Drinking my coffee. Rubbing my eyes. Blowing my nose. All the stuff I do in the morning.
And then, there's this.
From CBS News:
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.
The Peace Corps has now temporarily evacuated 340 volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone after two members were exposed to the virus. CBS News reports those two volunteers have been isolated.
This comes as two North Carolina-based missionary groups have ordered the evacuation of their non-essential personnel from Liberia after a doctor and a missionary contracted Ebola.At least we know the situation is in good hands over there in Africa ... uh, no, wait a minute:
West Africans Blame Ebola Outbreak on Witchcraft – Kenyans Flee Border With Uganda
Ok, yeah.
And ...
US Doctor Infected With Ebola Is Refused Flight to Europe for Treatment
WHITE HOUSE: Africa summit in US will go on...
HUNT FOR 30,000 EBOLA 'VICTIMS'...
MAN NEARLY REACHED USA...
FEAR IN CHARLOTTE...
Could go global...
'Speeding up not slowing down'...
If Ebola Hits America, Even Healthy Will be Quarantined...
Doctor tells of his hell on ward...
CDC issues airline advisory...
Travelers could face flight restriction...
Fight against disease hampered by belief in witchcraft...
Sierra Leone deploys security forces...
Rep: Close Border to Virus Countries...
Peace Corps volunteers exposed...
Hospitals Training Staff To Be on Lookout...
Doctor Quarantined in Canada...
Woman treated in Hong Kong...Schools closed in Liberia...
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Sooner or later, we'll have some kind of outbreak of Ebola here.
This "strain" of Ebola seems to be particularly virulent. My theory? It has mutated to be more contagious via the airborne mode instead of strictly via bodily fluids.
If Ebola Hits America, Even Healthy Will be Quarantined...
Yes!
Have you ever studied the quarantines imposed by the 1918 Influenza?
My father was 7 years old at the time and gave me the rundown.
Funeral homes closed. Instead, the morticians came to the house and did the embalming -- and "dumped the blood behind the barn." This happened with Dad's sister, who died of the aftereffects of the influenza; reference the film Awakenings to understand one aftereffect of that particular virus.
No churches open.
No funeral homes open.
Etc.
You get the picture.
The incubation period for this strain of Ebola is 2-21 days!
For what it's worth: Ebola - What You're Not Being Told [UPDATED]
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