100 new potential Ebola victims reported by US hospitals. Marburg Breaks Out in Uganda

After a long week of Ebola jitters, the feds are sending out the big guns this morning to calm everyone down.

CDC chief Tom Frieden will be the star guest on “This Week” and “State of the Union” while NIH head Anthony Fauci will appear on “Face the Nation” and “Fox News Sunday” to assure the nation that they’ve got this virus by the throat, even though

(a) there’s no reliable way to stop infected people from getting on planes;
(b) the hospital in Dallas sent Thomas Duncan home from the ER after being told he’d come from Liberia;
(c) it was days before the apartment where he was staying with family members was sanitized; and
(d) their estimate of how many people in Dallas had contact with Duncan before he was hospitalized jumped from 18 to 80 to 100 in 48 hours. No worries.

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Former Ebola patient Dr. Richard A. Sacra hospitalized again with possible Ebola relapse, waiting on tests, if positive, Is Ebola curable?

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Not curable no.

It is so freaking lethal, it usually kills entire villages before it has a chance to spread far.


Look at this, Ebola is a virus VERY similar to Influenza.

Where the Flu impacts every year, there is NO ebola.

Where the Flu refuses to spread to easily, there IS ebola.


A lot of African villages are isolated from the Flu. They lack a strong viral immunity.

Civilized world, spreading the flu every year has supercharged our defenses against viruses.


Taking the flu shot, that COULD be our biggest mistake yet.

Jamaica is now on high alert following reports that the deadly Ebola virus has reached the Western world. The Ministry of Health is stepping up its response, monitoring travel, and is affirming the country's surveillance system in quickly identifying, isolating, and managing any suspected cases should they reach the country's shores.

"We have been preparing for the possible introduction of Ebola for a while since the outbreak, so we will be continuing our vigilance. We note what is happening in the United States and we hope that it will be quickly contained," Dr Kevin Harvey, acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, told The Gleaner yesterday.

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CDC Director Tom Frieden: Ebola 'Drug Pipeline Will Be Slow'

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High risk Ebola could reach France and UK by end-October, scientists calculate

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Ugandan Health Worker Dies Of Marburg, Ebola Relative

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The deadly Marburg hemorrhagic fever has broken out in Uganda after samples taken to the Uganda Virus Institute tested positive, a top government official said Sunday.

Elioda Tumwesigye, minister of state for health told reporters that one person has so far died and 80 others are being monitored in central Uganda and the western district of Kasese.

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