> approximately 300 infected patients have survived
> Total Case Count: 2710
> Total Deaths: 1459
I seem to recall reading that the discrepancy can arise when people show up outside the gate. Since the centers are overloaded, they (as I recall) will do a test on those outside the gate, even before room has opened up inside. Some people when seeing the crowds, turn around and leave before the test results are developed. If a person leaves and their test came up positive, they will show up in the case count but not in the death count.
If this understanding is correct, it might imply that about 1000 people with Ebola turned around and left the overcrowded containment areas before receiving treatment. We can only speculate on how many eventually died.
...or maybe my understanding is totally wrong.
Reuters: Eight bodies found after attack on Guinea Ebola education teamEight bodies, including those of three journalists, were found after an attack on a team trying to educate locals on the risks of the Ebola virus in a remote area of southeastern Guinea, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
"The eight bodies were found in the village latrine. Three of them had their throats slit," Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters by telephone in Conakry.
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Fofana said the team that included local administrators, two medical officers, a preacher and three accompanying journalists, was attacked by a hostile stone-throwing crowd from the village when they tried to inform people about Ebola.
This is what our military is walking into. What are the odds that Obama's ROE won't allow them to protect themselves from these savages? High IMO.