Posted on 08/21/2014 12:01:09 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Tests are being carried out for the Ebola virus and isolation procedures have been put in place after the death of a man in Co Donegal.
It is understood the deceased had been working in Sierra Leone and that a number of colleagues had contracted the virus there. He was found dead late last night and taken to Letterkenny General Hospital, it is understood.
While the cause of death is unknown the HSE is carrying out tests to see whether it was due to exposure to Ebola.
In a statement, the HSE said it was currently assessing a suspected case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Donegal.
“The public health department was made aware earlier today of the remains of an individual, discovered early this morning, who had recently travelled to the one of the areas in Africa affected by the current Ebola virus disease outbreak,” it said
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My daughter and I are planning a trip to Ireland in the spring. Right now we’re just carefully watching this outbreak.
At this rate cases appear to be increasing about 5% per day.
At this rate in 30 days we will grow from 2500 to over 10,000 cases. Formula = 2500*(1.05)^30Days
And in 90 days we will be at 202,000 cases!!!!
To test that formula, I went back to examine the growth from June to August and got a 2.6% per day increase. However looking at the chart, it’s clearly accelerating.
I also looked by country:
Guinea 3.1%/day
Libera 7.1%/day
Sierra Leone 3.3%/day
Nigeria 4%/day (Nigeria was calcualted differently, instead of using 8/15 to 8/17 I used 8/12 to 8/17. Nigeria would have been 0% if calculated just on the last two reports. But there is concern Nigeria is not reporting accurately.
God help Ireland. The Nigerians in Dublin aren’t going to be helping this any.
I honeymooned in Donegal. Beautiful place. Wet. Rain actually goes side ways.
i’d go back.
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