Posted on 10/06/2014 5:46:39 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
At least eight soldiers, among them two commissioned officers and two medical staff, have reportedly lost their lives to the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD), the Daily Observer has reliably learnt.
Those victimized by the EVD have been identified as, Private (PVT) Calvin Sackie, Corporals (Cpls) Florson Louise, Fanbiman Samuel, and Private First Class (Pfc) Anthony Sheriff.
Others are Sergeant (Sgt) Kromah, who was assigned as the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) medic and another medic from the Ministry of National Defense (MOD) identified as Annitta Sackie.
The two commissioned officers victimized by the EVD were up to press time not named.
The deceased, according to our source, contracted Ebola recently at the Edward Binyan Kesseley (EBK) Barracks when a lady unsuspected of carrying the disease, visited one of the victims, Cpl Floson Louise. The ‘concubine’ who visited the late soldier has also been victimized by the disease. She is yet to be identified.
“When she slept at the EBK, it was thereafter the soldiers contracted the disease, and could not survive despite “intensive treatment” at the various Ebola Treatment Units in Monrovia,” our source disclosed.
This latest setback among the rank and file of the already sparse number of soldiers has reportedly created panic among them, to the extent that some of them have begun to desert the various barracks across the country.
Based on this information, the Daily Observer yesterday contacted Defense Assistant Minister for Public Affairs, David K. Dahn, who neither confirmed nor denied the report.
He, however, told this newspaper via mobile phone, “The whole West Africa is being threatened by Ebola, of which the AFL is no exception, because they are among other Liberians being afflicted by the EVD.” He disclosed that the military is carrying out some measures at its barracks to decongest the soldiers. “This is why the barracks have become so quiet since the Ebola outbreak in the country.”
The latest deaths of the soldiers sadly add to several Para-military and other security personnel, including officers of the Liberian National Police (LNP), that have died. Others, including close family members, had been quarantined and subsequently released, having completed their 21 days isolation.
That is a proper spelling. Learnt, burnt and ruint all rhyme to some of us.
Parts of the country are closer to the mother tongue than others.
They said there were sweaty sheets in the apt.
I continue to believe the most virulent vector of Ebola is the overzealous placement of ones joystick while their brain is disengaged.
He got the “Come to America” memo. “Obamacare will take care of you.”
Where did the 12 year old girl come from who was told by the “girlfriend” to “fetch breakfast” for the Ebola man and who was hugged, and hopefully, not kissed, by this malignant moron?
The entire nest of 10,000 Liberians in Dallas ought to be brought to heel by ICE and asked for their green cards, but we know that will never happen.
Per the link below, Duncan is 54. What I want to know...this story implies that the church has been helping this family for a long time. So where does Duncan get the $$ to buy a plane ticket?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-04/ebola-patient-s-girlfriend-overwhelmed-by-quarantine.html
I would suggest the word learn’t is an archaic pronunciation of the word learned.
It is spoken by the old country folk of scottish heritage around here, East Tennessee and especially south west Virginia. It is seldom heard now.
“I learn’t to wash my hands before eating”
Archaic, perhaps, in the sense that it's loyal to original Mother Tongue, but not archaic if you mean learnt is no longer an appropriate past tense or past participle of the verb learn.
The Oxford English Dictionary - the OED - doesn't say learnt is archaic, it says it's 'chiefly British.'
Again, that's the OED, the definitive dictionary of the English language, all 20 volumes and and 21,728 pages of it.
Victimized? Strange choice of words.
well ok, I just think it is irritating, learnt burnt etc but I understand
It's not uncommon outside of urban and suburban areas in central and western North Carolina. While Scotch-Irish descendants might predominate in the use of it now, the origin is very English.
These Liberian moochers also claimed Ebola-Guy slept of all five mattresses in the house. An obvious ploy to get new matresses from the taxpayer.
Here are these idiots in photos>> (Ebola Family) >>>> Its a big laugh to them. There were even better photos. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2781838/Pictured-The-homeless-man-caused-Ebola-panic-Dallas-wandering-supposed-observation-virus.html
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