One year ago Monday, scientists confirmed that the cause of a deadly fever in Guinea, which had already killed 59 people and was continuing to spread, was the Ebola virus. Twelve months later, trials for a second Wall Street Journal · 1 hour ago
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Health officials have made tremendous progress in fighting the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in recent months, but continued efforts are still needed, experts say. That's because the cases that are happening now could FOX News · ByRachael Rettner · 1 hour ago
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is planning another three-day, countrywide shutdown later this month to ferret out Ebola cases, remind people how to protect themselves from the disease and control its FOX News · 2 hours ago
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(Ramin Talaie / Getty)Bill Gates.The West Africa Ebola outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people since fall 2014, but in a new research paper, Bill Gates warns that the next epidemic will probably be much worse Yahoo Finance · 4 hours ago
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New York - Four more American aid workers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday from West Africa to be monitored for Ebola, health officials said. The latest arrivals bring to 16 the number of aid workers who News24 · 13 hours ago
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The fact we’re having to test for Ebola doesn’t leave one with a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...