Child Infected with Ebola Had Contact With 141 People in Mali
Joshua Krause The Daily Sheeple <http://www.thedailysheeple.com/> October 31st, 2014 <http://www.thedailysheeple.com/child-infected-with-ebola-had-contact-with-141-people-in-mali_102014/print/> <http://www.thedailysheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cha-ching-the-second-fast-tracked-ebola-vaccine-trial-just-began-in-maryland_102014.jpg> While the United States continues to ignore the threat of Ebola, and refuses to enact any kind of travel ban for West Africa, the nation of Mali witnessed first hand just how difficult it can be to contain the disease. After traveling from Guinea, a little girl managed to slip past the screening process at the border, despite having symptoms. It goes to show you that even when you try your best to regulate the flow of people, somebody will always slip through the cracks <http://news.yahoo.com/says-two-suspected-ebola-cases-mali-57-contacts-120128398.html> . The first leg of the girl’s journey took her from the border to Bamako by bus. Six of the 10 passengers remain unknown. She then went to and from the Bagadadji neighborhood in 5-seater taxis, with one person in each taxi ride still unknown. It was not clear from the presentation if those were the drivers. She then sat by the window on a bus from Bamako to Kayes, and 34 contacts from that journey remain unaccounted for. Nobody at WHO was immediately available to answer questions about the data contained in the presentation. Contact tracing is seen as the key to stopping new outbreaks. Nigeria and Senegal have already beaten Ebola by meticulous contact-tracing and regular checks on all the contacts who were identified. The risk of the disease spreading to new areas comes just as the first glimmer of hope appeared at the disease’s epicenter, with some signs of a slowdown in its spread in Liberia, although the WHO has said Ebola remains “rampant” in Sierra Leone. What’s truly frightening is how many people are unaccounted for. Less than half of 141 individuals she came into contact with have been found, and only a handful have been tested for the disease. Also keep in mind, that whatever procedures the nation of Mali has in place to stop the infected from crossing over into their country, they’re still far superior to what the United States has done. We’ve left our borders wide open, and have done next to nothing to prevent the virus from spreading onto U.S. soil. Other Western countries like Canada <http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ebola-canada-suspending-visas-for-residents-of-outbreak-countries-1.2820090> and Australia <http://www.ibtimes.com/australias-ebola-travel-ban-criticized-un-liberia-sierra-leone-1715264> have taken the threat very seriously, and have enacted some of the first travel bans to West Africa. Why can’t we? Instead, our government is covering its ears, and pretending there’s nothing there. They continue to assure us that everything is under control, while behind the scenes they speak the truth <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-WKTm73VX8> . So even when a country does its best to stop the spread of a disease, bad thing can still happen. But, what happens when a nation does absolutely nothing to mitigate the risk of a pandemic? Time will tell. Delivered by The Daily Sheeple <http://www.TheDailySheeple.com/> _____ Contributed by Joshua Krause of The Daily Sheeple <http://www.thedailysheeple.com/> . Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple <http://thedailysheeple.com/> . He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshua’s reports at Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Daily-Sheeple/114637491995485> or on his personal Twitter <https://twitter.com/vagabondjosh> . Joshua’s website is Strange Danger <http://stdanger.blogspot.com> . EM On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robukui . Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 6:27 AM To: UAH Subject: {UAH} FLIGHT CANCELLATION INSURANCE, (WHO) SAYS EBOLA VIRUS STILL SPREADING WHO says Ebola virus still spreading The World Health Organization says the Ebola virus is still <http://www.dw.de/who-says-ebola-virus-still-spreading/a-17995821> SPREADING in West Africa. The WHO also warned the number of cases will pass 9,000 this week. <http://www.dw.de/who-says-ebola-virus-still-spreading/a-17995821> West Africa could see up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The UN health agency said the Ebola epidemic was still <http://www.dw.de/who-says-ebola-virus-still-spreading/a-17995821> SPREADING in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and warned the number of cases will exceed 9,000 this week. Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward told a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva that the death toll <http://www.dw.de/who-more-than-4000-people-now-dead-in-ebola-outbreak/a-17987554> had passed 4,400 from a total of more than 8,900 cases since the outbreak started in Guinea in March. Even though there were signs that rates of infection were slowing in some of the worst-hit areas, it would be "really, really premature" to read success into the operation to stop the <http://www.dw.de/banbury-not-enough-is-being-done-to-fight-ebola/a-17993612> spread of the disease, he continued. Aylward also emphasized while some regions had seen the number of Ebola cases stabilize or fall, it "doesn't mean they will get down to zero." Elsewhere, international aid organization Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday that 16 of its staff members had been infected with Ebola and nine of them had died. Ebola cases under-reported In recent months, the WHO had warned that Ebola cases were under-reported in the three hardest-hit West African states, and that an understanding of the scale and pace of the outbreak was crucial to stopping it. Aylward also said the published data could be misleading because the number of known deaths was less than half the number of cases. The Ebola mortality rate was around 70 percent, a figure that was consistent across Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, he said. Germany's first Ebola death <http://www.dw.de/who-says-ebola-virus-still-spreading/a-17995821> An Ebola patient died at St. Georg Hospital in Leipzig on Tuesday A UN medical worker infected with Ebola in Liberia <http://www.dw.de/ebola-patient-in-germany-dies-says-hospital/a-17994675> died in Germany on Tuesday despite intensive medical procedures. The St. Georg Hospital in Leipzig said the 56-year-old man, whose name had not been released, died overnight. He arrived in Leipzig for treatment on October 9, and the hospital's chief executive, Dr. Iris Minde, said there was no risk of other people being infected as he had been in a secure isolation ward. The man was the third Ebola patient to be flown to Germany for treatment - the first man recovered and returned home to Senegal, and an aid worker from Uganda was still being treated in Frankfurt. lw/sb (dpa, AP, Reuters, AFP) DW RECOMMENDS Viele GruBe Robukui -- UAH forum is devoted to matters of interest to Ugandans. 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