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Liberian Official: Ebola Outbreak ‘Is Above The Control Of The National Government’ | |
msloryn  User ID: 35023127  Oman07/31/2014 03:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1667343 United States07/31/2014 03:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sierra Leone declares a public emergency over Ebola and orders troops to quarantine infected areas as doctors say the virus is 'absolutely out of control' Quoting: Rachael123 Doctors Without Borders says West Africa not ready to handle Ebola Airports and airlines placed on high alert to prevent disease reaching UK Anyone who slips through will be held in highly secure hospital units Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond declares outbreak 'a very serious threat' Some experts predict 30,000 people could become infected in west Africa By LIZZIE PARRY and EMMA GLANFIELD and MARIO LEDWITH PUBLISHED: 16:17 EST, 30 July 2014 | UPDATED: 08:52 EST, 31 July 2014 570 shares 150 View comments Sierra Leone today declared a public health emergency to tackle the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces to quarantine areas of the deadly virus. President Ernest Bai Koroma said the measures resembled a tough anti-Ebola package announced by neighbouring Liberia last night. Koroma also announced he was cancelling a visit to Washington for a U.S.-Africa summit next week because of the crisis. The move came as world's premier health charity issued a grave warning about the likely spread of the deadly Ebola virus - an epidemic it fears 'can only get worse'. Doctors Without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) says the threat of the disease spreading beyond western Africa, where it was first detected in Guinea in February, is frighteningly real and said it was 'absolutely out of control'. Read more: [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook If 700 people have already died (the number they will admit to), then I am betting that 30,000 people at least are already affected. My friend at work (who is from Liberia) told me yesterday that it is much,much worse than what they were reporting on the news. So I am not surprised to see this headline today. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1667343 United States07/31/2014 03:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | normal ebola has a 60% death rate, this ebola has a 90% death rate.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43465131 something different is happening here... You're mixing it up. It is a different strain that is 90%, this strain is 60%. Ebola typically kills 90% of those infected with the virus, but the death rate in this outbreak has dropped to roughly 60% thanks to early treatment. [link to www.ksat.com] Its still 90% without treatment. When the hospitals get overwhelmed (closed) it will go back up to where it always has been. According to my friend, they are already there (in Monrovia) due to Drs & Nurses not coming in anymore because of eithe rbeing sick or not wanting to get sick. |
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| Weltsmertz User ID: 22563048 United States07/31/2014 04:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my wife is getting on a plane to michigan tomorrow i wonder if i should stop her... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43465131 My children are getting on a plane to New Zeaand and I am glad they are getting out of here. A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche if I did not feel so sad as I look at them. Sad because they do not know the truth and I do know it. Oh, how hard it is to be the only one who knows the truth! But they won't understand that. No, they won't understand it." --from The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43207142 United States07/31/2014 04:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "he (Sawyer) was tested for both malaria and HIV AIDS. However, when both tests came back negative, he was then asked whether he had made contact with any person with the Ebola Virus, to which Sawyer denied. Sawyer’s sister, Princess had died of the deadly virus on Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. On Friday, July 25, 2014, 18 days later, Sawyer died in Lagos." "Front Page Africa has now learned that upon being told he had Ebola, Mr. Sawyer went into a rage, denying and objecting to the opinion of the medical experts. “He was so adamant and difficult that he took the tubes from his body and took off his pants and urinated on the health workers, forcing them to flee." [link to www.frontpageafricaonline.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 49015177 Canada07/31/2014 04:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my wife is getting on a plane to michigan tomorrow i wonder if i should stop her... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43465131 My children are getting on a plane to New Zeaand and I am glad they are getting out of here. Nice - NZ is also preparing for an outbreak I don't think there's really anywhere immune from this Be well |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 5843047 Canada07/31/2014 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everybody is passing misinformation about this virus and it is *far* more dangerous than we realize. For example infected guy goes to washroom on plane - now everyone that used that washroom has a high probability of getting the virus on their hands from touching the door handle - if they touch their face. boom! another infected. People that are positive but showing no signs are still passing it sexually! If they want to stop the spread of the virus go find the prostitutes in Africa and quarantine them all! |
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| Rachael123 (OP) User ID: 59364865 United States07/31/2014 05:16 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sierra Leone declares a public emergency over Ebola and orders troops to quarantine infected areas as doctors say the virus is 'absolutely out of control' Quoting: Rachael123 Doctors Without Borders says West Africa not ready to handle Ebola Airports and airlines placed on high alert to prevent disease reaching UK Anyone who slips through will be held in highly secure hospital units Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond declares outbreak 'a very serious threat' Some experts predict 30,000 people could become infected in west Africa By LIZZIE PARRY and EMMA GLANFIELD and MARIO LEDWITH PUBLISHED: 16:17 EST, 30 July 2014 | UPDATED: 08:52 EST, 31 July 2014 570 shares 150 View comments Sierra Leone today declared a public health emergency to tackle the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces to quarantine areas of the deadly virus. President Ernest Bai Koroma said the measures resembled a tough anti-Ebola package announced by neighbouring Liberia last night. Koroma also announced he was cancelling a visit to Washington for a U.S.-Africa summit next week because of the crisis. The move came as world's premier health charity issued a grave warning about the likely spread of the deadly Ebola virus - an epidemic it fears 'can only get worse'. Doctors Without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) says the threat of the disease spreading beyond western Africa, where it was first detected in Guinea in February, is frighteningly real and said it was 'absolutely out of control'. Read more: [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook If 700 people have already died (the number they will admit to), then I am betting that 30,000 people at least are already affected. My friend at work (who is from Liberia) told me yesterday that it is much,much worse than what they were reporting on the news. So I am not surprised to see this headline today. Thanks Tandym,I believe that. |
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| Rachael123 (OP) User ID: 59364865 United States07/31/2014 05:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US Ebola Doctor Gives Serum To Fellow Patient Dr Kent Brantly (L) and missionary Nancy Writebol By Sky News US Team A US doctor infected with ebola has insisted the only dose of an experimental serum go to a fellow American patient in Liberia, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a $100m plan to tackle the outbreak. Dr Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol are both in a stable but grave condition, according to the charity Samaritan's Purse, although his condition deteriorated slightly overnight. [link to news.sky.com] |
| Rachael123 (OP) User ID: 59364865 United States07/31/2014 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | American volunteers who contracted Ebola in ‘grave’ condition - [link to rt.com] … |
| Rachael123 (OP) User ID: 59364865 United States07/31/2014 05:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Don Buckindail ‏@GAwebguy 17m #BREAKING: Emory Univ. Hospital will receive Ebola patient at special facility containment unit within several days. [link to 11Alive.com] |
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