Posted on 08/24/2014 2:15:23 PM PDT by Covenantor
Ebola outbreak will not be contained this year – WHO
More than 1,300 people have died this year from the virus in the worst ever outbreak and WHO has faced criticism, including from medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), that it has done too little too late to fight the disease.
"WHO is working on an Ebola road map document, it's really an operational document how to fight Ebola," WHO spokesperson Fadela Chaib said at a news briefing. "It details the strategy for WHO and health partners for six to nine months to come."
Chaib, asked whether the timeline meant that the United Nations health agency expected the epidemic now raging in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to continue until 2015, said: "Frankly no one knows when this outbreak of Ebola will end."
Ebola will be declared over in a country if two incubation periods, or 42 days in total, have passed without any confirmed case, she said. Nigeria is the fourth country with known casesm
"So with the evolving situation, with more cases reported, including in the three hot places – Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia – the situation is not yet over," Chaib said.
"So this is a planning document for six to nine months that we will certainly revisit when we have new developments."
The WHO expects to issue details of the plan early next week, she said
Oh, that just does NOT sound good at all.
WHO admits 6, 9, who knows how many more months before end. Of this current 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...
The DH”S” has practiced with tuberculosis.
The EXEMPT in Congress have encouraged the entry
of Eboli, tuberculosis, incurable disease and
terrorists. Encouraged, condoned, and ignored.
Because: Tapering Off.
A concern that no one talks about is why have doctors who are considered to be some of the biggest experts in Ebola contracted the disease and died? They surely must have been aware of the contact with bodily fluids and prepared for that. So how is it that these health care workers contracted the disease including our Dr. Brantly? Is there something different about this outbreak ?
DING DING DING!
That’s the question nobody is asking.
Has it mutated (as the virus did among monkeys in the HOT ZONE detailed account) to go airborne?
If so, what are the death projects on that?
With another week to finish the draft, two weeks for intergovernmental feedback, two weeks to resolve disagreements over the wording, and a week for final approval by the signatories; I feel pretty good about our chances to start fighting ebola before October or early November at the latest.
All those enviromentalists can breathe a sigh of relief
cause the world population is going to be a lot smaller
in just a year or two.
Should be interesting when this hits the Islamic centers
too.
PSSS , I know where you can get some really nice gov’t issue mattresses and blankets cheap...
What? Are you suggesting we kill them with smallpox to stop the spread of ebola?
Who are you rooting for in the SuperEbola?
I am sure there is score-keeping going on somewhere.
For prospective totalitarians, Ebola is a gift from great nyarlathotep.
(Since they don’t believe in God.)
It will be interesting to see who does or doesn’t do what in the coming months.
Welcome to the start of the modern black death.
Go Big Pharma!
What? Are you suggesting we kill them with smallpox to stop the spread of ebola?
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I was thinking of the Liberian theft from the ebola quarantine area... but yes they certainly are paralleling the smallpox blanket story aren’t they..
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