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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS Charlotte/AP) — A Liberian health official says the Ebola outbreak is now above the control of its government.
“Our government has declared this now as a humanitarian crisis that is above the control of the national government,” Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia’s assistant minister of health, told CBS News.
More than 700 people have died in four western African nations during the largest Ebola outbreak ever, with over 320 known cases in Liberia alone. One American died while contracting the virus in Liberia. Two other American medical missionary workers also contracted Ebola.
“This virus, if it is not taken care of, will be a global pandemic,” Nyenswah told CBS News, calling for more international aid to help treat the sick and stop the spreading of the disease.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe n't see much of anything happening at all.....except news stories about it. This is going to cross the Mexican border into the US at some point
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: Vasa Croe n't see much of anything happening at all.....except news stories about it. This is going to cross the Mexican border into the US at some point
I know the US education systems pretty crappy and outside knwolage of the world limited.
But really look at a bloody map! Mexico is not even on the same continent as Africa were Ebola is!
It more likely to enter through your airports!
But hey blame Mexico right? Thats the in thing.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: crazyewok
No offense but, did you just attack someone about their education and then go on to misspell numerous words and display horrible sentence structure?
originally posted by: thesaneone
How easy would it spread during flu season?
Flu season runs thru football season in the U.S and there is plenty of drinking going on during this time and we know alcohol can weaken the immune system, so would a crowded Super Bowl venue be the perfect place to spread Ebola?
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: crazyewok
No offense but, did you just attack someone about their education and then go on to misspell numerous words and display horrible sentence structure?
Its called typing on a smart phone.
And yeah it probably did come off as a bit hostile. My apologies. sitting in a hot car does little for your mood.
originally posted by: crazyewok
Wont spread as well as Flu is airborne Ebola not.
A study conducted in 2012 showed that Ebola was able to travel between pigs and monkeys that were in separate cages and were never placed in direct contact.
Though the method of transmission in the study was not officially determined, one of the scientists involved, Dr. Gary Kobinger, from the National Microbiology Laboratory at the Public Health Agency of Canada, told BBC News that he believed that the infection was spread through large droplets that were suspended in the air. "What we suspect is happening is large droplets; they can stay in the air, but not long; they don't go far," he explained. "But they can be absorbed in the airway, and this is how the infection starts, and this is what we think, because we saw a lot of evidence in the lungs of the non-human primates that the virus got in that way."
Translation: Ebola IS an airborne virus.
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: thesaneone
How easy would it spread during flu season?
Flu season runs thru football season in the U.S and there is plenty of drinking going on during this time and we know alcohol can weaken the immune system, so would a crowded Super Bowl venue be the perfect place to spread Ebola?
Wont spread as well as Flu is airborne Ebola not.
The risk from handling vomit and bodily fluids. Its why it normally spreads to the family and caregivers of the patient which is a big thing in Africa as due to limited hospital facility's its normally family and friends that provide care.