Haemorrhagic fever / Ebola outbreaks have been reported - accident, natural or bio-weapon?

[Bob]

Another Possible Ebola case arrives from Dubai (UAE) in INDIA

A 32-year-old man, who returned from Nigeria, has been suspected to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus on Sunday at Terminal 2 of the Mumbai International airport. According to the airport officials, his eyes were red. He had mild fever and runny nose.

He was immediately sent to civic-run hospital designated Bal Thackeray Trauma Care Centre in Jogeshwari, where he has been quarantined.

The suspect had landed via Dubai and he is the first passenger to be kept under quarantine at a hospital.

Earlier, a resident from Vasai, who was suspected to have the disease, was quarantined at his home.

Although the suspect does not have any other classic symptoms of Ebola, he will be closely monitored until the doctors are sure that he does not carry the virus. His blood samples are sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.

As USUAL - According to the doctors, until the results are confirmed, there is no need to panic. (nothing to see, ignore the epidemic in Africa)

(Source)

5 reasons the ebola virus should never come to India

Here are five reasons why ebola in India is a very scary scenario:

* High rate of spread

The virus seems to spread very quickly from one human to another and it can spread through body fluids like blood, saliva, stool, urine, sweat, etc. This makes it extremely dangerous in a densely populated country like ours where it’s easy to catch the virus while travelling, in offices or in any other public area. The disease can also spread through soiled clothing, bed linen or used needles.

* High fatality rate

According to the WHO, EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) outbreaks have a fatality rate of 90%. Currently, there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for the disease, either for humans or animals. The only way to treat patients is to place them in ICUs and that too is very dangerous for healthcare workers or anyone coming in contact with the victims.

* No natural immunity

Unlike the African countries where ebola outbreaks have occurred before, the disease – if it arrives is completely new in India – which means that we have no natural immunity against the virus. Our internal body system has never experienced anything like the ebola virus and won’t know how to fight it.

* Lack of healthcare services

Healthcare services in our country are abysmal to say the least. The doctor-patient ratio is skewed beyond belief; most rural areas have no access to healthcare services, many can’t afford quality healthcare and around 2.1 million deaths per year are avoidable. So imagine the damage a completely unknown, non-indigenous virus could do to our lands. (Read: What ails India’s healthcare system)

* Huge, vulnerable population

India is the second-most populated country in the world, where many people don’t have basic access to healthcare services. People live together in huge masses, in cities; public transport is cramped beyond belief. Another potential epidemic, HIV/AIDS, which can spread through unprotected sex, intravenous drug use or blood transfusions never, became a huge problem in India because apparently as a nation, we don’t sleep around that much or use intravenous drugs. The ebola virus on the other hand can spread through saliva and sweat (HIV can’t) which makes it that much more worrying.

[Bob]

Relevant recent reference posts in this thread:

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post868660 - EBOLA really IS airborne.. Pulmonologist in Tennessee says here is the Government Study proving that it is..

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post867637 - Nigeria data

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post867643 - US States who have requested CDC help

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post867674 - Air France employees worried about Ebola (should Ebola end up in Paris because AF brought such in)

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post868125 - A Brit now is in UK with Ebola being treated in a plastic tent.

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post868642 - DR Congo has different Ebola strain than West Africa strain.

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post868836 - Japan says it is willing to make available up to 20,000 doses of an antiviral treatment which may work on Ebola.

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post864395 - what is Close Contact with someone with Ebola?

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post864385 - how is Ebola tested for, what has to be done to determine if Ebola is present? (or another hemorrhagic fever)

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post862232 - Auburn University says it may have a new treatment for Ebola (and other viruses)

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post862598 - Sarepta - Massachusetts company saying it may have an effective Ebola treatment drug.

[Bob]

William Pooley, age 29 is the UK patient with Ebola

(Source)

The family of British Ebola victim William Pooley has thanked doctors fighting to save his life for the 'excellent care' he is being given.

In their first statement since the 29-year-old volunteer nurse was flown back to the UK last night for emergency treatment, his family paid tribute to those who orchestrated his speedy return.

And they also urged Britons to consider the thousands in West Africa afflicted by the virus, but dying in their droves because they lack adequate medical care.

They said: "We would like to express our thanks to all involved in bringing our son back to the UK.

"We have been astounded by the speed and way which the various international and UK government agencies have worked together to get Will home.

