Posted on 09/17/2014 3:52:35 AM PDT by Enlightened1
That is based on "official" data as of Sept 13 for all countries except Liberia which is for Sept 9.
Meanwhile, Ebola-carrying Africans could be getting smuggled over the border (remember, up to 21 days before symptoms, allowing an infected person to fly to Meeheeco and then sneak into the US).
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Maybe we can contain our personnel who might get infected, but there is no more vaccine at this point. How can we cure them??
Dr. Kent Brantly testified before Congress yesterday, and he was very specific about our national security risk in the situation, and what the U.S. needs to do now.
They are in no way suggesting asking soldiers to come into contact with the virus.
He asked specifically for delivery of supplies, an air corridor and logistic support, setting up beds in a field hospital, test kits and mobile labs so they can verify infection in hours rather than days.
Africans are terrified and distrustful, both of outsiders and of each other, having suffered from recent civil wars. U.S. Military would not help in that population, and they’re not being asked to do that.
In particular, Dr. Brantly asked for protection kits that Ebola survivors (who are now immune) can distribute to families that are harboring ill relatives. This would not help the victim, but would help stop transmission and exponential growth of the outbreak.
The testimony is compelling; http://www.c-span.org/video/?93630-1/joint-hearing-ebola-west-africa-global-challenge-public-health-threat
See Post #65.
So I guess we are already at phase 5.
I was reading an AP article on Fox, and it says the number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks.
If this IS the case (which I doubt) and airboren, then this is what we might be looking at.
According to this calculation, most of mankind is wiped out in 66 weeks:
Today 2’500
3 5’000
6 10’000
9 20’000
12 40’000
15 80’000
18 160’000
21 320’000
24 640’000
27 1’280’000
30 2’560’000
33 5’120’000
36 10’240’000
39 20’480’000
42 40’960’000
45 81’920’000
48 163’840’000
51 327’680’000
54 655’360’000
57 1’310’720’000
60 2’621’440’000
63 5’242’880’000
66 10’485’760’000
66 weeks or a little over a year. Again I don’t think it’s that bad, and this is provided nothing is done.
Here is the Fox News Link.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/16/un-nearly-1-billion-needed-now-to-stop-ebola/
It will be like that Brad Pitt movie World War Z.
Have you ever seen anyone freaking out that has Ebola. Fortunately youtube has it. Check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-JZEaeOmfE
I can only surmise that a Level one response code means reiterating that air travel is safe and not to quarantine people.
That sounds correct.
I’m guessing we are at level 5 as well. You’d think that would be on the first page of the WHO site, but they don’t seem to be using their own alert levels.
When you go to their first Ebola page, they tell you that the death rate is 47% and lower than previous outbreaks. But their numbers are understated and they know it. All deaths are currently at 48.5% of all cases. But it’s spreading so fast, that many of the cases are new and haven’t had a chance to die yet. So the actual death rate is much higher.
I haven’t seen World War Z yet, but I have it recorded. Will probably watch it sometime this week or weekend.
Thanks for posting....
Thanks be to Jesus, my Lord and Savior.
Yes...I keep tubes of Silver Biotics gel, at all times. That, and Thieves oil ;)
This is a really good link thanks!
There are some aspects to the Ebola situation that are similar to Global Warming. Basically in both cases there is a slim possibility that no action could lead to dire consequences. But in the case of Ebola, we don’t have to spend trillions of dollars and literally freeze the world economy in an attempt to protect ourselves. Instead, for just a few dollars, we can buy some colloidal silver.
I do not deny for one minute that ebola is a national or global threat. However, as everything you stated (setting up beds and field hospitals) is a LOGISTICAL challenge. Logistics. In military fields, contractors handle logistics. In Iraq logistics were handled by contractors (KBR, Parsons, Tetra Tech, and so forth). I understand that in Vietnam contractors handled logistics. Further, combat engineers do not build things, they blow them up. Military is not the only option, but might be the dumbest option.
Is silver responsible for the permanent nervous system damage of some folks who have spent time in old fashioned photography dark rooms?
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