Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by 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.
Either that or he has treatment options not being made public.
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That’s a given. He’s an experimental subject. The whole idea is to try everything possible on him. The testers would be thrilled if the dude developed Ebola while they have him hooked up to all their sensors.
That could give a lot of information about the progress of the disease, under controlled conditions. That could help things a lot. Still, that is a tremendous risk...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-ebola-chicago-met-1010-20141110-story.html
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I had a Worker's Comp. client with a brain injury that showed up on psychological tests run by an ex-NASA expert who swore up and down that the results couldn't be faked. The defense attorney said my client's symptoms could only be verified by "microscopic examination of brain matter" on autopsy. I immediately objected to that as premature.
FYI
California nurses strike ahead of larger protest over Ebola measures
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-nurses-california-20141111-story.html
Things are getting worse in Mali, a next door state to Guinea.
From the PFIF, with a comment from a contributor there.
The story below indicates that a patient the nurse worked on has died and been confirmed as well. So I’m coming up with 4 deaths from this cluster so far. The imam, someone who stayed the same house as him in Bamako, the nurse, and a patient he/she treated. Also one suspected, a doctor who treated the imam.
Mali reports 2 new Ebola deaths
Baba Ahmed, Associated Press 8:31 a.m. EST November 12, 2014
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/world/2014/11/12/mali-ebola-deaths/18903143/
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities on Wednesday reported two new deaths from Ebola that are not believed to be linked to the nation’s only other known case, an alarming setback as Mali tries to limit the epidemic ravaging other countries in the region.
The announcement in this city of about 2 million came just a day after Malian health authorities said there had been no other reported cases — let alone deaths — after a 2-year-old girl who had traveled to Mali from Guinea succumbed to the virus in late October.
A nurse working at a clinic in the capital of Bamako died Tuesday, and tests later showed she had Ebola, Communications Minister Mahamadou Camara said Wednesday. A patient she had treated died on Monday and was later confirmed to have had the disease as well.
The patient — a Guinean national — came to the Clinique Pasteur on Oct. 25 late at night and was so ill he could not speak or give information about his symptoms, said the head of the clinic.
“His family did not give us all the information that would have led us to suspect Ebola,” Dramane Maiga told The Associated Press.
Government health officials were slow to act, Maiga said. The nurse was hospitalized on Saturday and hospital officials did not call the health ministry until Monday morning. Health officials did not arrive at the clinic until 6 p.m. and by the time the test results came back, the 25-year-old nurse was already dead, said Maiga.
The new Ebola cases come just as public health officials started to think Mali had avoided the worst. The cases are stark reminders that the disease is hard to track and the entire West Africa region remains vulnerable as long as there are cases anywhere.
Nearly 5,000 people have died this year in the region from the virus, which first erupted in Guinea, on Mali’s border.
Mali’s first case initially caused alarm because officials said the toddler was bleeding from her nose as she traveled with relatives by public transport from Guinea to Mali, passing through Bamako and other towns en route to the western city of Kayes, where she died. Ebola is transmitted through the bodily fluids of people who are showing symptoms, which include bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea.
On Tuesday, officials said nearly 30 members of a family that was visited by the sick 2-year-old girl have been released from a 21-day quarantine after they showed no symptoms of the disease. Ebola can take up to 21 days to incubate.
About 50 other people who had possible contact with the girl remain under observation in Kayes, 375 miles from Bamako. They will be released from quarantine on Nov. 16 if they don’t show symptoms.
This is an outstanding article. I highly recommend reading all of it, not just the abbreviated information on FR.
For those who missed it, conditions in Liberia are far different than reported in the press. In particular, people should be aware that:
1. It is now illegal to publish negative articles about how Ebola is affecting Liberia. They also made it illegal for reporters to visit Ebola centers. (I don't know if they may stand outside and look.) As a result, even Doctors Without Borders has clammed up. You do NOT want to spend time in a Liberian prison.
2. Liberia has made it illegal to do anything except cremate a dead Ebola patient. This is what SHOULD be done, but it violates deeply held beliefs of the Liberian people. As soon as this law went into place the number of people being taken to Ebola treatment centers dropped precipitously.
3. The Liberian government is hyping the drop in new cases caused by their new law as evidence that their "Ebola education campaign" is working. Report anything else, of course, and you risk going to jail.
4. Most of our brain dead media has swallowed this line of BS. (Obama's Ebola Czar/Propaganda Minister may have helped them along with this.)
5. Add it all up, and its pretty clear we won't get the truth about Liberia until it's so bad it simply can't be covered up anymore. Then everyone will be "Shocked!".
6. Ebola is growing exponentially, and this cannot be covered up indefinitely. My personal guess is that they will not be able to keep the lid on in Liberia much past the the end of December.
I should have mentioned:
My previous post gave background information on what is going on Liberia. The article linked in that post is an excellent piece about conditions on the ground in Liberia, but does NOT include the info I put in the post. That info is a recap of previous information already available in this thread.
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