"Will is receiving excellent care at the Royal Free Hospital and we could not ask for him to be in a better place."

[Bob]

Ebola Mutation - DR Congo

preliminary data seems to be in.

In DR Congo which has reported numerous deaths from Hemorrhagic GastroEnteritis (based on an E. Coli bacteria toxin), has reported 2 confirmed cases of Ebola.

One case contained the Ebola-Zaire (the strain that has been bio-weaponized), and the other case contained a brand new HYBRID (MUTATED) strain of the Ebola virus, raising the amount of virus strains to 6 in this filoviri category.

The strain is a mutation hybrid of Sudanese and Zaire according to preliminary data. This if it is the case, means, there is no vaccine nor treatment available.

(Source)

and

(Source)

ONLY the potentials are for the Serepta product, possibly the Japanese FLU treatment, or the Auburn treatment - the only hope at this time for dealing with this mutated hybrid.

REF Data:

Sudanese Strain -

Gehring G, Rohrmann K, Atenchong N, Mittler E, Becker S, Dahlmann F, Pöhlmann S, Vondran FW, David S, Manns MP, Ciesek S, von Hahn T (2014). "The clinically approved drugs amiodarone, dronedarone and verapamil inhibit filovirus cell entry". J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 69 (8): 2123–31. doi:10.1093/jac/dku091. PMID 24710028

Sudanese strain by itself appears to have a lesser mortality rate than Zaire strain.

The situation with a mutated hybrid - will it be more or less infectious, or capable of killing? Reston strain of Ebola (from Reston Virginia biolab), apparently does not affect humans, but it destroys other primates (monkeys).

[Bob]

Er, How did Will Pooley get the zMapp in London?

zMapp supply is supposed to be 'exhausted', not available for even experimental dosing of Ebola Patients, but UK patient William Pooley seems to have been given a dose.. (and more doses are scheduled for later in the week..)

(Source)

Dr Michael Jacobs, consultant and clinical lead in infectious diseases at the Royal Free Hospital in London, said: 'We have had the opportunity to give him the ZMapp treatment that I am sure you are aware of.

'It is an experimental medicine, we made that absolutely clear in our discussions with him.

'What has become apparent to us is that he is clearly a rather resilient and remarkable young man.'

The hospital said Mr Pooley is 'sitting up and talking to the nurses and doctors who are looking after him'.

ZMapp has been dubbed by some as the 'cure' to the infection after two aid US workers were successfully treated for ebola after taking it.

When asked now HOW did the hospital obtain a drug which was "exhausted", and NO supply left?

"Staff at the London hospital said Mr Pooley was given the first dose of ZMapp on Monday and further doses are expected to be given to him 'in due course'.

Dr Jacobs added: 'We are giving him the very best care possible. However, the next few days will be crucial. The disease has a variable course and we will know much more in a week's time.

'Will is in a stable position and we are very pleased with where he is, we couldn't hope for more.'
Dr Jacobs said they had acquired the drug through the hospital's 'clinical networks' and been supported by 'international colleagues'.

So it is not a matter of compassionate care or truth from Mapp BioPharmaceuticals statements 'its not available (for anyone but the select few), it is a matter of WHO YOU KNOW if you get the treatment or not. hmmmm

Outraged yet?

[Bob]

More travelers isolated in India - Ebola worry

(Source)

'New Delhi: Six people who arrived at Delhi airport this morning from Ebola-hit Liberia, have been isolated and taken for further tests. 112 people are arriving at the Mumbai and Delhi airports on seven flights through the day.'

'It will only be confirmed at the hospital whether or not these passengers have Ebola. In Delhi, they are being taken to a centre that airport authorities have put up in Mahipalpur. In Mumbai, they are being taken to Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Centre and other designated civic-run hospitals.'

[Bob]

WHO closes LAB in Sierra Leone - contamination

Ebola has apparently leaked somehow and infected one of the laboratory people working there.

It has been pointed out by a Tennessee Pulmonologist who had obtained government study data showing that Ebola is airborne from live/infected animals (primates).

Samples from either the dead or live patients infected would have been all that was present. Therefore it is unknown HOW the lab worker got infected unless a microscopic droplet was transferred to their skin, eyes, or nose, or mouth, or an open wound.

