LAURIE GARRETT has another good article on Ebola. Well, good in terms of truth, a horror in describing reality on the ground in West Africa.
Obama called the world to action against Ebola, but most countries are only paying lip service to the coming catastrophe.
BY LAURIE GARRETT
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/29/hollow_words_exponential_horror_ebola_crisis_reponse
An ‘Awww Crud’ article from PANDEMIC FLU INFORMATION FORUM, which tells us that bleeding is not as common a symptom as the CDC/WHO make out —
By Lindsey Dow
September 29, 2014.
http://guardianlv.com/2014/09/ebola-bleeding-less-common-but-more-deadly/
Although bleeding is generally considered one of the most tell-tale signs of Ebola, recent data collected on patients in West Africa suggest that bleeding is less common but more deadly, at least with the strain in West Africa. The report, published by the New England Journal of Medicine, contains data on 1,415 Ebola patients from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria, with an onset of symptoms as recent as August 17.