Posted on 08/27/2014 5:55:53 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
All schools in Nigeria have been ordered to remain shut until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
The new academic year was due to start on Monday.
But the education minister ordered the closures to allow staff to be trained on how to handle suspected Ebola cases.
Five people have died of Ebola in Nigeria. The West Africa outbreak has centred on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 1,400 people.
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FYI
they haven’t updated the ebola numbers in a week. they had been updating them every 2-4 days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak#Timeline_of_the_outbreak
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
“I believe they are stonewalling the true stats.”
One must remember that the continent of Africa denied the HIV/AIDS issue for many years. This will prove no different.
“I believe they are stonewalling the true stats.”
One must remember that the continent of Africa denied the HIV/AIDS issue for many years. This will prove no different.
Yah, supposedly only 5 people dead and they're closing all schools?
Thanks for reminding us. And that worked out real well for the rest of civilization, didn't it?
I'd assume that Ebola has reached a tipping point in some areas. People get more afraid of reporting suspected cases and ending up in quarantine than they are of getting treatment.
This training in Nigeria just might be to educate teachers to the symptoms, so they can report possible cases and families to give health checks to.
Sure, it's possible that Nigeria could be completely hiding a massive ebola outbreak, but it's a lot more possible that there's mass hysteria about a non existent problem. This is a crazy overreaction based not on science but on fear. There is a serious ebola problem that could potentially spread through Nigeria -- but it just hasn't happened.
Just out of curiosity do you believe the outbreak in Liberia is also a non-existent problem?
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Yeah, I noticed that. I also noticed that WHO had to close down one of its clinics in Sierra Leone so this lack of stats might be due to a breakdown in the health organization in West Africa.
Really? So you wouldn't have a problem visiting Nigeria?
WHO is trying to downplay this as much as possible since quarantines and isolation are harmful to the population too. They do have a point on that... so it's a tough balancing act to deal with this mess.
Thanks for the ping!
Smart move. Yes all affected states should do this.
I have visited Nigeria and would have plenty of problems visiting it again -- but not because of fear of a nonexistent ebola outbreak. There are four countries that actually do have ebola outbreaks, DR Congo, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Would I avoid visiting them? Probably, although even there -- where there are genuine ebola cases -- the odds of a random foreigner not involved in the medical profession contracting a case are miniscule. In Nigeria, there is no evidence of an ongoing outbreak, so the risk is zero.
No. The outbreak in Liberia is a pretty serious problem. The situation in Nigeria is completely different. Every ebola case in Nigeria has resulted, as far as I can tell, from contact with a single individual who had traveled from Liberia. Those cases were contained and there is no evidence of any outbreak in the wider community. In Liberia, the situation is exactly the opposite: you have an uncontrolled outbreak, although one that is pretty limited in terms of absolute numbers. There are actually other diseases that I'd be more concerned about contracting.
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