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….fear of (Ebola) stretched to every corner of America this fall, stoked by exaggerated claims from politicians and pundits. They said Ebola was easy to catch, that illegal immigrants may be carrying the virus across the southern border, that it was all part of a government or corporate conspiracy.
The claims -- all wrong -- distorted the debate about a serious public health issue. Together, they earn our Lie of the Year for 2014.
…."Americans spent March through July thinking that the outbreak was no threat at all, then from August to October, it was the apocalypse," said Stephen Gire, a researcher who has been to West Africa and is studying the Ebola genome at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. "And now in December, a year after the first case of Ebola infected a young Guinean, Americans are complaining that it was all ‘overhyped.’
Endless Ebola Epidemic? That's The 'Risk We Face Now,' CDC Says
…."That's exactly the risk we face now. That Ebola will simmer along, become endemic and be a problem for Africa and the world, for years to come," Frieden tells NPR. "That is what I fear most."
During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are health workers, family members and others in close contact with sick people and deceased patients.
Yale researchers reveal Ebola virus spreads in social clusters
Ecology of Marburg and Ebola Viruses: Speculations and Directions for Future Research
…An interesting possibility is that filoviruses (like Ebola) may be arthropod or plant viruses, with non—blood-feeding arthropods transmitting the virus to intermediate hosts or humans during oral ingestion or envenomation. ….Such viruses may have separate life cycles or may give rise to virulent strains by mutation.
Chopping Down African Forests Increases Human Exposure to Ebola
Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present and future
Ebola's ability to survive in the environment poorly understood
….The authors argue that while the prevailing thinking is that the environment is not the main exposure route for Ebola virus disease, it would be "imprudent to dismiss the potential of environmental transmission without further evidence."
They conclude that Ebola's persistence outside the body needs more careful investigation, through environmental persistence studies and microbial risk assessments. ….
Malaria could be Most Dangerous Health Problem after Ebola, say Health Experts
….The disease has been spreading in Myanmar and other area near the Mekong River. According to some reports, the disease will become global healthy emergency if it enters India and Africa. Eisa Hamid, an epidemiologist working with the United Nations in Myanma, said that the opportunity to stop the disease has been missed.
….According to health experts, Myanmar currently has largest numbers of malaria patients. ….Myanmar could play a major role in spreading the disease to India and Africa and if the disease enters these areas, then it could be very difficult to stop its spread.
Ebola disappeared from the headlines and all the sheeple's radar. In America and on ATS too.
...Once debate has done all it can and everyone gets a chance to vent
originally posted by: framedragged
As much as I hate the thought I don't think that people will ever care about non-global pandemics until they are global :\
I hope that after such a pandemic, though, people might care about the localized ones more, and not just because we're interconnected.
More recently, they have tried to panic us into agreeing to mass vaccination with untested, likely toxic medications to try to justify Obama’s War on Ebola. Only no one seems to believe them. The increasingly ridiculous Dr Margaret Chan, the Director General of WHO, who was guilty of criminal mis-conduct five years ago when she bowed to Big Pharma wishes and declared a non-existent Swine Flu as global “Pandemic Level 6,” tries to utter terrifying statements about Ebola, but nobody much is paying attention.
originally posted by: RoScoLaz4
yes, the fear of the disease was the only thing that actually grew exponentially, contrary to the dire warnings and cautions given, some of which i bought into myself.
So where do we go from here?
As of Monday, there were 18,464 confirmed cases in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, with 6,841 deaths, according to the World Health Organization, far more than from all the previous Ebola outbreaks combined.
originally posted by: Hecate666
I absolutely love how Obama's restrictions on reporting Ebola cases [if they are not verified] has worked to make people believe it is not really a problem. Well done, it worked.
I read newspapers from that area directly and another good source is reddit's /r/ebola to find out that Ebola is still creating havoc.
I wouldn't call the below an exaggeration or fear mongering.
As of Monday, there were 18,464 confirmed cases in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, with 6,841 deaths, according to the World Health Organization, far more than from all the previous Ebola outbreaks combined.
www.nytimes.com...
I understand that when you hear nothing, it seems that nothing is wrong.
I also understand that a lot of people compare malaria with Ebola, which is like comparing a fish to a cow.
Ebola is very much still about and there is always a chance it could mutate; but even without mutation, it is a bummer to live with for people in those regions because there isn't enough medicine to go round and the death rate is ~60%-70%
It is almost like the plague, if someone in your family had it and you cared for them, chances are you will be a goner too.
There are also people in other countries that have Ebola, like the Italian, who apparently is doing better.
Basically nothing has changed about Ebola since people here were worried on ATS, apart form two things:
1. Newspapers aren't allowed to report possible cases 2. No american is ill at the moment
So I wouldn't as of yet call others gullible or scared for no reason. S4it can still hit the fan big time...and if it doesn't - GOOD!
Meanwhile thousands of REAL people are dying and suffering somewhere in 'brown-land' but it is so far removed from those calling Ebola a 'scare' that it just doesn't count