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Ebola: FG approves N200m for Rivers, to set up fund for private hospitals

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The Rivers State commissioner for health, Dr Sampson Parker, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had approved N200m for the state to fight Ebola Virus Disease.

Parker made the disclosure in Port Harcourt while giving newsmen an update on the fight against Ebola outbreak in the state.

He said the state was optimistic that the approved money would be released soon to assist it consolidate on the gains made so far in the fight against Ebola disease.

Parker said the state government had earlier released N300m in addition to donations from corporate organisations which could not be quantified in monetary terms.

The commissioner said 264 persons were still under surveillance in the state and it would not be proper to re-open schools.

Another spanish has got Ebola in Sierra Leona... Spanish government to transport him into Spain again...

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A few fuel stations have been authorised to open in Freetown as vehicles involved in the Ebola response had started having empty tanks.

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Seven arrested over Ebola on C/d’Ivoire-Guinea border
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September 19, 2014

Seven people attempting to enter Cote d’Ivoire through the bush from Guinea have been arrested by the national gendarmerie in Madinani, about 709km northwest, APA can report, quoting security sources in Abidjan.Those arrested thought they had circumvented the security measures to enforce the closure of the Ivorian border with Ebola-hit countries after by entering Cote d’Ivoire through the bush, sources said.

Fortunately, they were arrested Thursday by security forces in Madinani, the sources added.

this number is such a lie, its not even funny. the contacts with Sawyer, who stopped in 2-3 countries before Lagos were never found, not those on those flights who flew to the 4 corners of the globe.
what about the villages north, with a few million who had 'escapees' fleeing there?
this whole episode is VERY fishy. its clear we're being had

Nigerian newspaper reported last month that 4 large plots of land had been set aside outside Lagos as cremation pits for Ebola.
Those #s are pure deceit

pixie

US says no Ebola patient contact for troops in Liberia

on September 20, 2014 / in News 2:53 pm
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US troops heading to Liberia to help fight the Ebola epidemic will help train health workers but will have no “direct contact” with patients infected with the virus, the Pentagon said Friday.

The 3,000-strong contingent due to deploy to Liberia will be focused on training health workers in the country and setting up facilities to help West African countries tackle the crisis, spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told a news conference.

Comment: And how long until very angry, very infectious mobs come a knocking trying a last ditch effort to get help for their kids or themselves.....No direct contact my ass.

pixie

Spain ex-Sierra Leone:

The Government will repatriate another religious ebola from Sierra Leone

The patient is medical director of the Hospital of St. John of God in Lunsar

ÀNGELS GALLARDO / BARCELONA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 - 18.29 H
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The Ministry of Health has announced the imminent repatriation to Spain the Spanish religious Viejo Manuel Garcia, medical director of the Hospital of St. John of God in the city of Lunsar (Sierra Leone), whose analyzes have suffered infection of Ebola virus.

The priest expressed his desire to be transferred to Spain, why the ministry directs Ana Mato has called for today to officials of the Ministry of Defense, and the Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in addition to the Comnunidad Madrid with the aim of organizing faster return hospital.

Comment: Note..not a doctor.

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The abstract, in full:
Quote:
Lancet. 2000 Jun 24;355(9222):2210-5.

Human asymptomatic Ebola infection and strong inflammatory response.


Abstract
BACKGROUND:

Ebola virus is one of the most virulent pathogens, killing a very high proportion of patients within 5-7 days. Two outbreaks of fulminating haemorrhagic fever occurred in northern Gabon in 1996, with a 70% case-fatality rate. During both outbreaks we identified some individuals in direct contact with sick patients who never developed symptoms. We aimed to determine whether these individuals were indeed infected with Ebola virus, and how they maintained asymptomatic status.

METHODS:

Blood was collected from 24 close contacts of symptomatic patients. These asymptomatic individuals were sampled 2, 3, or 4 times during a 1-month period after the first exposure to symptomatic patients. Serum samples were analysed for the presence of Ebola antigens, virus-specific IgM and IgG (by ELISA and western blot), and different cytokines and chemokines. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and reverse transcriptase-PCR assays were done to amplify RNA of Ebola virus. PCR products were then sequenced.

FINDINGS:

11 of 24 asymptomatic individuals developed both IgM and IgG responses to Ebola antigens, indicating viral infection. Western-blot analysis showed that IgG responses were directed to nucleoprotein and viral protein of 40 kDa. The glycoprotein and viral protein of 24 kDa genes showed no nucleotide differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. Asymptomatic individuals had a strong inflammatory response characterised by high circulating concentrations of cytokines and chemokines.

INTERPRETATION:

This study showed that asymptomatic, replicative Ebola infection can and does occur in human beings.[/b] The lack of genetic differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals suggest that asymptomatic Ebola infection did not result from viral mutations. Elucidation of the factors related to the genesis of the strong inflammatory response occurring early during the infectious process in these asymptomatic individuals could increase our understanding of the disease.

If I SIP in a suburban area, never going outside, would my group be safe from Ebola if we were never exposed?

This could/will spread world wide and I honestly need to know that answer to above.

Look at the photo. No gloves, no mask, damn.

The workers can be just as positive for Ebola.

There's also the oil reserve angle. Supposedly, they found the SWEET LIGHT stuff under Liberia and Sierra Leone; the Chinese started going after it; and no one, NO ONE, fucks with TPTB's oil interests. They probably snickered into a devilishly wild laugh - "We'll kill three birds with one stone."

Yep. Absolute 100% moral culpability.

..until the Ebola Education and Inspection Teams come knocking to do a census..

