Thread: Meanwhile, in West Africa, Ebola works quietly away.

I find this , cut from my previous post, disturbing, Bob


Bats he says are at a particular advantage because they are themselves immune to many diseases, and can fly from one place to another.
"For example flying foxes in Malaysia are in a continuous chain with those in Queensland and so they're constantly flying up and down exchanging viruses."
Both the Hendra virus, which occurs most commonly in Queensland, and the Nipah virus in Malaysia, are spread by fruit bats.

Ref; BBC News - Ebola virus a threat to UK, Philip Hammond warns

A Public Health England spokeswoman said the alert sent to UK doctors on 1 July advised them to be aware of the symptoms of Ebola, especially in people who had recently returned from the affected area.

"Individuals who have sudden onset of symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat and general malaise within 21 days of visiting affected areas should receive rapid medical attention, and be asked about potential risk factors and their recent travel," it said.

It also reminded doctors that there has never been an Ebola outbreak in Europe.

Issuing national medical alerts was a very common event, the spokeswoman added.

Neither the World Health Organization or the UK Foreign Office are recommending any travel restrictions to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone.

Why wait until this disease is growing exponentially and no longer contained?
Now is the time to isolate the virus and make sure the locals in the affected area are informed and kept safe from being infected themsleves.

We don't need any more Martyrs in this fight against the Ebola virus, we need a scientific approach and research into containing this threat, a menace to all civilised humanity.
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I can't imagine how those poor people in Africa must feel, Bob


BBC News - Letter from Africa: Ebola invasion

I have no doubt who real heroes are. Not now. Bob


BBC News - Saving lives on the Ebola front line in West Africa

Ref; BBC News - Letter from Africa: Ebola invasion

Her husband reportedly fled home in the wake of her death and Mr Sawyer had had to convince him to report to medics to be checked.

People are unwilling to go to hospitals to be screened even though early detection is the best hope of survival. They have seen that those who have been admitted rarely make it out again, dying in isolation without the comfort of their family around them.

This same fear of 'Dying' in a hospital was making the treatment of the Top End Aboriginals infected with Leprosy difficult during the 1930's to the 1960's.
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WHO responds to the crises, Bob


BBC News - Ebola crisis: WHO to announce $100m emergency response

believe it or not

Ebola - What You're Not Being Told [UPDATED] | SCG News

Originally Posted by lebanon

believe it or not

Ebola - What You're Not Being Told [UPDATED] | SCG News

True or not, the virus is out of control in Africa. I guess the critical moment would be , for me at least, if the political leaders, or the "elite " of one of the African nations leave en mass. Here's something from left field. How difficult would it be for someone to organise infection of a nation by a host carrier. It would make suicide bombing look passé. Bob


BBC News - Ebola crisis: Virus spreading too fast, says WHO