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Ebola 'a regional threat' as contagion hits Guinea capital
APF via Yahoo News ^ | 3/28/14 | Mouctar Bah

Posted on 03/28/2014 4:49:16 PM PDT by Kartographer

Guinea's capital Conakry was on high alert on Friday after a deadly Ebola epidemic which has killed dozens in the southern forests was confirmed to have spread to the sprawling port city of two million people.

Eight cases have been confirmed in the capital, the Guinean health ministry said late Friday, including one fatality.

All those infected have been put into isolation at the capital's biggest hospital to avoid the highly contagious virus from getting into the population.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola; epidemic; guinea; thestand; virus
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


41 posted on 03/28/2014 8:18:58 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping Smokin Joe.


42 posted on 03/28/2014 8:20:21 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


43 posted on 03/28/2014 9:56:32 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: fatima

You’re Welcome, fatima!


44 posted on 03/28/2014 9:56:58 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: Kartographer

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/the-oso-washington-mudslide-why-do-we-choose-to-live-in-harms-way

The above is probably a “blog” I guess so I don’t think I can post it on FR as its own thread. But it talks about the Optimism Bias and “Risk Gap”. In the blog it is about people building homes at the base the known landslide near Oso, Washington. But much of what it talks about applies elsewhere.

“Engineering methods to stabilize the hillside” may equate to “modern healthcare facilities in the United States”.


45 posted on 03/28/2014 10:46:10 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Kartographer; null and void; Smokin' Joe
Update (via Google translate)

Ebola : la frontière avec la Guinée fermée (officiel)

Senegal has decided to close until further notice its border with Guinea , to guard against the Ebola fever raging in the neighboring country, does one official sources Saturday in Dakar.

" The interior minister informed the people that due to the Ebola fever raging in the Republic of Guinea and in the context of prevention, the boundaries of the regions of Kolda (south) and Kédougou ( southeast) with the neighboring country are closed until further notice, " an official statement received from the APS .

" The governors said regions have taken all necessary measures for the effective implementation of this decision," said the source

The prefect of Vélingara located in the Kolda region had already decided to close the weekly market Diaobé , one of the most famous in the sub -region , where thousands of people gather each week from the Gambia Guinea, Guinea- Bissau and Senegal.

The Ebola virus , which emerged in Guinea in January, continues to grow in this country where it is reported a total of 111 suspected cases including 70 deaths , according to a report released Friday by the Guinean Ministry of Health.

Eight cases of hemorrhagic fever , including one death , were recorded and the last two days in Conakry, the Guinean capital , hitherto spared Has it reported the same source.

The vast majority of cases were reported in the cities and regions of southern Guinea , considered the center of the epidemic . The most affected areas are Guékédou ( 51 deaths out of 73 cases) and Macenta ( 12 deaths out of 22 cases).

46 posted on 03/29/2014 7:00:14 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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To: Pan_Yan

I think that for humanitarian reasons the victims should be brought to Washington D.C. for care and treatment. Congress in its investigatory mode could interview the sufferers.


47 posted on 03/29/2014 7:04:51 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Hmmmm. It does just beg for a congressional investigation...
48 posted on 03/29/2014 7:41:09 AM PDT by null and void ( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
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To: null and void

Let’s face it, the DOJ should get first crack...Holder himself.


49 posted on 03/29/2014 9:30:26 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: Smokin' Joe

Maybe the victims could take the White House tour while they’re in town?


50 posted on 03/30/2014 11:41:39 AM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: driftdiver

http://www.thegeorgiaguidestones.com/message.htm

message of the Georgia Guidestones

Also:
http://www.guidestones.us/

1. MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE

2. GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY - IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY

3. UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE

4. RULE PASSION - FAITH - TRADITION - AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON

5. PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS

6. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT

7. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS

8. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES

9. PRIZE TRUTH - BEAUTY - LOVE- SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE

10. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH - LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE - LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE


51 posted on 03/30/2014 11:42:27 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: driftdiver

Also:
http://www.guidestones.us/


52 posted on 03/30/2014 11:43:20 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: TEXOKIE

Sorry for the quasi double link!


53 posted on 03/30/2014 11:45:42 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Kartographer

The shift in Ebola is worrisome.


54 posted on 03/31/2014 7:49:24 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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