EBOLA News 10-16-2014 - The Definition of Insanity ---- UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY

The definition of INSANITY: Repeating the same action over and over again, and expectin different results. - Albert Einstein. . .

Who does this administration think they are fooling? Duncan managed to enter the US with Ebola despite the fever checks...the (insert string of obscene profanity here)CDC gave the second Ebola nurse to travel WITH A FEVER! And yet, today's headlines read:

US Steps up domestic response to Ebola crisis
"Customs and health officials at airports in Chicago, Atlanta, the Washington suburbs and Newark, New Jersey, were scheduled to start taking the temperatures of passengers from the three hardest-hit West African countries Thursday. The screenings, using no-touch thermometers, started Saturday at New York's Kennedy International Airport."
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HOW THE HELL IS THAT STEPPING UP?!

Then there is this little tidbit in the same article:

Quote: "Frontier has taken the aircraft out of service. The plane was flown Wednesday without passengers from Cleveland to Denver, where the airline said it will undergo a fourth cleaning, including replacement of seat covers, carpeting and air filters."

Yet this administration insists on allowing passengers from the Ebola hot zones of Western Africa - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea to - 
not only board planes, 
but change planes during connections,
enter mass transit hubs,
and travel freely within unsuspecting populations regardless of whether they were directly exposed to Ebola, as was Duncan, or not.
If and when these modes of transportation carry an infected passenger, the new standard set by Frontier suggests removal of contaminated vehicle from fleet for complete refab at corp. own expense? How sustainable is that, and for how long?
INSANITY!

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Reuters: Frontier Air puts 6 crew on leave as precaution amid Ebola worry 

WSJ: EU to Strengthen Ebola Exit Screening in Affected African Countries

But Health Commissioner Says It Is Up to Individual Countries to Screen on Entry
Solon (Ohio) closes two schools Thursday as Ebola precaution

KHOU.com: 3 Central Texas schools cancel classs over Ebola concerns 

WSJ: Air France Flight Grounded in Madrid Over Suspected Ebola Virus Case
Passenger on the flight showed symptoms of ebola including shaking

DNA India: 21-day quarantine period may not be enough for Ebola 

Ebola and the Crisis of Managerial Liberalism
ITV: MSF:'We have reached our ceiling in Ebola response October 16, 2014 1:45PM The leading organisation fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has said it has reached the limit of its capacity to help, and called on governments and other groups to step up their efforts.


WPTZ 5: Ebola WHO Cases 
Data shows that the number of Ebola cases in West Africa is doubling every four weeks, said Dr. Isabelle Nuttall, director of the World Health Organization's director of global capacity, alert and response. Nuttall was addressing reporters Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland. Earlier this week, the WHO said there could be 5,000 to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week by December.

ABCNews: Ebola Comes to Last Safe District in Sierra Leone 


NY1: DOH Updates Ebola Guidelines for City Schools, Daycares 

USAToday: Doctors say Ebola fears are affecting surgery

Suspected Ebola patient hospitalised in Denmark 

A person with suspected Ebola infection has been hospitalised at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark's capital Copenhagen for observation

NBC: Yale-New Haven Hospital Admits Person with Ebola-Like Symptoms

ActionNewsJax: Memorial Hospital monitoring patient with Ebola-like Symptoms 

WSJ: 13 Ohio Nurses are Being Monitored for Ebola 

TheBlaze: Airline Crew That Flew Second Nurse With Ebola Put On Paid Leave 

Australia Can't Deploy Health Workers to Ebola Hotspots: PM 

(CNN)URGENT: Ebola WHO Cases 

Data shows that the number of Ebola cases in West Africa is doubling every four weeks

DailySignal: US Embassies in Ebola-Stricken Countries Are Still Processing Visas for Non-Citizens 

TheHill: President Obama's Ebola Problem 

FoxNews: CDC considers adding names of health workers monitored for Ebola to no-fly list

NewsBusters: Obama-defending doc snaps at Nicole Wallace: 'Stick with Netflix for Ebola 'Hysteria' 

WashingtonTimes: Obama's Spectacular incompetence Turns Deadly

ABS/CBN News: CDC: More US Ebola Cases Possible 

ScienceMag: The Ebola Epidemic 

Given the current outbreak, unprecedented in terms of number of people killed and rapid geographic spread, Science and Science Translational Medicine have made this collection of research and news articles on the viral disease freely available to researchers and the general public.