WHO, the World Health Organization has shut down one of its two laboratories in Sierra Leone as one of its health workers contracted the disease. The closing is only temporary and the laboratory would be opened soon, WHO officials said. For the time being though, the grim situation in the Ebola affected Sierra Leone has gotten grimmer due to the defensive step from the organization.

(Source)

and

(Source) - Canadians pulled from Ebola testing Lab

"3 staffers from Winnipeg among those moved as WHO lab shuts down.."

A total of 6 workers will be removed from the Lab after a Senegalese epidemiologist was infected.

The two teams of three workers will decide when or whether to return after WHO investigates whether it was a routine infection, or something to do with the lab's processes or equipment.

"The Canadians will make their own call but it will be based on this group up there doing an investigation now.."

BIG QUESTION
IF the protective equipment wasn't essentially 'defective' for the BSL-4 grade virus, why would so many of the health care workers now be DEAD or INFECTED?

Stats: To date, more than 240 health-care workers have developed the disease and more than 120 have died, according to WHO statistics.

The Senegalese worker is under treatment at a government hospital in the eastern town of Kenema and will be evacuated from Sierra Leone.

[Bob]

Good news for India - Indian nationals arriving from Liberia test negative

The 13 Indian nationals, who arrived in Delhi from Liberia on Tuesday, have been cleared after being screened for the Ebola virus, health ministry said.

According to a health ministry statement four out of the 13 passengers belonged to Delhi.

(original post)

"All were screened for Ebola and found healthy," the health ministry said.

They are working with M/s Afcons in Liberia and were brought back by International SOS (ISOS) organization on the request of M/s Afcons.

These people have been screened at the time of exit from Liberia and none of the evacuees had any symptoms prior to travel, informed medical director, International SOS.

"Even though developed countries are not screening passengers arriving from Ebola affected countries, as a matter of abundant caution, screening for passengers from affected countries have been put into practice by government of India," the statement said.

(Source)

"Officials said Ebola is not an airborne infection. A person has to come in very close contact with the blood and body fluids of an Ebola Patient to acquire this infection.

"According to sources at the Delhi airport, passengers coming from infected countries are asked to fill up a form mentioning whether they have shown any symptoms related to Ebola.

"They are then made to pass through a thermal scanner and anybody who has temperatures above the normal temperature — showing signs of fever — are isolated and then taken to hospital for further tests. It is also being checked if a passenger has come in contact with someone who has had Ebola virus disease. "

(apparently these officials have not seen the Report on Airborne infection potentials)

[Cidersomerset]

I know this is controversial but many think this makes more sense....


Dr Len Horowitz Slams Medical Conspirators For High Treason

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nfLKysNSumY

Published on 28 Mar 2014


Original video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjvrU...
To gain a better understanding of the Hows and Whys of Psychological Warfare,
see "Psychological warfare, communication research, and the media" by Dr. Francisco
Gil-White at http://www.hirhome.com/political_gram...

Nearly half of Americans subscribe to medical conspiracy theories purposely discredited.

This shocking short film by world leading drug industry whistleblower, Dr. Leonard G.
Horowitz, "slam dunks" the propaganda issued by scientists and Western intelligence
agents committing treason against the United States and other nations, killing people
worldwide through the laboratory creation and vaccine transmission of HIV/AIDS.

"Who's making the money?" this Harvard-trained behavioral scientist and public health
expert in emerging diseases asks. The answer is made certain by his evidence exposing
the "yellow presses" of the American Medical Association and Wall Street.

Dr. Horowitz produced this outstanding and courageous opposition to his own smearing
by Wikipedia and other "agencies of deception" working with the CIA and National
Security Agency to misinform and control populations through their propaganda. Public
polling, in this case, provides a "pseudoscience protection racket for drug industry
profits" through the widely publicized study by University of Chicago political scientists,
J. Eric Oliver, PhD, and Thomas Wood, MA. Their propaganda defrauds people, diverts
from the covered-up facts, "smoking guns," and potential cures for the disease
generated by multi-national corporate-controlled governments for profit and population control.

Proving HIV/AIDS was man-made, Dr. Horowitz shows you evidence of the most taboo
subject of all in AIDS science--the use of contaminated CHIMPANZEES to produce the
earliest hepatitis B vaccine studies using gay men in New York City who became the
earliest, most heavily killed, victims of this treason.

