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Now it’s time to panic. Ebola threatens global chocolate supply
Hotair ^ | 10/12/2014 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 10/12/2014 12:25:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

First off, we should probably get to the headline swamping the news outlets this morning. A second case of Ebola, contracted in the United States, has been confirmed in Texas. The patient is a health care worker who was in contact with the the original victim from Liberia who passed away this week.

A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week, has tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test, the state’s department of health said in a statement.

The health care worker reported having a fever Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, the department said. The preliminary ​test result was received late Saturday.

“We knew a second case could be a reality, and we’ve been preparing for this possibility,” said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. “We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread.”

This is certainly not good news, and I hope that sufficient medical care allows this worker to beat the disease. But the appearance of a second case is also no reason to start talking about an outbreak or a pandemic or any other such bits of hyperbole. It sounds like the worker reported the situation as soon as a low grade fever appeared (pretty much the moment they may have become contagious) and was immediately quarantined.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; chocolate; ebola

1 posted on 10/12/2014 12:25:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Ivory Coast , the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&Ms, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats just as the harvest season begins. The West African nation of about 20 million — also known as Côte D’Ivoire — has yet to experience a single case of Ebola, but the outbreak already could raise prices…

The World Cocoa Foundation is working now to collect large donations from Nestlé, Mars and many of its 113 other members for its Coca Industry Response to Ebola Initiative. The initiative hasn’t been publicly unveiled, but the WCF plans to announce details Wednesday, while at its annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on how the money will fuel Red Cross and Caritas Internationalis work to help the infected and staunch Ebola’s spread.


2 posted on 10/12/2014 12:26:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They grow it on other continents.


3 posted on 10/12/2014 12:29:19 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: SeekAndFind

4 posted on 10/12/2014 12:36:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

There goes the chocolate candy industry.


5 posted on 10/12/2014 12:36:39 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: SeekAndFind

The foreign traders in cocoa for centuries have used any excuse to drive up the cost of the basic product.


6 posted on 10/12/2014 12:39:31 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (I, Barrack E Obolabama support the left wing war on Ebola. Fox News and Republicans will fight me.)
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To: SeekAndFind
A spokesman for the industry has responded...


7 posted on 10/12/2014 12:43:30 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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8 posted on 10/12/2014 12:46:30 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind

commence hoarding of hershey’s cocoa powder


9 posted on 10/12/2014 12:56:49 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: SeekAndFind; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
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...

10 posted on 10/12/2014 1:01:02 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

11 posted on 10/12/2014 1:44:27 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

A little dark (chocolate) humor...


12 posted on 10/12/2014 5:15:52 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


13 posted on 10/12/2014 8:48:46 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


14 posted on 10/13/2014 3:01:10 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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