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Bring Out Your Dead

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...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[9YearLurker]

There is less reason for high-risk travel than ever before. Good, serious quarantines are in order for far more travelers than we have now, which of course will cut down on travel to high-risk zones dramatically. Foreigners who have been to such areas shouldn’t be allowed into the country at all. Let them skype for whatever they need from wherever they are.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Infectious Disease Ping- Ebola (Congo/& proximity to Uganda)
Situation Update

Congo has experienced 10 outbreaks of Ebola since it was discovered in the country’s forested north in 1976.
The disease causes hemorrhagic fever, vomiting and diarrhea
and kills about half of the people it infects.
Adults ages 35 to 44 account for 23% of cases in this outbreak (based on information from 135 patients.
Most cases (56%) have been in women.
Nineteen healthcare workers have been infected, three of whom have died.

Health officials have made progress slowing the spread of the virus with experimental vaccines and treatments.
But violence and turmoil in eastern Congo has made some areas difficult to access.
Dozens have been killed in ethnic clashes between groups in Djugu territory where Tchomia is located,
with thousands crossing into Uganda to escape the violence.

Source:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-ebola-congo-uganda/congo-confirms-ebola-case-at-border-crossing-point-on-lake-albert-idUSKCN1M11WC