst-hit countries, Guinea and Liberia, Sierra Leone has failed to slow or stabilize the spread of the epidemic, raising concern that it may be a weak link in the defense against the virus. But Bruce …"
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"Two top private schools have defended their decision to take pupils on a week-long trip to west Africa after a surgeon dad voiced his fears over ebola exposure. Pupils from Cheadle Hulme School and Withington Girls’ …"
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"HARTFORD -- Since the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic, the state has monitored dozens of people who returned to Connecticut from West Africa and quarantined nine suspected Ebola patients, none of whom later tested positive for the disease. "We have …"
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"(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Information Department of the Ministry of Health developed the first educational Arabic-language film on the measures to address the suspected and confirms Ebola cases.
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"WHO has been working in Ebola-affected countries to help the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) achieve their 70-70-60 goals. The goals aim to get 70% of the cases isolated and treated, 70% of …"
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"The first confirmed cases of Ebola in Liberia were announced in March 2014 and appeared under control with 12 cases. Then, in June 2014, a second wave of the outbreak began spreading in Lofa and Montesserado counties. Since then, the Ebola virus has ..."
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"[Disclaimer: This document is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as national updates and guidances change. Check for updates here.] A. Background. Ebola preparedness is a concern for hospitals and healthcare providers throughout the …"
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"The world has witnessed at least 15 outbreaks of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) since it first appeared on earth in 1976. The current outbreak that started with a toddler in Meliandou, a village in southern Guinea, has …"
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"All medical waste must be properly handled and be responsibly disposed of, but medical waste associated with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a Category A infectious disease, is especially challenging for healthcare …"
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"MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The international response to Ebola is still too slow and piecemeal, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, as officials said the disease is crippling crippled the economies of the three West African countries hardest hit.
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"Geneva: Ebola-related deaths in west Africa will be higher than the number of people directly infected because of its disruption to already weak healthcare services, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. The …"
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"Spanish nurse Teresa Romero who contracted Ebola smiles after being discharged from the Carlos III hospital. Spain has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) following the full recovery of the only Spanish victim, nurse Teresa ..."
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"BEIJING -- China and the United Nations on Tuesday signed an agreement on Chinese donation of $6 million to aid global fight against Ebola. The deal was signed by assistant minister of commerce Zhang Xiangchen and Alain Noudehou, the UN Resident ..."
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"A medical center experienced in disposing of Ebola waste is sharing its keys to success. The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the Nebraska Medical Center, which has treated several Ebola patients, shares its best practices for Ebola waste removal in the ..."
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None of the other people in Duncan’s apartment contracted Ebola, even from fomites after he left, and they were confined to the apartment. This is substantial evidence that his secretions for the first 5-6 days of his puking, coughing & diarrhea period were either not infectious, or that their ordinary cleanliness habits were effective enough at that stage. And standard hospital cleanliness standards are more rigorous than household standards.
So once the vomiting and puking starts, how long do we have to get the patient to the hospital? Is there a fixed number of days where it’s safe to be around them when they’re producing droplets? And do we get that hard data from the example of Mr. Duncan, or was he not typical?
Once they get to the hospital, the nurses can just ask the family when the aerosolizing started, and they will know how long they can skip through the tulips before they have to treat the BSL4 pathogen seriously. Sorry, but the answer to almost everything about ebola is ‘we don’t really know’. People should stop normalizing it.
This is definitely a continuum rather than a bright line issue, and it varies from individual to individual. IMO Duncan’s relatives were lucky, and he went to ER immediately after the onset of his symptoms.
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WHO says Liberia wrongly added 1,000 deaths to Ebola toll
CDC throws cold water on talk of ‘airborne’ Ebola transmission
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