Posted on 10/23/2014 1:55:56 AM PDT by AAABEST
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Meanwhile doctors said Wednesday two people died in a riot the day before in eastern Sierra Leone, which erupted when health workers tried to take a blood sample from a 90-year-old woman suspected of having Ebola.
Several buildings were attacked and gangs of youths roamed the streets shouting "No more Ebola!"
Sierra Leone and neighbouring Guinea and Liberia are the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak, the world's worst ever, which has killed more than 4,500 people including a handful outside the region.
Health teams are working desperately to slow the alarming spread of the virus, with experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10,000 a week by early December.
On Wednesday the WHO launched new emergency consultations connecting policymakers and health experts in Geneva and on the ground in west Africa by video and phone.
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(Excerpt) Read more at sowetanlive.co.za ...
Obama—a day late and a dollar short—or in this case months late and a billion dollars short.
Yes, unfortunately.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” 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 “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Thanks for the ping!
This may well be the scariest story yet on Ebola. If people are so tired about constant stories trying to educate them about Ebola and measures to take that they are going to start killing the messenger, that will only accelerate the spread of the disease.
Indeed. It is a very difficult situation.
What is a “98er”?
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