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4000 Deaths And Counting: The Ebola Epidemic In 4 Charts

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2014/10/13/ebola-trends/

“The Ebola epidemic might also be much larger than reports suggest. WHO depends on data from field teams, which can understate the true scale of an outbreak. According to projections by the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, by late January 2015 there will be 550,000 cases in West Africa – but when you correct for underreporting the figure rises to 1.4 million.

As the WHO Global Response Team conclude in their recent study: “These data indicate that without drastic improvements in control measures, the numbers of cases of and deaths from [Ebola virus disease] are expected to continue increasing from hundreds to thousands per week in the coming months.”


3,902 posted on 10/13/2014 5:33:19 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative; Dark Wing; Black Agnes; Shelayne; Jim Noble; PA Engineer; Covenantor; Smokin' Joe
THose four graphs show a dramatic difference in the Ebola contamination of West Africa.
The only thing that would account for the significant increase in Liberia , as opposed to the others countries,
might be social customs and traditions by family members (ie: wash the body, kiss the body, etc.).
That might account for the fact that Liberia has a 1/3rd faster Ebola transmission rate . No ?
3,905 posted on 10/13/2014 6:57:05 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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