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://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Worries-as-most-flyers-from-Ebola-hit-zone-untraced/articleshow/40320122.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOIMumbaiNews

[Smokin' Joe]

Apparently the European countries along the med are going to have (and to some extent already do have) a problem with illegal immigrants crossing the Med from Africa. Spain, Italy, and Albania have all detained people with suspected Ebola symptoms, and though those may prove to be false alarms, in the event they are not, the disease will be on yet another continent (not counting known cases brought there under controlled conditions.

[Black Agnes]

https://twitter.com/smith_pk/status/500866808685924355/photo/1

Ebola prevention tips posted on Hong Kong tram.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.nollywoodmagazine.com/2014/08/ebola-patients-and-contacts-in-quarantine-are-neglected-and-poorer-ones-discriminated.html

[Black Agnes]

Camp of the Saints + Ebola won’t end well for anyone involved.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/17/liberia-expands-ebola-treatment-centers-as-more-airlines-halt-flights-to/

[Black Agnes]

http://yabaleftonline.com/2014/08/updates-first-ebola-female-patient-discharged-lagos-hospital-yesterday/

[Black Agnes]

http://www.nation.lk/edition/news-online/item/32413-no-ebola-threat-for-lankans-in-west-africa-slbfe.html#sthash.DvksXffC.uxfs

[Black Agnes]

http://frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/politic/2679-danger-lurks-in-monrovia-21-ebola-patients-flee-west-point-isolation

[Black Agnes]

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/21703/vietnam-airports-to-use-automatic-disinfection-systems-to-prevent-ebola

[AdmSmith]

However, we should look at this:



source: http://www.firstpost.com/world/ebola-explained-what-is-the-real-risk-of-the-w-african-outbreak-1654547.html

R0 is about 3

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870608/

[Smokin' Joe]

Man Without a Country [Must read]

Ebola in mentioned nearer the end of the piece, ominously, I might add, when the first part is considered.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Secrets Of Those Behind This Deadly Ebola

[nuconvert]

Interesting. Alhough some diarrheal disease may be contagious, malaria & auto accidents aren’t. So, that would be the biggest difference & concern.

[Smokin' Joe]

Report: Armed men attack Liberia Ebola clinic, freeing patients

[Smokin' Joe]

Mob Destroys Ebola Center In Liberia Two Days After It Opens

[Smokin' Joe]

Team USA cancels trip to Senegal citing Ebola concerns

[Smokin' Joe]

Dr. Kent Brantly to be Released From Hospital Soon, Officials Say

[redgolum]

I wonder what his FReeper name is. Sawyer was most likely a scared man trying to get home