The scene: a round-table discussion of Ebola with one VERY significant fact included.
....All four speakers had front-line experience,
having spent a great deal of time recently in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and
Liberia. All of them are affiliated with non-profit organizations that
have as their sole purpose bringing long-term and emergency healthcare
solutions to third world countries. They are all admirable men and
masters of their material....
Hmmm. Experience, direct, front-line. Far more qualifications than those of, say, President Girly-Pants and his CDC/HHS/State bureaucrats and spinners
A few choice items:
.....When the latest Ebola outbreak began in a remote village with an
infected two-year old child, there were no systems in place to stop the
disease’s spread....
... To the extent there are any systems on the ground in Ghana, Liberia, and
Sierra Leone, they are the NGOs represented at the talk, plus WHO, the
CDC, a British government agency, and a few disparate other groups.
They are trying to coordinate, but are behind the curve. The local
governments are helpless ...
... Ebola can transmit through people’s skin. It’s not enough to keep your
hands away from your nose and mouth. If someone’s infected blood,
vomit, fecal matter, semen, spit, or sweat just touches you,
you can become infected. Even picking up a stained sheet can pass the
infection. Additionally, scientists do not know how long the virus will
survive on a surface once it’s become dehydrated. The current guess is
that Ebola, unlike other viruses, can survive for quite a while away
from its original host....
Say WHAT?
...If patients get Western medicine that treats the symptoms — drugs to
reduce fever and to control vomiting and diarrhea, proper treatment if
the body goes into shock, and blood transfusions — the mortality rate is
“only” 25% — which is still high, but is significantly lower than the
70%-90% morality in Africa, where patients get little to no treatment....
Well, that's a relief.
HT: Belvedere
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