Ebola Surveillance Thread

Free Republic Threads ^ | August 10, 2014 | Legion

[Smokin' Joe]

I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.

Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.

Thank You all for you participation.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/02/cdc_ebola_could_rapidly_spread_beyond_west_africa/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

“CDC: Ebola could rapidly spread beyond West Africa”

[Shelayne]

I was just about to say that it looks as if the dam may break wide open in Nigeria. It surely looks that way.

They won’t be able to keep the lid on this much longer.

[Shelayne]

I imagine Frieden isn’t sleeping so well after his visit to Africa.

Good.

[Smokin' Joe]

Dog Meat: It Cures Malaria, Repels Witches – Eaters in Ibusa, Agbor, Ubulu-Uku, Umunede

[Smokin' Joe]

EBOLA: When fear becomes messenger of death

Other patients are dying from diseases which mimic Ebola symptoms: from the article:

‘’What is happening now is a bad commentary on the healthcare system in Nigeria. We all know that Ebola is highly contagious but that does not mean that people should be left to die. I would not say that we should not sympathise with them, they should also see the contagious nature of the diseases as one of the many hazards of their profession,’’ President of Citizens Advocacy Unit,CAU, Dr. Muyiwa Falae told VF.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/ebola-fear-becomes-messenger-death/#sthash.1MUKgOWv.dpuf

[Black Agnes]

http://allafrica.com/stories/201409030829.html?viewall=1

“Liberia: Ebola Hits Police Barracks”

Not good at all.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.punchng.com/news/panic-in-luth-over-patients-death/

“Panic in LUTH over patient’s death”

[Black Agnes]

http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/estimating-the-reproduction-number-of-zaire-ebolavirus-ebov-during-the-2014-outbreak-in-west-africa/

“Estimating the Reproduction Number of Ebola Virus (EBOV) During the 2014 Outbreak in West Africa”

[Black Agnes]

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/02/ebola-outbreak-call-send-military-curb-epidemic

“Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to west Africa to help curb epidemic”

Pic at the top shows the PPE the medicos are striking over having to wear (grammar alert!)

[ElenaM]

I just saw updates for Aug 28 (Senegal) and Aug 30 (West Africa).

http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/ebola/en/

[Black Agnes]

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-ebola-outbreak-remote-dr-congo.html?

“Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo district both a challenge and a chance”

At least it’s not in an urban environment there.

[Black Agnes]

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-latest-ebola-strain-day.html#nRlv

“How the latest Ebola strain may escape to kill again another day”

Good read.

[Black Agnes]

allafrica.com/stories/201409021020.html?viewall=1

“Nigeria: Ebola Virus - Doctor’s Sister Quarantined in Port Harcourt”

[Smokin' Joe]

I can’t blame them for wanting better PPE. That reminds me of the ‘plastic sheeting and duct tape’ for NBC attacks...

[Covenantor]

From PFI forum page 122

http://www.singtomeohmuse.com/viewtopic.php?t=5725&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=1815&sid=c898a77120c1ccc1e3d73e73be771bc5

EBOLA OUTBREAK

WHAT:
The UN’s senior leadership on Ebola will give the latest update on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, and take questions from media about the newly committed UN surge and Roadmap for the global response.

WHO:
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr David Nabarro, Senior UN System Coordinator for Ebola Disease
Dr Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General for Health Security, World Health Organization

WHERE:
United Nations Foundation
1750 Pennsylvania Ave, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
USA

WHEN:
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 10h30 EDT (Washington DC time)/16h30 CET (Geneva time)/14h30 GMT

(See snippets on PFI forum thread - apparently UN can’t provide audible amplification of telephone questions)

Bottom line.

Dr.Chan:

No one, even outbreak responders…none of them have ever seen anything like it.

____________________________________________
As of this week, we are reporting 3500 cases confirmed. More than 1900 deaths.
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Nigeria: the outbreak in Lagos is much smaller and most cases are linked to an air traveler from Liberia. One of those contacts evaded monitoring and went to Port Harcourt.

Then we turn to Senegal. This is an imported case. A young person who drove to Senegal. The government is still reporting only one case.

DR Congo - this outbreak is smaller. We have epidemiological evidence and sequencing to demonstrate that this is an independent outbreak. It is not a spread from West Africa to Central Africa.

It has become a global threat.

The scientific community will be convened on Thurs. & Fri. this week to look at one of the most promising experimental therapies and vaccines..that the scientific community said that we could fast track....

_______________________________________

[Black Agnes]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/19/south-carolina-physician-taking-disinfecting-robots-to-liberia-to-combat-ebola/?intcmp=related

“South Carolina physician to combat Ebola in Liberia with disinfecting robots”

Bon chance dude.

Too bad we can’t do this from orbit...

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks for that info.

[Smokin' Joe]

See post 1515

[Covenantor]

Interesting that Dr. Chan chose this venue to announced the case and mortality numbers instead of using the WHO-Africa web site. Maybe they’ll update this pm.

[Black Agnes]

http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200526119.shtml

“Sierra Leone News : Police Quarantine 15 Houses at Mount Aureol under F.B.C.”