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.
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https://m.premiumtimesng.com/featured-news/167137-breaking-nigeria-records-new-ebola-cases.html
BREAKING: Nigeria records new Ebola cases
George Ogala - 1 min ago
Nigeria has recorded two new Ebola cases, the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced Friday.
Mr. Chukwu said the new cases are spouses of the primary contacts of the index case, Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who brought the virus to Nigeria.
He said the new cases are the first secondary contacts to test positive to the deadly virus that has killed five people in Nigeria.
The secondary contacts had been under surveillance since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria, Mr. Chukwu added.
Details later…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deseased_per_day_Ebola_2014.png
You see a tapering of new cases in that graph?
Or this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diseased_Ebola_2014.png
How incredibly sad for them.
Sawyer really was a one man WMD.
“Well......That news is going to be disappointing to some...”
WTH?
Irish case has tested negative.
His immediate family, who cared for him, can rest much easier now and get on with the mourning.
He was awfully young and left a little kid besides. At least the new article mentioned his company having pulled employees due to the risk in Sierra Leone and not that he was ‘home on holiday’.
Crap...not unexpected, but I had hoped this would not be the case. Now the question is of tertiary infections...and so forth.
“In the West Point slum in Liberia’s capital Monrovia, the scene of violent clashes with the army on Wednesday after the area was quarantined to curb the spread of Ebola, hundreds of people jostled their way towards trucks loaded with water and rice.
Police used canes to beat back some locals while aid workers helped others dip their fingers in ink to record their ration.
“I ain’t eat since yesterday. I have four young children and none of us eat. I feel bad,” said Hawa Saah, a pregnant 23-year-old resident of West Point, speaking in the pidgin English common to this part of West Africa.”
Would you mind explaining that remark?
Perhaps you'd care to elaborate on just what "some" you are referring to?
https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Liberia/status/502769240592510976/photo/1
Here’s hoping the usual corruption in that part of the world doesn’t end up with too much of that supply plane.
“Ebola: Enugu places 6 under surveillance”
This is subsequent to the nurse who broke quarantine to attend a wedding.
“Researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania Health Systems wrote Thursday in the Annals of Internal Medicine that the CDC’s recommendations were appropriate. They argued that additional protective measures could increase contamination risks. “Introducing new and unfamiliar forms of personal protective equipment could lead to self-contamination during removal of such gear,” the authors wrote. “Requiring hazmat suits and respirators will probably decrease the frequency of provider-patient contacts, inhibit providers’ ability to examine patients and curtail the use of diagnostic tests.””
You’d just hurt yourself if you used those fancy suits so you’re better off without them!
http://www.9jastreet.com/email-patrick-sawyer-sent-ebola/
Email Sawyer sent about the death of his younger sister.
Nifty map with that one.
Series of tweets from WHO:
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WHO @WHO · 19m
In rural villages, corpses are buried without notifying health officials and with no investigation of the cause of death. #Ebola”
“WHO @WHO · 5m
In parts of #Liberia, as soon as a new #Ebola treatment facility is opened, patients immediately come, many not previously identified 1/2”
“This phenomenon suggests the existence of an invisible caseload of patients who are not being detected by the surveillance system #Ebola 2/2”
“Ebola has caused Liberia’s cauldron of dissatisfaction to boil over”
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