Again, from today's Telegraph:
Time: 12.47 The boss of one of the charities pulling its non-essential staff out mentioned earlier believes "thousands" could die, he tells the WSJ.
"This is a growing crisis of proportions that will cost, we think, thousands of lives and maybe more," said Bruce Johnson, president of SIM USA.
"The international community has the resources and people to respond, but they need to respond."
The newspaper reported "SIM will evacuate about 60 to 70 spouses, children and other non-medical staff in the next few days, Mr. Johnson said".
Hope that these family members are quarantined on their arrival where ever that might be.
This particular strain is on a different branch of the family tree of e. zaire. I wonder if it’s more transmissible somehow.
http://www.nejm.org/action/showImage?doi=10.1056%2FNEJMoa1404505&iid=f03
I just hope these evacuees take appropriate precautions and don’t bring it back to the West with them...
This step, more than anything else, tells me that the bug has changed.
It is spreading more easily now.
These groups have worked with and around Ebola for decades. To flee like this is rather disturbing.