Keep in mind that these are the OFFICIAL stats. The real stats are much HIGHER. Plus I believe that Nigeria is stonewalling on their reporting.
“Plus I believe that Nigeria is stonewalling on their reporting. “
There’s probably good reason for this. Nigeria needs food, medicine and other supplies and if ships stopped delivering it they’d have a different problem.
Having said this it would be a good idea to limit all travel to Africa to essential, official contacts only. Ships offloading should be isolated from indigenous contacts. But, that won’t happen until it’s too late.
And this is based on official stats which are a vast underestimate of the reality.
Its very tragic and frightening but this endemic will not cause plague like death rates unless the virus mutates and transmits by a pneumonic process. Otherwise it will remain largely confined to Africa in endemic outbreaks. Educating the local populations about how it is transmitted and good hygiene is the best approach. Currently there is no cure or effective treatment.
Thanks for posting. Health/life/prepare BUMP!
If we are serious, the US ARMY should set up MASH tents in African airports and screen all passengers headed for a continental US city.
Otherwise, we are just playing, or worse.
So much for these idiots who are trying to de-stigmatize ebola.
One ominous new trend - the dead are returning to life and eating the living.
heck of a lot more people die daily from cancer. Trying to spread fear is a driveby media story..
I don’t doubt the numbers are being underreported.