Posted on 10/14/2014 4:12:51 PM PDT by tcrlaf
The UN says the ebola outbreak must be controlled within 60 days or else the world faces an "unprecedented" situation for which there is no plan.
The United Nations made the stark warning as it warned that the disease "is running faster than us and it is winning the race".
Nearly 9,000 cases of ebola have been reported so far in West Africa, including 4,447 deaths.
"The WHO advises within 60 days we must ensure 70% of infected people are in a care facility and 70% of burials are done without causing further infection," said Anthony Banbury, the UN's deputy ebola coordinator.
"We need to do that within 60 days from 1 October. If we reach these targets then we can turn this epidemic around."
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42 Days (two full incubation periods) after the last reported case resolves should suffice.
The only thing that can save us from ebola is ebola.
By that I mean that the survivors are “stronger” and their plasma is being used to treat ebola victims.
Can ebola survivors catch a different strain or once infected are they “immune”?
Are they still potentially carriers in subsequent outbreaks?
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