Posted on 08/18/2014 10:30:18 AM PDT by Covenantor
WHO Media Centre Press Release regarding Ebola epidemic.
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[Note the portion that deals with so-called remedies being published on various West African web Forums. Among these "cures" are bitter cola nuts, salt water ingestion, nano silver and even stranger stuff.]
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The scale, duration, and lethality of the Ebola outbreak have generated a high level of public fear and anxiety, which extends well beyond west Africa. Such reactions are understandable, given the high fatality rate and the absence of a vaccine or cure.
Recent intense media coverage of experimental medicines and vaccines is creating some unrealistic expectations, especiallyt in an emotional climate of intense fear. The public needs to understand that these medical products are under investigation. They have not yet been tested in humans and are not approved by regulatory authorities, beyond use for compassionate care.
Evidence of their effectiveness is suggestive, but not based on solid scientific data from clinical trials. Safety is also unknown, raising the possibility of adverse side effects when administered to humans. For most, administration is difficult and demanding. Safe administration of some requires facilities for intensive care, which are rare in west Africa.
WHO has advised that the use of experimental medicines and vaccines under the exceptional circumstances of this outbreak is ethically acceptable. However, existing supplies of all experimental medicines are either extremely limited or exhausted.
While many efforts are under way to accelerate production, supplies will not be augmented for several months to come. Even then, supplies will be too small to have a significant impact on the outbreak.
WHO welcomes the decision by the Canadian government to donate several hundred doses of an experimental vaccine to support the outbreak response. A fully tested and licensed vaccine is not expected before 2015.
Another source of public misunderstanding, especially in affected areas, comes from rumours on social media claiming that certain products or practices can prevent or cure Ebola virus disease.
Decades of scientific research have failed to find a curative or preventive agent of proven safety and effectiveness in humans, though a number of promising products are currently under development.
All rumours of any other effective products or practices are false. Their use can be dangerous. In Nigeria, for example, at least two people have died after drinking salt water, rumoured to be protective.
The most effective personal behaviours are avoiding well-known high-risk situations, knowing the symptoms of infection, and reporting early for testing and care. Evidence suggests that early supportive care improves the prospects of survival.
The Ebola virus is highly contagious but only under very specific conditions involving close contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or corpse. Most infections have been linked to traditional funeral practices or the unprotected care, in homes or health facilities, of an infected person showing symptoms.
Apart from these specific opportunities for exposure to the virus, the general public is not at high risk of infection.
Isolation and quarantine remain the only tools available to stop the spread at this time and for the foreseeable future.
An infected person could aerosolize himself with an explosive suicide vest.
But who would ever want to do that???
So....how did Dr. Brantley and the nurse get it?
Bleedin’ plague ping mates
Mmm, mighty dark thoughts blackdog
“Isolation and quarantine remain the only tools available to stop the spread at this time and for the foreseeable future.”
WHO needs to listen to WHO!!
“GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Monday (Aug 18) that it had set up a task force with the global airline and tourism industry in an effort to contain the spread of Ebola.”
“In Monday’s statement, the WHO reiterated that it does not recommend any ban on international travel or trade due to the Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 2,100 people so far and killed 1,145.”
“To head off potential risks, the WHO reaffirmed that affected countries should conduct exit screening of all persons at international airports, seaports and major land crossings, for unexplained febrile illness consistent with potential Ebola infection”.
“Anyone with an illness consistent with Ebola should not be allowed to travel, unless the journey was part of a medical evacuation, nor should people who have had contact with an Ebola case, it said.”
How in the H@11 can they know if someone had contact with an Ebola case??
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/who-sets-up-ebola-task/1319378.html
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
The ZMapp monoclonal antibody existed in a very small batch. It was intended for testing on primates. A big exemption was granted to extract Brantley and Wrightbol. I suspect the private investors ponied up money to rescue them as a proof of concept. Success would bring great publicity. It's not a substance that can be manufactured rapidly or in large batches. The worst case is they die anyway. Best case is a successful publicity stunt. They got the latter.
Their people are a liability as far as their rulers are concerned. Just more mouths to feed. They periodically cull the herd.
I agree. Nice that we have our own eugenics / Margaret Sanger type here on the forum.
Thanks for the ping!
...or other end.
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...
How in the H@11 can they know if someone had contact with an Ebola case?
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Well this woman in Nigeria is taking no chances
Ebola: Woman Smashes Bottle On Man’s Head For Hugging Her
http://www.nairaland.com/1864436/ebola-woman-smashes-bottle-mans
The fear of contracting the deadly Ebola Virus Disease caused a woman yesterday to smash a beer bottle on a man’s head for hugging her in Ajah area of Lagos State.
The woman identified as Bunmi was said to have been upset when her friend, Ademola Ojikutu, held her from behind without her consent.
According to LEADERSHIP reports, Bunmi was afraid of contracting Ebola and had since refused to shake hands with anybody including her elder sister, Yemi.
Yemi told the newspaper that she was discussing with Bunmi, at Ilaje area when Ojikutu held her from behind.
According to her, Bunmi was enraged and, out of anger, picked a bottle from a nearby beer parlour and smashed it on Ademola’s head.
The victim was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital in tthe area to stop the bleeding from the cut to his head.
While Bunmi disapproved of her sister’s action, she, however, faulted the man for hugging her from behind when she was not his lover
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Note to WHO:
Better add this to the list of things to avoid doing.
Do Not Smash beer bottles over the heads of your friends until you are fully encased in your PPE.
Be sure to clean up with bleach solution in event of bleeding.
You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
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