Posted on 01/14/2016 8:28:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on Thursday after no new cases emerged in Liberia, though health officials warn that it will be several more months before the world is considered free of the disease that claimed more than 11,300 lives over two years.
Thursday's success comes after a harrowing toll: Nearly 23,000 children lost at least one parent or caregiver to the disease. Some 17,000 survivors are trying to resume their lives though many battle mysterious, lingering side effects. Studies continue to uncover new information about how long Ebola can last in bodily fluids.
Liberia, which along with Sierra Leone and Guinea was an epicenter of the latest outbreak, was first declared free of the disease last May, but new cases emerged two times - forcing officials there to restart the clock. ...
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Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the âBring Out Your Deadâ ping list (formerly the âEbolaâ ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the âBring Out Your Deadâ threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Ebola is so JV.
:)
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