No, not good news. WHO continues to demonstrate their incompetence. They still think fear of ebola is worse than ebola itself.
Instead of setting up a lab in the containment area, they insist on sending samples airborne to “WHO approved laboratories”. Get off your ass and approve a local laboratory.
They still haven’t called for a quarantine, while many of the surrounding countries and the infected countries themselves, have finally started the process of quarantines.
Having an authority that refuses to take the necessary steps to contain is far worse than having no authority at all.
Very good post; Thanks for posting. Health/life BUMP!
There have been indications that this virus may be able to be transmitted prior to the onset of symptoms.
If motorcycle cab drivers who make physical contact with their passengers are coming down with the disease, then non-intimate (no mucous membrane to mucous membrane contact or blood exchanged) contact might be able to transmit this variant as well. Think crowded subways, buses, and the like--or just getting jostled by that sweaty person in line next to you in a crowd.
Yes, it would be decidedly irresponsible to have people panic and literally break down entire economies out of fear, but at the same time the single greatest danger I see is in underestimating how well the disease might be transmitted in urban and other random contact settings. How 'casual' is 'casual'? Not only would that be difficult to predict, it would be nearly impossible to track in larger populations.