He's got so many fires going, who knows which one will take the lead... and it is not just one - could be the combination of the thousands of large and small mini-scandals.
Posted on 11/04/2014 5:52:58 AM PST by blam
Lenny Bernstein
November 3, 2014
MONROVIA, Liberia — The rate of new Ebola infections here has declined so sharply in recent weeks that even some of the busiest treatment facilities are now only half-full and officials are reassessing the scale of the response needed to quell the epidemic.
The turnaround has occurred without the provision of a single treatment bed by the U.S. military, which has promised to build 17 Ebola facilities containing 100 beds each across Liberia. Those treatment units will be constructed, said Bill Berger, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team here. But the option of initially opening some with as few as 10 beds is “being discussed,” he said.
That would provide people in all parts of the country access to a nearby treatment unit should they become infected in the months to come. And each facility would be constructed so that it could be quickly expanded to as many as 100 beds if the need arises, he said. The United States has spent $360 million so far fighting Ebola in West Africa.
No one tracking the outbreak is close to declaring the deadly hemorrhagic disease vanquished, and all are wary that the virus, which has receded at times over the past seven months, could suddenly flare again in this impoverished country, the epicenter of the West African Ebola catastrophe.
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Uh oh. If Ebola winds down in Africa, where will Obola get the infected people he needs to infect Americans?
He's got so many fires going, who knows which one will take the lead... and it is not just one - could be the combination of the thousands of large and small mini-scandals.
Ebola In Sierra Leone Rising ‘Frighteningly Quickly’ – AGI
http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/2014/11/03/ebola-in-sierra-leone-rising-frighteningly-quickly-agi/
When the guy in Dallas was admitted to the hospital a second time, after living with his family for two days with full symptoms, I saw it as an opportunity to see just how bad this can get in a non-third world country. I was looking for the following:
1. will he die (he did)
2. Will his family get infected and, if so, will they die? (None of them caught it).
3. Will anyone be infected by him? (A couple of nurses did get infected)
4. Will those infected by him die? (they both got better)
The answers to those questions have come in the last couple of weeks. Ebola is not a threat in this country. At least, not as bad a threat as falling in the bathtub.
I had the added benefit of being on vacation for a week and a half. I shunned any news. When I came back (sunday), regarding Ebola, I was in a different world than when I left.
Starting to look that way, eh?
(I feared the worst)
How long did it take Firestone to build an isolation facility?
Three days was it?
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
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...
I think we have been incredibly lucky and for that I am thankful.
Personally, I don’t believe in luck. I embrace the phrase:
Luck is where preparedness meets opportunity.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Thanks for the ping!
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