finish the city walls and make sure to outlaw public music beyond 5 people
also, you might want to install buzzsaws about half way up the walls
Posted on 10/12/2014 8:28:33 PM PDT by IsraelBeach
Israel Vs. Ebola
By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Jerusalem, Israel — October 12, 2014 … Part of the following was communicated by the Israel Prime Minister’s Office to the Israel News Agency.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning held a discussion on the spread of the Ebola virus, in continuation of a similar discussion held last Monday, 6 October. At today’s meeting in Jerusalem it was decided to emphasize the questioning of travelers arriving in Israel from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, who are most at risk.
The questioning will be implemented at air, land and sea entry points into Israel. This will be in addition to the information signs (in Hebrew, English, French and Arabic) posted at the entry points.
Participating in today’s discussion were representatives of the Israel Health, Transportation and Road Safety, Interior, Foreign Affairs and Justice ministries, as well as from the Israel Airports Authority, the Israel Police and the IDF.
At the end of the discussion Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “The State of Israel is prepared in order to bar the possible entry of people with Ebola, as part of our effort to defend our borders against illegal migrants and terrorism. This is a global plague and we are cooperating with other countries in addition to guarding our borders; we are taking a series of steps to isolate those who are ill, if they arrive, and treat them, of course, in our healthcare system. We hope that this will not be necessary but we are prepared for any eventuality.”
Ben-Gurion International Airport Director Shmuel Zakai said: “We are beginning a very extensive deployment at all border crossings in order to locate and prevent the entry of travelers carrying the Ebola virus.”
Israel Health Ministry Director General Prof. Arnon Afek said: “The healthcare system is monitoring the Ebola issue and is in contact with medical experts around the world. We are improving the preparedness of the healthcare system in order to be able to deal with any people stricken with Ebola should they arrive in Israel.”
Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials met yesterday to coordinate their strategy for handling the Ebola crisis.
IDF Gen. Yoav Mordechai, coordinator for government activities in the territories, conducted the discussion as part of the meeting of the Joint Civil Affairs Coordination and Cooperation Committee.
Officials from Israel’s Health Ministry, Palestinian Authority officials from the West Bank and Gaza and the PA’s representative from the World Health Organization attended the meeting. The officials agreed to continue to cooperate in additional meetings on the Ebola epidemic.
Private Israeli citizens and organizations are currently coordinating with the Israel government to develop a Global Ebola Blood Registry.
This registry will match Ebola survivors with Ebola victims through an effective, global registry open to all respectable health care organizations.
The blood of an Ebola survivor should carry antibodies of the virus. By giving a current Ebola patient an injection of a compatible amount of blood plasma from someone who recovered from the disease, those antibodies could help the patient fight the virus.
Israel’s medical community is performing ground breaking work in the fight against Ebola and is preparing to send three mobile emergency clinics to Africa.
The Israel Foreign Ministry’s Mashav department, which is the Agency for International Development Cooperation, has decided to increase Israel’s contribution to the international effort to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Mashav announced the decision in response to requests by UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, the World Health Organization, many governments and Israeli and international aid organizations. The clinics, which were manufactured here, were built in accordance with the WHO’s standards and guidelines for the treatment of Ebola. A staff of medical experts to be attached to each clinic is to train local medical staffers in its operation and equipment. In addition, staff training is to focus on preventing the spread of the disease and raising awareness among populations with high potential for infection.
An Israeli team has already been sent to Cameroon, where it was favorably received by the local authorities.
The Israel Foreign Ministry has sent emergency equipment to the government of Sierra Leone, and in recent weeks, it shipped personal protection equipment to teams of the African Union. Israel is a popular destination for Christian pilgrims from Africa, and approximately 43,000 African tourists (including North Africa) visited Israel since the beginning of 2014, according to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
The World Health Organization said on Friday that as of October 8, 4,033 people have died of Ebola out of a total of 8,399 registered cases in seven countries. The last toll put the figures at 3,865 dead from 8,033 cases.
The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. As of October 3, there have been 7,492 reported cases of Ebola in West Africa and 3,439 deaths. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa, has also reported cases of Ebola. These cases are not related to the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
The West Africa outbreak was first detected last spring and confirmed by the World Health Organization. Fruit bats are believed to be the natural hosts of Ebola virus. The virus is transmitted from wildlife to people through contact with infected fruit bats, or through intermediate hosts, such as monkeys, apes, or pigs that have themselves become infected through contact with bat saliva or feces.
People may then become infected through contact with infected animals, either in the process of slaughtering or through consumption of blood, milk, or raw or undercooked meat.
The Ebola virus is then passed from person to person through direct contact with the blood, secretions or other bodily fluids of infected persons, or from contact with contaminated needles or other equipment in the environment.
This is the process that started all of this mess. However, it is politically incorrect to condemn the filthy practices of those in Africa, such as eating fruit bats after improper preparation and/or with open wounds on hands while preparing meat of same. Then, when relatives die of Ebola, leaving the bodies above ground and attacking and killing whoever tries to bury them. Entire towns should have been eliminated when murder of burial teams occurred to set an example of "Don't EVER do that again." No leadership anywhere.
I am sure Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are stepping up to the plate the way Israel is. Oh wait..
Questioning.
What if people... lie?
What if someone lies so they can get into your country and take advantage of your healthcare being superior to what they had in their own sh*thole of a nation?
Good, analytical and active approach by Israeli leadership.
How so? I don't see any substantial difference between what they're doing, and what we're doing -- which is absolutely insane.
No, the correct thing for Israel to do is bar anyone from entering their country who holds a passport from any Hot Spot country. That's the best possible way to keep the infected out.
Imagine the conundrum for the Jew haters if Israelis discovered a cure for Ebola!
finish the city walls and make sure to outlaw public music beyond 5 people
also, you might want to install buzzsaws about half way up the walls
I’ve called Obama the affirmative action Hitler (a somewhat bumbling copy of the original). Keep in mind that Obama banned flights to Israel, but not Liberia. By his actions, Obama regards Jews as worse than disease plagues. Even Hitler thought that Jews were equal to disease plagues — not worse than disease plagues.
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Egypt has installed controls at airports, with heat screening to pick up people with a fever. Egypt, having borders with Africa, is nervous and making as many efforts as possible. But it is such a vast land border ...
Very true. This all began with "bush meats" (which are considered a delicacy, and are illegally imported to Western nations by those who have a taste for such things.)
Eating dead gorillas and monkeys is often how Ebola starts in a community. Anyone who can't see anything wrong with eating monkeys is not right in the head, if you ask me.
Thanks IsraelBeach.
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