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Death toll from Ebola outbreak hits 1,145 in West Africa: WHO (76 new cases and 38 deaths per day)
Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | August 15, 2014 | Daniel Flynn

Posted on 08/16/2014 5:45:27 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

DAKAR (Reuters) - The death toll from the worst ever outbreak of Ebola has risen to 1,145, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as 76 new deaths were reported in the two days to August 13 in the four West African nations affected by the epidemic.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: ebola
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To: Smokin' Joe

BTW, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria just FIRED 16,000 striking doctors. Talk about poor timing! Plus the amount of corrupt stealing in that country by the government would easily pay for their increased wage demands.


21 posted on 08/16/2014 7:39:26 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Charlie Crist (D-Green Iguana))
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To: PJ-Comix; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

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...

22 posted on 08/16/2014 8:08:00 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: allendale

Let’s hold off on that until after it hits Syria and Iran, and parts of Yemen and Iraq.


23 posted on 08/16/2014 9:13:56 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: PJ-Comix

One ominous new trend - the dead are returning to life and eating the living.


24 posted on 08/16/2014 9:15:21 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: PJ-Comix
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria just FIRED 16,000 striking doctors. Talk about poor timing! Plus the amount of corrupt stealing in that country by the government would easily pay for their increased wage demands.

Let me rephrase that. If there are no doctors working in that capacity, there is no one to keep statistics. Like votes, they have to be counted to count.

Economically speaking, this might be advantageous for some in the short term.

26 posted on 08/16/2014 9:40:59 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: PJ-Comix

heck of a lot more people die daily from cancer. Trying to spread fear is a driveby media story..


27 posted on 08/16/2014 9:42:39 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: PJ-Comix

I don’t doubt the numbers are being underreported.


28 posted on 08/16/2014 9:47:06 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


29 posted on 08/16/2014 10:35:04 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


30 posted on 08/16/2014 1:10:00 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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