Posted on 09/14/2014 11:23:15 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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With each day, the small group of caregivers trying to cope with the worst outbreak of Ebola on record falls further and further behind as the pace of the virus’s transmission rapidly accelerates. Health facilities are full, and an increasing number of infected people are being turned away, left to fend for themselves.
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The sick arrive each day, hopeful that their timing and symptoms will get them past the gate. Even so, 7 in 10 will die inside, slightly better odds than the 9 in 10 who are dying in the community, Madden said.
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Across Monrovia, such breakdowns in basic services are common. Schools are closed. Aside from the delivery of children, it is almost impossible to get any kind of medical care that would require a hospital, because Ebola has overwhelmed the system.
Few people are working. They have been told to stay home, to help slow transmission of the virus, which means that no money is coming in for basics such as food. People say they are relying on handouts from family and friends and hustling for a few dollars.
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Read the first sentence. Published Friday afternoon, late.
Problem is, effective quarantine requires everyone isolate for twice the incubation period: 2 months. Ain’t happening.
The smart and prepared ones will.
There are many water filtering options, and basic chemicals for swimming pools can sterilize water, if you know what you’re doing.
You can also look into “lifeStraw” available at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/LifeStraw-LSPHF017-Personal-Water-Filter/dp/B006QF3TW4/ref=sr_1_1?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1410723315&sr=1-1&keywords=lifestraw
For $25 you can filter 1000 liters of water. Any river or lake will do.
I don't think I'd get that extreme unless it seemed that water supply could be an issue.
Thank you
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
This is so sad.
Lifestraw does NOT remove viruses from water, though.
A fair point.
It filters bacteria and protozoa. Those are likely to be your biggest concern (E. coli, giardia, etc.) Viruses would remain a problem — but they are not nearly so common.
Just wondering....where did you find it for $25? Says $47 at your link....
I read this earlier (thanks for posting to FR) and while the words are there on the screen, I can’t truly imagine the horror of what conditions must be like .... totally helpless, so sick, or watching your loved ones die and get hauled off ... or even left for hours, even days, where they fall or have been moved out of houses. I am praying for these people.
No doubt a hell of a way to die. When I had the flu as a kid I wished would die. I can only imagine what they are going through.
I don’t think veterinarians will fare too well either. Ebola can get into companion animals, some carry the virus asymptomatically and some are symptomatic.
Have read Liberia has a population of 4 million, yet less than 300 doctors now practice there.
It could do wonders for the economy and established order, not to mention the potential enhancements for the minds of those in business, academic and political leadership.
This would make 1918 look like a picnic.
Rainwater is good. A large tarp pegged in the back yard works.
If you are in CA, you are screwed. And thirsty.
I have a pool in the back yard that holds 22,500 gallons.
And it would be fast. The hospitals and medical staff would be hit hard, and hit first.
Consider that 70% of medical personnel would be hit.
Your death rate increases significantly if no one is left to treat the sick. Heart attacks, strokes, accidents...the mortality rate for everything else will skyrocket.
Your 62 million could easily pop up to nearly 100 million pretty darned soon.
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