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Ebola Spread to Guinea's Capital Raises Fears
MSN News ^ | March 29, 2014 | MSN News

Posted on 03/29/2014 1:19:43 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister

CONAKRY, Guinea — Ebola, one of the world's most deadly viruses, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country's seaside capital, raising fears that the disease, which causes severe bleeding and almost always death, could spread far beyond this tiny West African nation's borders.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: africa; african; airborne; bioterrorism; biowarfare; bioweapons; bleeding; canadian; capital; conakry; deadly; death; disease; ebola; epidemic; guinea; jungle; obama; seaside; southern; viruses; westafrican

1 posted on 03/29/2014 1:19:43 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
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To: CorporateStepsister

Yes, that “bush meat” is sure good. The problem is, it is infested. Savor it, then you die.


2 posted on 03/29/2014 1:45:09 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: CorporateStepsister

“....could spread far beyond this tiny West African nation’s borders.”

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How many fresh Guineans did we let into the country this past week?


3 posted on 03/29/2014 1:55:41 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

Via legal process or the Mexican border?


4 posted on 03/29/2014 1:57:09 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: jonrick46

You would think they would have learned by now.


5 posted on 03/29/2014 2:00:50 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: 353FMG

in all seriousness, this is something to watch

They have an international airport, and they may not be coming directly to the USA but they are going somewhere.

If this jumps to a city served by that airport look for this to get 100 times worse.

90% mortality rate.

Don’t forget the Spanish Flu was only 100 years ago, and wiped out nearly a fifth of the worlds population


6 posted on 03/29/2014 2:07:37 PM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: jonrick46

Didn’t take you long to blame Bush...


7 posted on 03/29/2014 2:15:18 PM PDT by null and void ( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
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To: CorporateStepsister

In either case an infected individual would have little chance of surviving a trip to a foreign country, or even a few hundred mile primitive journey within his own country, if symptoms had already begun and he was infectious. People could/would be infected in the latter case but a good chance all involved would be quarantined (as in the Canada suspect case).


8 posted on 03/29/2014 2:16:08 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: CorporateStepsister

What is happening is they are killing these bush animals out in the outback and bringing them into the city and selling them as pork or beef. We have heard about hamburger meat being mixed with horsemeat. In these countries, monkey meat and other “bush animals” are fair game to be slipped onto the grocery shelf in the guise of real beef—or pork. In these countries, it is all about the power over the people and the safety of the food supply be damned.


9 posted on 03/29/2014 2:18:26 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Mr. K

Old fashioned Kyoto Protocol.


10 posted on 03/29/2014 2:18:40 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: null and void

LOL! It’s that bush meat alright. Hasn’t the UN stopped these bushies yet?


11 posted on 03/29/2014 2:21:54 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: 353FMG
How many fresh Guineans did we let into the country this past week?

....all that asked for asylum.

12 posted on 03/29/2014 2:22:09 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 353FMG

“How many fresh Guineans did we let into the country this past week?”

30,000 annually, according to Google.


13 posted on 03/29/2014 2:42:25 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: CorporateStepsister

Time to move United Nations HQ to Conakry.


14 posted on 03/29/2014 2:51:03 PM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: CorporateStepsister

More virus hysteria. Ebola is no match for basic personal hygiene.


15 posted on 03/29/2014 2:53:57 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (On the wrong side of history.)
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I’d worry more about those who were exposed but haven’t displayed symptoms.

“The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms, is 2 to 21 days.”

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/


16 posted on 03/29/2014 2:58:50 PM PDT by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Much like the common cold, right?


17 posted on 03/29/2014 3:00:10 PM PDT by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: meatloaf

I have read multiple references in the past indicating that transmission through casual contact (i.e. just being in the area) is not possible until symptoms are manifest. Prior to that, contact with bodily fluids likely would be required. The average incubation period is 2-4 days.


18 posted on 03/29/2014 3:05:24 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: steve86

I’m so glad that Canada did quarantine the guy and acted quickly.


19 posted on 03/29/2014 6:07:26 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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