Will it break out to the First world this time?
We’ve been lucky so far but it can’t last.
Remember to wash your hands.
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...
"The death toll from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in eastern Congo has risen to 67 people, health officials said Saturday,
with response efforts complicated by the virus spreading further into conflict areas."
"Since August 1, there have been 105 reported cases of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces,
of which 77 have been confirmed by laboratory tests, according to the Health Ministry."
The situation is aggravated by geographic location, civil unrest, and residents migrating to other adjoining countries searching for food.
Uganda has already placed military and medical personnel at the border to prevent further spread
with mandated 'non-physical contact' thermometers to determine whether travelers have a fever.
Experimental drug medications and vaccines are being applied in an attempt to control the virus.
Here we go again.
This time, however, it will not be stopped.
How long before Trump is blamed?
Just to be fair, central Africa has been doing a tremendous job at trying to contain this and I applaud them for it.