Horowitz expresses his outrage over the propagandists' false claim that "medical
conspiracists" are mentally ill, or "cognitively blocking" "normal" thinking. Writing as a
world-leading "medical conspiracist," objecting to the JAMA article: "Medical Conspiracy
Theories and Health Behaviors in the United States," he exposes the United States
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Chicago-based Tribute Company, owner of the
Los Angeles Times, for committing "iatrogenocide"--mass murder with catastrophic
social and economic consequences.

The medical conspiracy theories article, headlined by Melissa Healy for the Times,
titled, "Nearly half of Americans subscribe to a medical conspiracy theory," is
outrageously misleading, scientifically erroneous, transparently commercial, and
treasonous as it aids-and-abets doctor-induced mortality and morbidity ongoing in the
AIDS genocide, and beyond, Dr. Horowitz reports.

"Every reasonably intelligent health behaviorist, or even veteran journalist, knows that
questions determine answers, and the way questions are phrased determines people's
responses," Dr. Horowitz explains with evidence proving consumer fraud by the political
scientists serving the CIA and NSA's public persuasion and population management
agendas.

As the author of the award-winning book, "Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola--
Nature, Accident or Intentional?," Dr. Horowitz explores the CIA—HIV/AIDS
conspiracy "theory" most thoroughly among all treatments of this taboo subject.
His findings corroborate Dr. Alan Cantwell's conclusions pursuant to the hepatitis b
vaccine transmissions of HIV/AIDS killing mostly initially gay men in New York City.

The major "cognitive shortcut" in the fraudulent conclusions drawn by Oliver and Wood,
Dr. Horowitz explains, is their polling question: "The CIA deliberately infected large
numbers of African Americans with HIV under the guise of a hepatitis inoculation program."

"No reasonably informed person would answer 'yes' to such a false and misleading
question," he says.

Alternatively, the more honest related question that received overwhelming public
agreement was, "The Food and Drug Administration is deliberately preventing the public
from getting natural cures for cancer and other diseases because of pressure from drug companies."

The U of C study design was purposely flawed to obfuscate this most controversial
matter, Dr. Horowitz reports, using the media's propaganda to evidence an organized
criminal conspiracy to sustain the drug-industry's genocidal monopoly over "healthcare."

"In conclusion, the aforementioned purveyors of propaganda should be more than
ashamed of themselves," Dr. Horowitz condemns. "They should be tried and convicted
for high treason and mass murder."

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK to read more with links to the referenced articles:
http://www.waronwethepeople.com/medic...


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AIDS and Ebola Viruses Were ‘Man-Made:’ Expert Shocks National Radio Audience

By david-icke

Posted in:
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Tagged:
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‘AIDS and Ebola viruses did not originate from monkeys left alone in the wild – they
were bioengineered in American laboratories. So says an internationally known
public health authority with Harvard credentials, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, based on
a review of more than 2,500 government documents and scientific reports, some
gained through the Freedom of Information Act and never before revealed to the
general public.’

Read more: AIDS and Ebola Viruses Were 'Man-Made:' Expert Shocks National Radio Audience

http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/201...t-or-genocide/


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The Truth from the horse's mouth - AIDS and Ebola Viruses Man-Made

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1JSWa1JNo4

Published on 6 Aug 2014


STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

HIV/AIDS was created in a lab
AIDS and Ebola Viruses Were "Man-Made"


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UPDATE............


I must admit I forgot this interview......

Project Camelot interviews Dr Len Horowitz

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2FTWIEYAVcA

Uploaded on 31 Aug 2009


A short video interview recorded by Kerry Cassidy with
Dr Leonard Horowitz - when he spoke with Dr Masaru
Emoto at the Live H2O event at Laguna Beach on 18 June 2009.

[Cidersomerset]

Er, How did Will Pooley get the zMapp in London?

I suspect that although the 'Great Satan ' US is getting the blame,
his son 'Little Nicky' the UK Bio warfare at Porton Down has links
to what has been going on....( Little Nicky is ref to a movie ..LOL)



British Ebola sufferer William Pooley speaks about treating survivors in Sierra Leone - video

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DV-kIVjRADo

the guardian..........

British Ebola patient Will Pooley taking experimental drug ZMapp

Royal Free hospital in Hampstead says next few days are critical
for 29-year-old nurse who contracted virus in Sierra Leone

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...ley-drug-zmapp

[Cidersomerset]

They discuss the bring of Ebola patients home
instead at in 'theatre' at the end....

