The Ebola virus, which originates in West Africa, has already killed thousands of people and has now spread to health care workers in the US and Europe. The nearly non-existent health care system in West Africa cannot cope with the growing human toll of the disease. As more people get infected, governments are finally realizing they are not prepared for an epidemic. Even the CDC (Center for Disease Control in the US) admits it has made mistakes. Fortunately Ebola is not easily transmitted as most people who've been exposed to someone with the disease do not get it. Ebola viruses originate with Bats. Here's a graphic of how it gets transmitted: For those of you in the dark about Ebola, its virtually an unidentifiable fever that causes you to bleed out of your eyes, and your ears originating from Western Africa. Recently, reports of an Ebola outbreak have been on the news hotlines in Dallas Texas and LA California. The United States DoD has set up an emergency health screening in major airports across the United States to help detect Ebola and prevent the spreading of this danger. While Ebola in the united states remains a slow and unprecedented issue, its a well known field in the medicinal Center for Disease Control; otherwise known as CDC. Though we may have technology and medicine that can help Ebola patients, we are still at whim to it's harmful effects, and no known cure has been publicized or released. Since Ebola was discovered and labeled in 1976, we barely know anything about it. So far, this is what we know. Ebola injects glycoprotein into cells which then replicate and take over the immune system causing our natural health defense to cripple and slowly kills us through falsifying chemical signals and organ failure, generally speaking. The New York Times has just recently, only a few hours ago released information regarding Africa, and how they are handling it in the East. UNITED NATIONS — Schools have shut down, elections have been postponed, mining and logging companies have withdrawn, farmers have abandoned their fields. The Ebola virus ravaging West Africa has renewed the risk of political instability in a region barely recovering from civil war, United Nations officials said Tuesday, hours after the World Health Organization reported that new cases could reach 10,000 a week by December — 10 times the current rate. You can read the rest of the article here. Now this may seem alarming, but it's being treated as a very serious issue and I have faith that every moment it spreads, officials will be getting closer to solving the Ebola Puzzle. Currently Ebola is present in about 3 parts of the world, the United States, Europe and Africa. Both Africa and Europe have both had consistent death ratios and you can find an accurate and updated map of the Ebola Virus locations below; as well as a link to wikipedia's constantly updated fact list of Ebola. http://en.wikipedia....ctober_2014.svg Whether or not the spreading of Ebola is caused by malpractices or improper training, one thing remains clear. It's on our front door, will we deal with it? Currently health officials say they have the ability to cure the disease, it's just a matter of resources. "We believe that we can file to the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) before the end of the year," - Sihuan's chairman Che Fengsheng said during an investor call last week. Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd has signed a tie-up with Chinese research Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) last week to help push the drug called JK-05 through the approval process in China and bring it to market. The drug, developed by the academy, is currently approved for emergency military use only. You can read more about JK-05 @ http://www.foxnews.c...-to-cure-ebola/ The United States CDC has recently released a statement that raises interesting issues to question and resolution with theories on keeping the country safe from it's damage. For example, solving the problem where it counts most; and that's where it originates; keeping the deadly virus in Africa is the best thing we can do to keep others safe, and keep the upperhand. The CDC will also be training health care officials in prognosis. Proper response teams will be boots on the ground in any state in a matter of hours. Says Frieden, the director of the CDC. “Our work stopping Ebola in Africa, is the single most important position to protect health workers: a single site manager who is expert and oversees every aspect of the process,” Frieden said in this Press Conference. Lastly this is a quote from a infected disease specialist, currently training staff at the Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana. This is his experience with the African strain of Ebola and the raw reality of how the disease acts. "I've never seen that much concentrated death at any one time," he says. "You'd developed a relationship with these people. You knew them, and to walk in and see a previously healthy, vibrant person, sometimes in their 20s, or sometimes small children, and to find them dead the next morning, that was very, very difficult." For those of you interested in reading more about his experience you can find an interview with Dr.George Risi here. Scared yet? Heres what you can do to protect yourself: If you are traveling to an area where the Ebola outbreak is occurring, protect yourself by doing the following: Wash your hands frequently or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Avoid contact with blood and body fluids of any person, particularly someone who is sick. Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids. Do not touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola. Do not touch bats and nonhuman primates or their blood and fluids and do not touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals. Avoid hospitals in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. The U.S. Embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice on facilities. Seek medical care immediately if you develop fever (temperature of 101.5oF/ 38.6oC) and any of the other following symptoms: headache, muscle pain, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, or unexplained bruising or bleeding. Limit your contact with other people until and when you go to the doctor. Do not travel anywhere else besides a healthcare facility. The CDC has updated information and other important questions and answers about Ebola on the website for Disease Control and Prevention. @ http://www.cdc.gov/ Click here to view the article
*yawn* ebola is a non-issue in developed countries, It is also a non-issue in general because it is a poorly designed virus because it kills off it's host too quickly and most outbreaks are localized and shorty lived. it is only contagious through direct contact and only after major, disturbing symptoms develop. and since most developed countries have water sanitation systems the likelihood of an outbreak via water supply is pretty much non-existant. Smallpox is still the best candidate for an epidemic because it is contagious for about a week before symptoms make it apparent something seriously wrong. so have you got any other tid-bits to share, chicken little?
I'm curious, this is posted today, you say "The New York Times has just recently, only a few hours ago released information regarding..." then give a link to an article two years old ?????
I'm pretty sure I saw this thread back when Ebola was actually an issue in the news. I've also noticed that several threads have come up posted by Shale, dated today, yet according to his profile, he hasn't been active since July 25. Something bizarre is happening --------------- edit...this may explain it
