Ebola Ebola outbreak news

[chuck white]

Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30429360

[chuck white]

Sierra Leone's top doctors died from Ebola hours after the arrival in the country of an experimental drug that could have been used to save him.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30553834

Ebola has killed more than 7,300 people this year in West Africa, World Health Organization figures show.

[chuck white]

Geneva, Jan 6 (IANS/TASS) The number of people killed by the Ebola virus disease (EVD) has reached 8,153, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a statement.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/ebola-toll-exc...04866.html

[tornado]

Don't worry it's only a flesh wound. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world...bh3pij5uqz

[chuck white]

Liberia reported just four new cases of Ebola last week — a far cry from 300 new cases per week reported there, on average, during August and September.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-v...ol-n296311

[chuck white]

Young children who are infected with Ebola may be more likely to die from the virus than older children or adults who are infected, according to a new study.

http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-death-rates-...54533.html

[chuck white]

The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa last week was the lowest it has been in 2015, health officials said today.

Between March 15 and March 22, there were 79 new Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.

http://www.livescience.com/50252-ebola-c...ch-25.html

[Wonky3]

The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa last week was the lowest it has been in 2015, health officials said today.

Between March 15 and March 22, there were 79 new Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.

http://www.livescience.com/50252-ebola-c...ch-25.html

I'm glad to read the deaths from Ebola are decreasing. It's a horrible disease, leading to a tragic and ugly death.

But I think we should keep things in context.

This from WIKI:

From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes (30,296 fatal crashes), killing 32,999 and injuring 2,239,000. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years (1949).
List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year - Wikipedia, the ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_...Wikipedia

So, we kill over 2,500 people a month in our country on our highways. We killed more people on our highways during the Korean war than combat deaths in our military.

Perspective is all important. I hope the international community will do all that's possible to keep Ebola in check. Experts have agreed that it's unlikely that it will ever be a world wide pandemic, but caution is important.

In the meantime, we might wonder about the tragic deaths in our own country on our highways and start looking for ways to reduce that number.

It's another national problem that is also local and we might wonder how we could help in trying to deal with it in our communities.

And still, I take your point about Ebola, and agree that to continue to be aware of it and discuss it here is important. In context.

[chuck white]

More than year on from the first confirmed case recorded on 23 March 2014, more than 10,899 people have been reported as having died from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali.

The total number of reported cases is more than 26,700

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28755033

The death toll in Nepal’s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/ap...ort-supply

[Wonky3]

More than year on from the first confirmed case recorded on 23 March 2014, more than 10,899 people have been reported as having died from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali.

The total number of reported cases is more than 26,700

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28755033

The death toll in Nepal’s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/ap...ort-supply

Holy Cow!
Scared me!
Since this is the Ebola Topic I was afraid when I saw your post that these poor folks not only have to put up with bricks falling on them but contracting Ebola too. 
Close call.
Just hope the still get HBO. Not having HBO is REAL serious. 

[chuck white]

Less than two months after Liberia was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization, the virus is back in the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-returns-libe...itics.html

[Wonky3]

Less than two months after Liberia was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization, the virus is back in the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-returns-libe...itics.html

Thomas Friedman told us in his book, "The World is Flat" how interconnected we now are. 

The real danger of Ebola is poverty and ignorance. Too many people in Africa still feel it necessary to honor their dead by washing the body before burial. Of course washing the body of someone who has died of Ebola means that the one washing the body will most likely be washed next. 

Let's hope the developed nations of the world get behind funding the World Heath Organization, Doctors Without Borders, and other agencies to not only treat, but provide extensive and aggressive education for these areas. 

Better to nip this kind of thing in the bud that let it spread to other regions around the globe. 

[chuck white]

Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

[Wonky3]

Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

[chuck white]

Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

mostly legal drugs from big pharma.

[Wonky3]

Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

mostly legal drugs from big pharma.

That may in fact be at least partially true. Still doesn't change the point. Ebola is a insidious disease and I hope they can contain it. But we must keep things in perspective and the media played the Ebola story for all it was worth for the ratings in provided. My point with drug deaths her in the U.S. is that the media often overlooks or under reports the stories that most effect the lives of those of us here at home.  

[tvguy]

Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

mostly legal drugs from big pharma.

That may in fact be at least partially true. Still doesn't change the point. Ebola is a insidious disease and I hope they can contain it. But we must keep things in perspective and the media played the Ebola story for all it was worth for the ratings in provided. My point with drug deaths her in the U.S. is that the media often overlooks or under reports the stories that most effect the lives of those of us here at home.  

I think anyone who has been reading this thread gets your point by now Wonky. You have stated it several times.
Yes there are many things that affect our live a LOT more than ebola.
And I guess every time CW posts something about Ebola you will make your point once again.

[Wonky3]

http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-confirms-2...12543.html

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

mostly legal drugs from big pharma.

That may in fact be at least partially true. Still doesn't change the point. Ebola is a insidious disease and I hope they can contain it. But we must keep things in perspective and the media played the Ebola story for all it was worth for the ratings in provided. My point with drug deaths her in the U.S. is that the media often overlooks or under reports the stories that most effect the lives of those of us here at home.  

I think anyone who has been reading this thread gets your point by now Wonky. You have stated it several times.
Yes there are many things that affect our live a LOT more than ebola.
And I guess every time CW posts something about Ebola you will make your point once again.

And you will piss and moan about it. 
Ignore it.
You don't own the place and I too get to voice an opinion about perspective. 
I did.
I will.

[tvguy]

...and 140 people a day in the U.S. die of drug overdoses. 

mostly legal drugs from big pharma.

That may in fact be at least partially true. Still doesn't change the point. Ebola is a insidious disease and I hope they can contain it. But we must keep things in perspective and the media played the Ebola story for all it was worth for the ratings in provided. My point with drug deaths her in the U.S. is that the media often overlooks or under reports the stories that most effect the lives of those of us here at home.  

I think anyone who has been reading this thread gets your point by now Wonky. You have stated it several times.
Yes there are many things that affect our live a LOT more than ebola.
And I guess every time CW posts something about Ebola you will make your point once again.

And you will piss and moan about it. 
Ignore it.
You don't own the place and I too get to voice an opinion about perspective. 
I did.
I will.

 All I said was we get your point, again and again and again.....

[chuck white]

"As of today, they have gone seven days without a (new) case of Ebola," said Aylward, the World Health Organization's special envoy for the epidemic.

"That is the longest period since March of last year that Guinea has gone without an Ebola case," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/guinea-passes-one-...16881.html