If you were never exposed, you should be safe. But, going to be tough in an urban/suburban area. Absolutely no contact with the outside world. You would need a perimeter fence and keep it guarded. What would stop your neighbors or friends or passersby from knocking on your door, touching your things, etc. What about mail, if it is still coming (there ar plans for mail delivery after a nuclear war, so this is not far fetched)...You would need to be COMPLETELY self-sufficient and self-contained. No barter, can't be touching anything without extreme disinfection....

You'd need a fence, the wherewithal to keep trespassers from getting to the fence, much less over it.

I would not want to be anywhere near a city if this takes off...

pixie

Ebola scare sailor may have Hepatitis

Saturday, September 20, 2014, 07:29
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A Filipino sailor who was banned entry to Malta over Ebola fears may actually by suffering Hepatitis, according to media reports.

The sailor was on a freighter which was turned away on Wednesday night. The sailor later disembarked in Sicily.

"An initial medical assessment suggested he has hepatitis," port authorities in Sicily told Agence France-Presse.

The MV Western Copenhagen, with 21 people on board, was on its way from Guinea, one of the three countries worst hit by west Africa's Ebola epidemic, to Ukraine when the sailor developed symptoms which could indicate Ebola.

AFP said[b] an initial medical assessment by radio while the sailor was still on board suggested the man may be suffering from hepatitis. The passenger was met by an ambulance on the quay and taken to hospital.

Symptoms most often show up 2 to 6 weeks after being exposed to the hepatitis A virus. They are usually mild, but may last for up to several months, especially in adults.

Symptoms include:

Dark urine
Fatigue
Itching
Loss of appetite
Low-grade fever
Nausea and vomiting
Pale or clay-colored stools
Yellow skin (jaundice)

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The truth is that the rest have died.

"“We remember the people that we lost; the wonderful people who risked their lives and we say that we would never forget them. We can’t. Our lives have been changed; every one of us who went through this ordeal, we know that we are better for it. Everything happened for a reason and we must find out the purpose and the reason why we went through what we went. - See more at: [link to www.currentnewsnow.com]


Dr. Akinniyi is another doctor at the First Consultants Hospital. He said he was amazed that he came down with the virus. He revealed that the only contact he had with the index case was opening the door leading to his ward. -

We will see how Nigeria fares - it's not looking good for them at the present.

Here's my long-term concerns with an evolved Ebola pandemic:

- In this situation you can expect at least 70% of the population to die of Ebola

- The 2008 EMP Commission Report stated up to 90% of Americans could die, not directly due to EMP, but due to loss of critical infrastructure. A pandemic would cause loss of critical infrastructure. 10% survival of 30% Ebola survivors is 3% of the population. 10 million people in the States.

- That means over 300 million corpses, many of which carry Ebola for months and most unburied. These corpses will be food for insects and rodents. Insects have been shown to carry types of Ebola.

- Mammals have been shown be Ebola carriers - as in bush meat. Asymptotically.

- It is unknown how long these natural reservoirs of Ebola will carry the disease, after how many generations.

So all that being said, being anywhere around a city after a mass Ebola outbreak is suicide. Hiding out in a safe room won't protect you from insects or rodents who could carry this disease.

The best place would have to be quite isolated.

Last Edited by Cheyenne on 09/20/2014 04:46 PM

This is the third amplification event, IMO. The first was the blocade/quarantine of the West Point neighborhood. The second was the last 3 day lock-down, this will be the third. That being said, I truly believe that the local authorities are just trying to play catch-up, and try to get a controllable situation to hand. We will see unintended consequences here. Dr. Niman was clear from the first that shutting down West Point had no basis in medical/i. e. public health procedure, when there were also cases outside that area. Such is life.

Last Edited by Crazy Harriet on 09/20/2014 05:02 PM

We may see calls to quarantine large areas of 1st World countries; it will only work to amplify this disease. The law of Unintended Consequences, which also is the title of a good book you should read.

I'm in the same situation and I figure if we are exposed, it will either be by gov't entities going door to door or people who are hungry fleeing the cities looking for food.

This worries me the most because our society is nothing like they were during the days of the Spanish flu where people could grow their own food, hunt and cook from scratch. Something of the magnitude of Ebola would be disastrous for infrastructure and "Just in time" delivery. I believe it will be total chaos if folks can't walk into a grocery store/restaurant and get food. We've all seen what happens when a big storm is coming - how stores are cleaned out. Or when the infrastructure breaks down (think Katrina)

The other thing I don't know is when does a person decide to SIP? If you wait until it's in your city it seems like it would be too late, but if you check out too early, you lose your livelihood.

Thanks for that - I think the UK government is more worried than they're letting on. Of course, the sheeple never get to hear this stuff as the MSM doesn't report everything we hear on GLP.

To add to my post above... my husband and I own a small business. We stocked supplies (masks, gloves, etc) for ourselves/employees when we thought H1N1 was going to be bad. But there is no way to properly prepare everyone for Ebola. You'd have to just shut it down.

Where will all the US troops be living? Will they be isolated from the general population? It's all very well saying they won't come into contact with patients, but what about sick people in the community? Will the troops come into contact with contaminated surfaces, for example?

There are many who can't leave for many reasons and others who just don't have the means to have a safe location away from a city.

I hate where I live but it is what it is. One person told me you would need to seal a room with plastic and have proper air filtration to keep it safe. If something like that is needed, God have mercy on us all.

Exactly our fear as well. It seems rather sad to know that many who are awake, are good people, have been preparing to the best of their ability, will die because they can't live outside the urban corridors. Scares the crap out of me.

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