Monday, July 28, 2014

CNN: "Health officials say the Ebola outbreak, centered in West Africa, is the deadliest ever"

"As of July 20, some 1,093 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are thought to have been infected by Ebola since its symptoms were first observed four months ago, according to the World Health Organization."
Testing confirmed the Ebola virus in 786 of those cases; 442 of those people died.

Of the 1,093 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, 660 people have died.

There also are fears the virus could spread to Africa's most populous country, Nigeria.
"Second American infected with Ebola"

12 comments:

The Dude said...

Hot Zone, anyone?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

"It's always chaotic. All those CDC/HHS/DHS plans? NO one has read them. NO one is ready. Now, let's get to the fun part. /45"

"It leaks, right around day 11. Leak to the NYT. Twitter's #Ebola tag trends, and doesn't stop. Rumors fly. Republicans blame Obama. /56"

"Democrats deny that Ebola exists, and if it does, it was made by the Koch brothers, and racism. /57"

Methadras said...

You can bet that Ebola sees itself in the US. Bet on it.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Sounds like Ebola doesn't travel "unaccompanied". So, we don't have anything to worry about.

ricpic said...

Think of the fun diseases the Central American invaders will bring to all of us, even to the compassionate non-racist progs and libs who welcome them with open arms.

Methadras said...

Well, if Obama had a disease that looked like one of his sons, it would be Ebola. Or something.

edutcher said...

This is why this will blow up in the Lefties' faces. Like ChoomCare, one way or t'other, this will affect everybody.

ricpic said...

Think of the fun diseases the Central American invaders will bring to all of us, even to the compassionate non-racist progs and libs who welcome them with open arms.

Justice.

And a lot of them are already here.

Michael Haz said...

All it takes is one Ebola infected jihadi to wander over the Mexico/America border and an uncontrollable epidemic will do far, far more damage to America than can be imagined.

Don't doubt that they haven't given this some serious thought, especially with Ebola sufferers now running loose in central Africa.

Terrorism isn't just about bombs and crashed aircraft.

Michael Haz said...

All it takes is one Ebola infected jihadi to wander over the Mexico/America border and an uncontrollable epidemic will do far, far more damage to America than can be imagined.

Don't doubt that they haven't given this some serious thought, especially with Ebola sufferers now running loose in central Africa.

Terrorism isn't just about bombs and crashed aircraft.

deborah said...

Instead of being called a suicide bomber, he'd be a suicide...?

The Dude said...

Suicide oozer. Death oozing out of ever pore.

I'm tellin' ya, The Hot Zone made an impression on me.

deborah said...

Suicide oozer...good one.

Never saw Hot Zone. Or Contagion.

But I got a computer virus about an hour ago. Got a fake download of Acrobat or something.

Now I'm getting crap when I try to Google. It gives me results at the top from some po-dunk search engine, but at least I can scroll down to the Google results.

When I go to a page, it starts playing ads in the corner.

British spellings are classy, btw :) I have to stop myself from using whilst.

'Night.