How to Opt-Out Of Forced Vaccinations


Published on 25 Aug 2014

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=W7rPRtXl7Jg

Well, get your book bags packed and your shoes tied tight. It’s about time to go back to school again.

Every fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention send out their reminders to parents to
vaccinate their children. Different states have various vaccination requirements, mostly targeting
mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio.

For many years, especially while many of these vaccinations were still being developed, the majority
of the population relied solely on the CDC for their information about vaccines. In recent years, large
groups of people have started to question the overall benefit of vaccinations. With so many people
objecting to the mandatory shots, we turn to Dr Mayer Eisenstein. He says that kids CAN go to
school WITHOUT vaccines.

Doctor Eisenstein is a graduate of the University of Illinois Medical School and the Medical College of
Wisconsin School of Public Health. He’s been practicing medicine for 42 years, caring for over 75 thousand people.

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[Bob]

A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as health workers tried to determine how a fourth scientist also contracted the disease before being evacuated to Europe.

The announcements raised worries about Sierra Leone's fight against Ebola, which already has killed more than 1,400 people across West Africa. The World Health Organization said it was sending a team to investigate how the epidemiologist now undergoing treatment in Germany may have contracted the disease that kills more than half its victims.

(AS has been pointed out in posts: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post868660 above, Ebola is AIRBORNE and the methods of protecting DOCTORS and NURSES and AIDES is not adequate. All the US bioweapons labs say work in a BSL level 4, with moon suits, proper air chambers, filters, showers disinfection..)

SO the issue is EDUCATION AGAIN (lack of it) , and lack of proper equipment to deal with this.

Dr. Sahr Rogers had been working at a hospital in the eastern town of Kenema when he contracted Ebola, said Sierra Leonean presidential adviser Ibrahim Ben Kargbo on Wednesday. Two other top doctors already have succumbed to Ebola since the outbreak emerged there earlier this year, including Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who also treated patients in Kenema.

Rogers' death marks yet another setback for Sierra Leone.

The Senegalese epidemiologist who was working at the now CLOSED down Ebola Lab for WHO, was evacuated to Germany for treatment.

Canada also announced late Tuesday it was evacuating a three-member mobile laboratory team from Sierra Leone after people in their hotel were diagnosed with Ebola.

The Public Agency of Canada said none of the team members was showing any signs of illness but that they would remain in voluntary isolation during the 21-day incubation period.

(Source)

[Bob]

NIGERIA takes extraordinary measure to STOP Ebola in their Country by moving to MINIMIZE public gatherings, including SHUTTING down ALL schools until OCTOBER.

(Source)

BBC - 27 August 2014 Last updated at 10:44 ET

All schools in Nigeria have been ordered to remain shut until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

The new academic year was due to start on Monday.

Air France has FINALLY now announced it is suspending flights only to Sierra Leone afterThursday, following a request by the French government.

Pilots, staff and crew of Air France airlines have petitioned to STOP flights into all the affected Countries. Those countries are Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea..

By the way, the Senegalese epidemiologist mentioned in the above post has been flown to Hamburg from Sierra Leone for treatment.

Meanwhile over in INDIA

Frantic testing of arriving passengers from Liberia is going on at the airport, with a person now and then with fever and sore throat causing concern. (Source)

INDIA is taking the thread of an EBOLA outbreak VERY seriously, not poo pooing anything.

"On Tuesday, IGI airport witnessed hectic activity with passengers being rushed out of the airport and an APHO ambulance making several rounds from their office at the airport and T-3's arrival terminal. The first flight from Liberia, routed via Doha, QR564, landed at IGI at 7.40 am. The next flight - Ethiopian Airlines - came almost an hour later. Three passengers from it were rushed to APHO in an ambulance.

"The Ebola suspects were wearing a suit and face mask. Officials at the airport said the aircraft carrying the passengers was being sequestered and fumigated. "The luggage of the Ebola suspects is also being isolated," an official said.

"The scare this disease has caused was palpable inside and outside the airport. All staff inside the airport wore face masks to prevent contamination since hundreds of foreign visitors were arriving at the international terminal by the hour. "

[Bob]

Those 3 LAST DOSES of zMapp sent to Liberia - the update

Wow - the two Africans who had the Ebola have been told they are going to be DISCHARGED this coming FRIDAY !

