Outbreak of deadly flesh-eating Ebola virus has already killed at least59 people in Guinea

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Remember, Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with blood or secretions from an infected host.
It is not transmitted through the air.
The reasons it is running unchecked is because identification is late and safe handling techniques are not being practiced. You have family members caring for sick loved ones who are being exposed to infectious medium.

When safe handling and quarantine is applied quickly and effeciently, this disease can be put into check easily.
In the mean time, in the areas it is rampant, it is a horrific health crisis.

 

[Wanker]

[h=1]5 things to know about Ebola outbreak in West Africa[/h]
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...know_about_ebola_outbreak_in_west_africa.html

 

[Curly]

[h=1]Secret serum likely saved Ebola patients[/h][h=2]ZMapp had only been tested in monkeys[/h]

 

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[User-E]

Dying Africans Are Pleading For The Ebola Drug Given To Two Americans

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/dying-africans-pleading-ebola-drug-195845569.html

 

[ShowmeThemoney]

[h=1]A worried world watches as Ebola death toll rises; Spain to treat priest[/h]
https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/health/africa-ebola-outbreak/index.html

 

[Hardon1]

[h=1]Anti-Ebola drugs not ready for use in African outbreak[/h][h=2]Drug tried on two infected Americans has not been tested for safety and efficacy and ‘there are virtually no doses available,’ CDC says.[/h]
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...gs_not_ready_for_use_in_african_outbreak.html

 

[User-E]

Ebola Drug Firm Shares Go Bonkers After FDA Announcement

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation's head office in Burnaby, British Columbia, on Tuesday.

Shares of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals are up by 18% in early trading.

On Thursday afternoon, management announced that the FDA loosened a hold on the Ebola treatment in the company's development pipeline.
"[T]he U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has verbally confirmed they have modified the full clinical hold placed on the TKM-Ebola Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to a partial clinical hold," they said. "This action enables the potential use of TKM-Ebola in individuals infected with Ebola virus."

"Earlier this month, the agency put a hold on a Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp clinical trial of TKM-Ebola, one of the few Ebola treatments advanced enough to be tested in people," reported Reuters' Julie Steenhuysen. This had enraged the families of those infected by the deadly virus, which has been killing people across West Africa.

"We have been closely watching the Ebola virus outbreak and its consequences, and we are willing to assist with any responsible use of TKM-Ebola," Tekmira CEO Mark Murray said Thursday. "The foresight shown by the FDA removes one potential roadblock to doing so. This current outbreak underscores the critical need for effective therapeutic agents to treat the Ebola virus. We recognize the heightened urgency of this situation and are carefully evaluating options for use of our investigational drug within accepted clinical and regulatory protocols."

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ebola-drug-firm-shares-bonkers-112847420.html

 

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I say if you're a company that has come up with a cure for Ebola and you withheld it to only those who could afford it, you would be profiting off of the deaths of those less fortunate. I think if a company were to provide the treatment to those who need it, it would be a tremendous public service. The numbers of people infected with ebola is very small. I think less than 2000 total have been infected in this last spread of the disease.
A company is not going to make a huge profit off selling cures for this disease, but providing treatment to the poor, free of charge, would be of greater benefit in terms of how the public views the company.

 

[Tyrell]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaGnuZT08vQ

 

[Lorenzo]

[h=1]Liberia: Fears of new infections rise as Ebola clinic looted[/h]
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/new...-rise-as-ebola-clinic-looted/article20088494/

 

[User-E]

Seventeen suspected Ebola patients are "missing" in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28841040

 

[Virus]

Seventeen suspected Ebola patients are "missing" in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28841040

It is getting worse and almost an epidemic just hoping North America is safe.

 

[Agent86]

[h=1]'Miraculous day' as American Ebola patients released[/h]
https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/21/health/ebola-patient-release/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[User-E]

Cumulative deaths - up to 13 September - total 2,461

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29231400

 

[ReservoirDog]

[h=1]Bundeswehr signs up 2,000 to fight Ebola in West Africa[/h]More than 2,000 Germans have volunteered to travel to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak. The country’s first shipment of roughly 10 tons of supplies leaves Thursday.

 

[IKilo]

Two Ebola patients, who died of the virus in separate communities in Nimba County have reportedly resurrected in the county. The victims, both females, believed to be in their 60s and 40s respectively, died of the Ebola virus recently in Hope Village Community and the Catholic Community in Ganta, Nimba.
But to the amazement of residents and onlookers on Monday, the deceased reportedly regained life in total disbelief. The New Dawn Nimba County correspondent said the late Dorris Quoi of Hope Village Community and the second victim only identified as Ma Kebeh, said to be in her late 60s, were about to be taken for burial when they resurrected.

Ma Kebeh had reportedly been in door for two nights without food and medication before her alleged death. Nimba County has had bizarre news of Ebola cases with a native doctor from the county, who claimed that he could cure infected victims, dying of the virus himself last week.
News of the resurrection of the two victims has reportedly created panic in residents of Hope Village Community and Ganta at large, with some citizens describing Dorris Quoi as a ghost, who shouldn't live among them. Since the Ebola outbreak in Nimba County, this is the first incident of dead victims resurrecting.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201409240829.html


Now they are biting people AND coming back from the dead. Start stockpiling MREs and ammo.

 

[Louiloui]

CDC mobilizing as patient tested for Ebola in Dallas

DALLAS — A Dallas hospital is holding a patient in "strict isolation" as that person is evaluated for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus.

In a statement issued Tuesday night, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said the patient was admitted based on symptoms and "recent travel history."

The hospital, located at Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane in northeast Dallas, said it's complying with all recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Texas Department of Health to ensure the safety of other patients and medical staff.

Preliminary results of tests on the patient are expected from the CDC on Tuesday

Zachary Thompson, the director of the Dallas County Health & Human Services, says the Center for Disease Control is mobilizing as if the patient tested positive for the virus.

The World Health Organization says it has confirmed more than 3,000 Ebola-related deaths in West Africa during the current outbreak, which has spread to five countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

There have been no Ebola cases reported outside that region, although some patients have been transferred to other countries for treatment. Fort Worth physician Dr. Kent Brantly, who became infected while working in Liberia, recovered after being moved to a hospital in Atlanta.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would offer military and medical help to combat the disease in West Africa which has now reached epidemic proportions.

Several U.S. hospitals have previously raised alerts in connection with patients who presented Ebola-like symptoms, but all those cases tested negative for the virus.

 

[Senor Gomes]

CDC mobilizing as patient tested for Ebola in Dallas

DALLAS — A Dallas hospital is holding a patient in "strict isolation" as that person is evaluated for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus.

In a statement issued Tuesday night, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said the patient was admitted based on symptoms and "recent travel history."

The hospital, located at Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane in northeast Dallas, said it's complying with all recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Texas Department of Health to ensure the safety of other patients and medical staff.

Preliminary results of tests on the patient are expected from the CDC on Tuesday

Zachary Thompson, the director of the Dallas County Health & Human Services, says the Center for Disease Control is mobilizing as if the patient tested positive for the virus.

The World Health Organization says it has confirmed more than 3,000 Ebola-related deaths in West Africa during the current outbreak, which has spread to five countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

There have been no Ebola cases reported outside that region, although some patients have been transferred to other countries for treatment. Fort Worth physician Dr. Kent Brantly, who became infected while working in Liberia, recovered after being moved to a hospital in Atlanta.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would offer military and medical help to combat the disease in West Africa which has now reached epidemic proportions.

Several U.S. hospitals have previously raised alerts in connection with patients who presented Ebola-like symptoms, but all those cases tested negative for the virus.

 

[Bacardi]

Now what?