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Ebola Outbreak Halted
NY Times ^ | Sept 30, 2014 | Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Posted on 10/01/2014 6:09:50 AM PDT by Prophet2520

... After the first patient — a dying Liberian-American — flew into Lagos on July 20, Ebola spread to 20 other people there and in a smaller city, Port Harcourt.

They have all now died or recovered, and the cure rate — 60 percent — was unusually high for an African outbreak.

Meanwhile, local health workers paid 18,500 face-to-face visits to repeatedly take the temperatures of nearly 900 people who had contact with them. The last confirmed case was detected on Aug. 31, and virtually all contacts have passed the 21-day incubation period without falling ill.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolahalted; ebolaoutbreak; nigeria
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To: Prophet2520

I call BS


61 posted on 10/02/2014 12:37:38 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Prophet2520

Oh, and, of course, we can believe any statements coming out of Nigeria. /s


62 posted on 10/02/2014 5:03:22 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: DouglasKC

If a terrorist with Ebola would go to Boston or NYC and hires prostitutes, he might infect all of the DNC!


63 posted on 10/02/2014 8:21:17 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Prophet2520; null and void; Kartographer; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; ...

Good news!

PING!


64 posted on 10/02/2014 8:22:02 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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