The Doctor though was not so lucky, he died (as mentioned earlier in this thread).

(Source)

Apparently, zMapp WORKS if it is given early enough and the patient has a strong enough body to deal with the multiple organ failures which happen as the disease progresses..

"Three African health workers — two African doctors and one physician’s assistant — received the drug after contracting the virus earlier this month, according to Dr. Moses Massaquoi, who heads Ebola case management at Liberia’s health ministry.

"Though they were all showing signs of improvement at first, one of the doctors died on Aug. 24. He also had diabetes and hypertension, Massaquoi said.

The remaining two patients improved soon after receiving the first of three doses of ZMapp — a cocktail of three antibodies meant to attack the virus. They are expected to be discharged on Friday."

[Bob]

Scammers selling "ebola cures/treatments" and conspiracy 'buffs' continue to try to block actual efforts to stop the Ebola outbreaks

New York Times reporting, and Forbes reporting -

Forbes is pointing out when a "company" claims to have a cure or treatment for a disease such as Ebola, ask at least these questions and watch carefully (there are 9 more questions on the source website):

• Changes to a company’s business focus also may be an indication of a potential scam. Watch out for companies that change their names or tout new disease-prevention product lines following extensive media coverage about a potential viral disease outbreak.
• Read the fine print. Pay attention to statements that accompany unsolicited information you read about a company. They may provide context so you can properly evaluate the information. Disclosure statements in promotional materials may reveal that the senders have been paid large sums of money to provide optimistic coverage of the stock.
• Don’t fall for name dropping. Citing a relationship with a government agency, prominent company or academic institution may be a ploy to create legitimacy for a company that does not deserve it. Be skeptical about these claims and try to confirm their authenticity.
• Also be wary if a company claims that it has received a “seal of approval” or similar distinction for its products. In some cases, companies pay an annual fee for these accolades or to remain on an organization’s “recommended products” list.

From the NY Times page -

"In the developed world, myths about the risks of vaccines have enabled the resurgence of communicable diseases like measles and pertussis. And in developing countries, false beliefs have hindered efforts to fight H.I.V./AIDS and eradicate polio in countries like Nigeria and Pakistan.

"The latest example of the dangers of health misinformation comes from Western Africa, where the response to an Ebola outbreak in four countries has been hampered by conspiracy theories about its causes and phony rumors about how to treat it. False beliefs may not be the biggest obstacle to containing the Ebola outbreak, but they make an awful situation worse."

"A resident of a heavily affected area in Liberia told The Wall Street Journal last week: “I’ve never seen anybody die of Ebola. I’ve only heard of it. So it’s a rumor.” These beliefs are often based on conspiracy theories that the disease was invented by national governments in search of international aid or political power." (see posts in this thread related to such statements for more information)

"This kind of misinformation, along with fear of contagion, has led to some health workers’ coming under attack, being blocked from entering affected areas or being spurned by their own communities. Workers have also encountered conspiracy theories that Ebola was brought to the region by Westerners.

"In addition, false claims are circulating about how to treat the disease (we all have heard about the push for nanosilver). The World Health Organization issued a statement warning people against unproven treatments or supposed preventive measures, such as drinking salt water, which has reportedly killed several people in Nigeria.

RECENT COMMENTS on the NY Times page cited above

"Fat Man 13 hours ago comments:
"Behold there is nothing new under the sun:"When cholera had first struck Europe at the beginning of the 1830s, there had been popular..."

"edmund dantes 13 hours ago omments:
"This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Assuming it does get better. Ebola has apparently evolved from earlier strains, so...

"Concerned Citizen 13 hours ago posts:
"Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Because they seem like an equally valid explanation to the propaganda they are fed by..."

"As we’ve seen in the case of vaccines, circulating correct information about the causes and treatment of Ebola — as the W.H.O. and national governments are trying to do — has not been enough to erase these myths, particularly given the pace and scope of the outbreak and the lack of health facilities and workers in the region. A better approach (though harder to do quickly enough) is to work with trusted community leaders, as Dr. Marc Forget of Medecins Sans Frontieres."

