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Ebola Surveillance Thread
Free Republic Threads ^ | August 10, 2014 | Legion

Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe

I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.

Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.

Thank You all for you participation.


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To: Smokin' Joe; Oorang

That Kano dot is bad news.

Kano is where Boko Haram hang out.


101 posted on 08/11/2014 12:27:08 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes; null and void; Smokin' Joe
This morning I was talking to a family member who spent a good portion of 3 decades in and out of Africa for his job (DoD). He still has contacts in various African countries and I asked him if he had heard from anyone regarding the ebola crisis. He had not but he said one of the problems with Africa and these types of diseases are the customs

" like most of the people in Africa they still believe in magic, voodoo, evil spirits, and much, much, more. Remember, these are the people who believe if they paint themselves the right color (white, if memory serves) that bullets cannot harm them when they go to war"

102 posted on 08/11/2014 12:29:45 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

In some countries, maybe. Nigeria, particularly the southern part where there’s been oil money for nearly 2 generations, is less like that than other countries in West Africa.

I’ve been looking at some of the pictures from Lagos, for example, and have a hard time reconciling those with my memories from 40+ years ago. It was mud huts and tin roofed shacks then. Now it’s townhouses and paved streets. It’s like Dubai’s change over the past decades, only in Africa.


103 posted on 08/11/2014 12:32:22 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/passenger-dies-lagos-airport-chidoka-tours-facilities/#sthash.27wrcrAl.dpuf

“Passenger dies at Lagos Airport, as Chidoka tours facilities”


104 posted on 08/11/2014 12:33:57 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/ebola-claims-third-victim/1307526.html?

An early false negative results in subsequent infections.


105 posted on 08/11/2014 12:35:18 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

In a sense, yes it is bad news. If they decide to go seeking their 72 with it, and take it around on tour, that could be a problem. If they don’t seize that moment, it could effectively limit their abilities to carry on operations in the future. Cold as it sounds, that might not be such a bad thing.


106 posted on 08/11/2014 12:39:00 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Black Agnes

Thanks for the clarification; I didn’t ask him what countries he was referring to. I do know he is still in contact with some people in Senegal.


107 posted on 08/11/2014 12:41:15 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Ebola: Catholic Church Stops Placing Communion on Worshippers’ Tongues & “Sign of Peace” Handshake
108 posted on 08/11/2014 12:44:14 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Oorang

Nigeria has had a lot of oil money since the 60’s. Lots of it spent on corruption, crack, hookers, etc. But lots of it still spent on infrastructure and education. There are still cultural practices that are dangerous wrt ebola though. I thought the ‘if someone is dead, he is dead, leave him there!’. exhortation was kind of funny, given the circumstances.

Senegal is a basket case in comparison though. One reason this spread so quickly early on I suspect was the reluctance of the governments to enforce quarantines and travel restrictions that might cause the Westerners to pull up stakes. It’s difficult to conceive, if you’re an American, just how desperately poor these countries are. Decisions that were made were the wrong ones, in hindsight. I have little faith that our ‘leaders’ will do any better wrt safety juxtaposed with money.


109 posted on 08/11/2014 12:46:11 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/174657-passenger-slumps-dies-at-lagos-airport


110 posted on 08/11/2014 12:48:35 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24688339/eight-chinese-quarantined-in-ebola-hit-s-leone/


111 posted on 08/11/2014 12:52:22 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/forced-to-treat-ebola-patients-in-nigeria-4-indian-docs-want-out/article1-1250992.aspx

Forced to treat Ebola patients in Nigeria, 4 Indian docs want out

This one is interesting because the docs are in Abuja and I haven’t found any direct references to cases there. The lack of PPE provided is very disturbing.


112 posted on 08/11/2014 12:59:53 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/overview-august-2014/en/


113 posted on 08/11/2014 1:06:31 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/181952/on-the-front-lines-of-the-ebola-outbreak#undefined


114 posted on 08/11/2014 1:37:21 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.cbc.ca/whitecoat/blog/2014/08/11/ebola-is-canada-ready/


115 posted on 08/11/2014 1:39:48 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/11/338666715/graphic-warnings-ebola-posters-keep-the-virus-on-peoples-minds?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


116 posted on 08/11/2014 1:56:08 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

I think a lot of the Ebola posters designed for African populations are meant for people who are illiterate. The sad thing is that the CDC’s Ebola poster seems to address a target audience that is only moderately more sophisticated than those is Africa.


117 posted on 08/11/2014 2:04:37 PM PDT by independentmind
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To: independentmind

The article indicates that the target audience for that poster is mostly illiterate.

I haven’t seen the CDC one for ‘us’. I’ll have to go look.


118 posted on 08/11/2014 2:05:48 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

Maybe it didn’t come from CDC. But there is one that says you can’t get it from food, water, etc. I will see if I can find a picture.


119 posted on 08/11/2014 2:11:19 PM PDT by independentmind
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To: Smokin' Joe
Perhaps this is the Benin case you were thinking of:

Test Results Negative on Two Possible Ebola Cases in Benin Republic

120 posted on 08/11/2014 2:15:47 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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