WHO Sounds The Alarm On Ebola: 'The Situation Is Deteriorating'

BI ^ | 10-16-2014 | Pamela Engel

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Pamela Engel
October 16, 2014

While the US is panicking about three Ebola cases in one month, parts of West Africa are deteriorating rapidly, with little sign that the region is getting the outbreak under control.

Ebola has hit Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone the hardest because these countries don't have healthcare systems that are equipped to handle the disease.

Nurses at hospitals in these countries are "lightly trained and minimally protected" and Ebola patients are dying "surrounded by pools of infectious waste," according to a report in The New York Times.

Some hospitals don't have access to running water, soap, and clean needles, which are all crucial to controlling and preventing further spread of disease.

More than 4,000 people have died in this year's Ebola outbreak, and most of the deaths have occurred in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. These countries are seeing "widespread and persistent" transmission of Ebola, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization.

In total, this outbreak has seen nearly 9,000 reported cases of the disease. Nearly a third of those cases have been reported in the past 21 days. That includes infections in 427 healthcare workers, 236 of whom have died.

Here's a look at the areas the outbreak is hitting:

Africa Ebola map October 15
World Health Organization

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[Pearls Before Swine]

No flights into this country for anyone from Africa. SEAL IT NOW!

Where are we to go for fruit bat soup? Or monkey tartare?

[Dallas59]

Might as well party then...



It's the end of the world as we know it...

[Dallas59]

We need a czar for this!

[wastoute]

I’m telling you, a bullet and a flamethrower. Harsh but effective. When we get to that point here we can thank the Klown for being so concerned about their economies.

[UCANSEE2]

No flights into this country for anyone from Africa.

What about India?

They have an outbreak of Dengue Fever (Hemorrhaggic Fever). There are cases in Pakistan, China, Taiwan, The Philippines, Hong Kong, France, Venezuela, Malaysia (75,000 infected) and... MEXICO.

Then there is Chikungunya and evD-68.

[RayChuang88]

The countries have have the most to fear from an Ebola outbreak area China and India, two countries with very high population densities and questionable sanitation conditions. Let's REALLY hope the Chinese and Indian governments know how to respond very fast, otherwise we'll have Ebola outbreaks that could make what is happening now in western Africa seem like a minor event.

[ronnie raygun]

They wont seal the border and they wont stop this either. We are under attack by our very own and we’re to stupid to see it

[UCANSEE2]

Here. Have the info right in your hands on just where incidents occur.

GLOBAL INCIDENT OUTBREAK MAP (Live/Interactive) + Scrolling list of recent incidents + Detail listing of all incidents grouped by DISEASE. Controls allow you to select time period/disease/location/etc

[Dallas59]

Do we need these diseases in the US?

[UCANSEE2]

Let's REALLY hope the Chinese and Indian governments know how to respond very fast,

Oddly, both countries/governments are in a battle with outbreaks of Chikungunya and Dengue Fever. They are not winning the battle.

[UCANSEE2]

Which ones ?

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Shep says everything is OK.....Be happy

[Dallas59]

All of them.

[Reddy]

Omgosh. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. My 16 year old son laughed, too.

Thanks for the comic relief during a dark time.

[berdie]

Well...okie dokie.

But I really don’t look to spiffy in a bikini any more.

But I always like an excuse for a party. :)

[Dallas59]

[BunnySlippers]

I don’t trust WHO one iota. They are an arm of the UN.

[berdie]

Thanks UCS2.

Interesting...but a little unsettling.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Thanks to all posters/educators/linkers/researchers. Health/life BUMP!

[ully2]

What the hell does Shep Smith know about it, he is just being politically correct.