Doctors Without Borders is ON the front line and having to deal with these rumors continually spread by people who are NOT doing any good trying to inform people:
1) what is happening - what is the nature of the disease
2) where is it happening
3) what measures can be taken to control the spread (how is it spread)
4) what is the source of the infection, how can it be caught?
5) what must CHANGE in behaviour to stop the spread, how to EDUCATE

Conspiracy buffs push for "this is the monster who created it, see, its a world conspiracy to rule you.." or some such rot. These people in the back woods aren't ruled by any government, they deal with day to day fears how to find food, water, and shelter. They are not educated in any western ways for the most part, and have intense spiritual taboos, and fears, literally from thousands of years ago.

Education tries to help people understand the 5 points above, compassionately.

Fear mongers push an AGENDA, using any opportunity, that can potentially gain traction due to people's ignorance, using bogus or partial information spun to push the agenda.

It could be a great revelation to actually SEE REPORTS from the conspiracy theorists going to the FRONT LINE and reporting actually what is happening from their OWN VIEW.. Instead we see rehashed spin pieced together to attempt to motivate people to believe in their agenda.. That will never happen though.

[Bob]

Germany now has its first Ebola Patient there for treatment

(Source)

"Updated Aug. 27, 2014 10:14 a.m. ET - BERLIN—A World Health Organization staff member infected with the Ebola virus arrived in Germany for treatment Wednesday after being evacuated from West Africa.

"The Senegalese health worker, the first Ebola patient to be treated in Germany, has been transferred from Sierra Leone to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, or UKE, which specializes in the treatment of highly contagious diseases.

"The patient, who was transported in a special vehicle to the German clinic, is the first WHO staff member to be infected with the virus, a spokesman from the organization confirmed.

"Stefan Schmiedel, who is head of the infectious-diseases section at the UKE hospital, declined to comment on the patient's condition but said he is confident the planned pain treatment, extra fluids and fever-reduction measures will help improve the man's state.

"The patient is in a condition that gives reason for hope," said Mr. Schmiedel during the hospital's televised news conference in Hamburg.

"The hospital's head senior physician, Ansgar Lohse, reassured the public that "no extra risk was taken" while the patient was being transferred from Hamburg's airport to the hospital premises.

"It was a very safe situation," he said during the same news conference "There was no danger to the public or to any worker of the rescue team or of the hospital at any time."

The hospital can treat up to 5 more Ebola (or Ebola-like) infected patients. Other hospitals in GERMANY have up to 8 medical units that can attend to between 2-6 patients each (with some modifications). The unit in ENGLAND treating William Pooley for instance used a plastic TENT with air filtration systems, similar to systems onboard aircraft for transport.

This article has said now 130 doctors/healthcare workers have died from the disease and 225 have been stricken (WHO statistics).

[Bob]

Port Harcourt Nigeria - Ebola? Can't tell yet but...

"There are unconfirmed reports that a patient suspected to be infected with the dreaded Ebola virus has died in Rivers State.

"The patient, whose name is yet to be made public, was said to have returned from Lagos and tested positive to the virus while on admission at a Private hospital in D-line area of the state capital.

"Reports from the Rivers Government House indicated that Governor Amaechi has cancelled his proposed tour of Obio-Akpor Local government area."

Port Harcourt is in the delta area (Rivers State) and part of a large OIL production region of Nigeria. Expatriots and locals work in the oil fields and refinery in the region.

Meanwhile Nigeria's health minister says it is all contained, no worries.. (while all the schools have been closed for 6 weeks)

(Source)

"Three days after announcing that a total of 14 people in Nigeria had contracted the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has revealed that one of the cases was adjudged to be positive in error.

"The total number of confirmed cases, including the index case, is now 13 [because] the 14th case, initially announced as positive, turned out to be a false positive,” Chukwu said on Monday."

AND also in NIGERIA

People realizing that animals could be a reservoir for the virus Ebola, are taking no chances..

"Amid Ebola Scare, Nigeria Shuns Dancing Monkeys, Bush Meat.."

(Bush meat is meat from monkeys, primates, either shot or taken, or dead from otherwise reasons)

ABUJA— (Capital of Nigeria)
"Nigeria is cracking down on hunting and discouraging the use of wild animals for entertainment to stave off the spread of Ebola. But as the busy hunting season approaches at the end of the summer rains, some hunters say regardless of the risk, they will go back to work.

"In Kaduna, northern Nigeria Monday, six men from a remote village came to town with small baboons looking for an audience.

"Usually when animal trainers come to the city, people flock to watch monkeys dance in trousers or baboons mimic farmers and herders.

"But no one wanted to be near the animals.

