[Qiviut]

Ebola marches on.

[FreedomStar3028]

How many people did he touch, how many surfaces that have hands on them did he get live ebola virus on? Was he coughing a lot? Was he on an airplane coughing a lot while the air circulates? Did he sneeze on any handrails? Who did he come into contact with?

How many other people are out there doing the same thing?

[Black Agnes]

I’m going to have to look, but I think Senegal closed its borders with Guinea prior to this. If so, this is a case of border hopping.

Corruption is endemic in Africa. This is one of the big ways Ebola will travel from here to there. In spite of the lip service of this or that travel restriction.

[BenLurkin]

I wonder how far this will spread?

[BenLurkin]

"Forty percent of infections included in the current tally occurred within the past three weeks, according to the WHO. And the virus has mutated during the outbreak, which could hinder diagnosis and treatment of the disease, according to scientists who genetically sequenced the virus in scores of victims."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2014/08/29/the-ebola-virus-has-spread-to-senegal-as-the-deadliest-outbreak-in-history-gets-worse/

[Qiviut]

*ping*

[metmom]

Confirmed case.

IN countries like that, I imagine the actual death toll from Ebola is actually far higher. They’re only reporting what was confirmed. How many people die and are buried, or not, out where there are no medical services to confirm?

[null and void]

I'm back...

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

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...