Sierra Leone Records 121 Ebola Deaths In A Single Day

Business Insider ^ | October 5, 2014 | (Reporting by Umaru Fofana; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

[Smokin' Joe]

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

An interesting recent comment about Ebola from a health care worker is that one of its more damaging aspects is similar to cholera, fluid and electrolyte loss. So it is vital that patients get IV replacements to protect their kidneys and other vital organs. This alone might significantly reduce mortality. The main human primary ions of electrolytes are sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), chloride (Cl−), hydrogen phosphate (HPO4^2−), and hydrogen carbonate (HCO3−). A dash of sea salt trace elements completes the balance.

[Smokin' Joe]

Is there still a shortage of normal saline IVs?

That could be a problem.

[bgill]

So the family continued to wait, watching people come and go through the emergency room. All the while, the neatly folded blanket that hours earlier had covered the first person in this country to be diagnosed with Ebola lay on the chair next to Jallah

This keeps getting worse and worse. And they're out wandering the streets again. I'm guessing the kids are back in school and will be going to the Texas State Fair School Day when Dallas schools bus thousands of students to the fair next week. Maybe a football game this weekend. Better yet, return that blanket to Walmart for a refund.

[palmer]

Everybody knows you can’t get smallpox from a blanket. If they take it back to Walmart, Walmart should send it back to China.

[Scoutmaster]

The WHO reports an Ebola fatality rate of 54%, or at least did so on September 5 of this year.

That report addressed Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. At the time of the report, the highest fatality rate was in Guinea, which experienced a 64% fatality rate. Outbreaks were still in process in all three countries.

[DannyTN]

Good news...

It’s now been 10 days since Duncan was Hospitalized. And nobody else has been reported with symptoms. Which means the likelihood that anyone else has been infected is beginning to drop dramatically.

It took 9 days from the date of Duncan’s suspected exposure on 9/15 until 9/24 for Duncan to develop symptoms. Duncan was hospitalized on 9/26. I’m under impression that most people develop symptoms faster than that.

We’re not out of the woods yet, since the disease can take up to 21 days to manifest, and they could be wrong about the date of Duncan’s initial exposure. But it’s looking positive.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

According to the FDA Drug Shortages site, yes.

Sodium Chloride 0.9% Injection Bags - Currently in Shortage

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm

More details:

http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/saline-shortage-plagues-hospitals/

This being said, about anyone can fabricate their own oral electrolyte solution which is good for about any situation of dehydration, if you can drink. (For sports use, they use half as much salts, and a lot more sugar. For serious use, sugar is just to make it barely palatable.)

1 quart water
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 to 1 teaspoon baking soda (Sodium bicarbonate)
1/2 tsp potassium salt replacement (Morton includes phosphates)
a few grains of Epsom Salts (magnesium)
2 ground Citracal pills

Importantly, this mixture is absorbed through the stomach very quickly, and much of it is urinated out just as quickly, leaving only some salts behind. So one quart will likely not be enough.

[machogirl]

The story is changing. Hard to believe that randomness would bring this many incompetents together in govt., so if it’s not incompetence, it’s purposeful BS-ing, but why? Just a real-world disaster drill OR purposeful infection or they know more about his virus than they are telling (engineered?) or ?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Smokin' Joe]

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!