“I can never, for now, allow even my children to go to watch either monkey or anything animal," said Shola Adebayo, a father of five explaining his decision to stay far away.

"Since July, when Nigeria recorded its first Ebola case, the government has conducted a massive nationwide campaign, encouraging sanitation and discouraging interaction with animals and “bush meat”, which can spread the disease to people, who pass it to each other through bodily fluids.

[Bob]

BREAKING news - CANADA Ebola Product WORKS


http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/la...t-ebola-virus/ - Latest Ebola News: Canada vaccine effective against Ebola virus - 1:18 PM EST

This company is Canadian Immunovaccine Inc.

This is a vaccine, not an after infection treatment.. The vaccine production work was a part of NIH tests on potential antigens, agents (substances) that trigger the immune system to produce antibodies against the Ebola virus. The antigen present in this vaccine does not use a same virus to attack the cells unlike antigens of other early-stage Ebola vaccines.

From the company's website page: http://www.imvaccine.com/releases.php?releases_id=334
"All vaccinated animals given a lethal dose of the Ebola virus survive"

"In this study four cynomolgus macaque subjects received two doses of the DepoVax-formulated vaccine, one at study initiation and a second on Day 56. They were then challenged on day 70 with a lethal dose of the wild type Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. The Zaire strain is believed to be the most lethal among Ebola viruses and is responsible for the current Ebola virus outbreak. More than two weeks following exposure to the virus, all vaccinated subjects were alive with no disease symptoms. The two control animals in this study succumbed to the infection within seven days.

"This study, conducted under NIAID’s preclinical services program (HHSN272201200003I/ HHSN27200008, HHSN272201000006I/HHSN27200007), was designed to identify favorable vaccine candidates for further study. Based on this high efficacy observed in cynomolgus macaques, Immunovaccine is exploring a potential development program for an Ebola virus vaccine with various organizations.

“While the DepoVax technology is actively being developed for various infectious disease applications, this is the first time we have tested the platform as an enabling technology for an Ebola vaccine,” stated Marc Mansour, chief executive officer of Immunovaccine. "

[Bob]

20,000 People potentially could become Ebola infected - reports WHO

(Source)

World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward

(Reuters News Reporting) - Thursday, 28 August, 2014 10:43am EDT

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the U.N. health agency said on Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.

As the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced its strategic plan for combating the virus, GlaxoSmithKline said an experimental Ebola vaccine is being fast-tracked into human studies and it plans to produce up to 10,000 doses for emergency deployment if the results are good.

The WHO estimates it will take six to nine months to halt the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, while Nigeria said on Thursday that a doctor involved in treating the Liberian-American who brought the disease to the country had died in Port Harcourt, Africa's largest energy hub, although the cause had yet to be confirmed.

So far 3,069 cases have been reported in the outbreak but the WHO said the actual number in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria could already be two to four times higher.

The fatality rate for this outbreak and treatment being performed, natural immunity (in some cases) is 52 percent, and the 'official' death toll is reported as 1,552 as of Aug. 26.

Cost Estimates to treat, using doctors, facilities, supplies:

Projected cost estimated at $490 million, involving thousands of local staff and 750 international experts.
"It is a big operation. We are talking (about) well over 12,000 people operating over multiple geographies and high-risk circumstances. It is an expensive operation," he said.

As to the infection/death numbers, again WHO says it could be two to four times higher.

This is not a West Africa issue. This is a global health security issue," Bruce Aylward, the WHO's Assistant Director-General for Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration, told reporters in Geneva.

NIGERIA - According to new figures released on Thursday, Nigeria has recorded 17 cases, including six deaths, from Ebola, since Sawyer collapsed upon arrival at Lagos airport in late July.

[Roisin]

The other day I was reading in the news about how scientists are saying that our planet being hit by a catastrophic solar flare is not science fiction and that our governments need to prepare for such an event too as that may happen sooner than we think.

So me being me, that afternoon during my meditation session, I asked my "contacts" if something like that is going to happen soon. But instead of them addressing my question about a catastrophic solar flare, I saw a vivid television-like inner vision pop in showing Dr. Brantly and then an apocalyptic scene showing thousands of people, many of them Caucasian, dying of Ebola.

So the message to me on that one was that if this current Ebola outbreak is not contained, there exists a parallel time-line where that apocalyptic scene that I saw in that inner vision is very much a reality.