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Reliapundit notes, Postmodern leftists like Obama would rather have Marshall Law here than a quarantine over there.

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Ebola Travel Bans Enacted by Nearly 30 Countries, but Not US
NewsMax

Here is the complete list of nations with bans or significant travel restrictions:
Gambia,
Nigeria,
Togo,
Gabon,
Ivory Coast,
Senegal,
Rwanda,
Chad,
South Sudan,
Namibia,
Angola,
Botswana,
South Africa,
Congo,
Kenya,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mauritius,
Mozambique,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe,
Cameroon,
Gabon,
Morocco.

Newser: CDC Honcho Suggests Nurses Wore Too Much Gear 

Tom Frieden: Too many layers of protection could have upped nurses' Ebola risk

GatewayPundit Breaking: Obama to Send National Guard to Liberia to Fight Ebola

Israeli Company Ready to Mass Produce Ebola Vaccine

UPDATE ------

The male doctor speaking at Yale Ebola press conference did not exude confidence given his posture kept falling back to this pose, his hand up at face repeatedly.

Reuters: Spanish priest hospitalized in Madrid with Ebola symptoms

RedState: Obama Has an Ebola Czar. She re-directed federal research money to a democrat donor

You just can't make this stuff up . . .

NBCNews headline: 'Conscientious' Ebola Nurse Amber Vinson Stayed Close to Home in Ohio

The fact that she opted to travel out of state, after knowingly exposed to Ebola (whether she knew she was infected or not) from Texas to Ohio blows apart any characterization of 'conscientious' decisions this nurse made.
Pathetic.

Spain Tests 3 With Fever for Ebola, Isolates Jet

Comedy hour: TheHill: Poll: Most Americans confident in CDC to handle Ebola

USNews: Ebola Travel Ban sought by wave of Congressmen 

The trickle becomes a torrent as Boehner and senators join Rep. Grayson's once-lonely request.Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, John Thune, R-S.D., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., asked Wednesday for travel bans. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., did so Tuesday. A significant number of House members also have called for travel restrictions.

REuters: EU disagrees on need for Ebola screening at Europe's airports

The Independent: Ebola in US: NFL teams sent advice but told not to panic 

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CNN: Sources: Nurse with Ebola [first one: Pham] to be moved from Dallas hospital to Maryland facility

Reuters: Seven in Ohio Confirm Contact With Nurse Ebola Patient in Quarantine

Boston.com: CDC Says It Should Have Responded Faster to Dallas Ebola Case

Frieden said that the 48 people whom officials started monitoring two weeks ago had passed a critical period and were now unlikely to contract the disease. They were more than 14 days into the 21-day maximum incubation period. One of them is Duncan’s fiancée, Louise Troh, 54, who has been under state-ordered quarantine with her 13-year-old son and two other young men. “Right now, we’re OK,” she said in a phone interview from the house where she and the others have been staying, in an undisclosed location. “I’m healthy. Everybody’s fine. God is in control.”

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CBS: Duncan’s Fiancee: Hospital Apologized For His Death 

Chief Clinical Officer and Senior Executive Vice President for Texas Health Resources Dr. Daniel Varga was prepared to formally apologize for mistakes made with Duncan’s treatment at Thursday’s U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee’s Congressional hearing in Washington D.C.

In prepared statements released Wednesday night, Dr. Varga is prepared to say, “Unfortunately, in our initial treatment of Mr. Duncan, despite our best intentions and a highly skilled medical team, we made mistakes. We did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola. We are deeply sorry. 
Also, in our effort to communicate to the public quickly and transparently, we inadvertently provided some information that was inaccurate and had to be corrected. No doubt that was unsettling to a community that was already concerned and confused, and we have learned from that experience as well.”

(she responds . .. read the rest at the link)

Dallas Releases 911 CAll for First Ebola Patient 

Audio: Duncan 911call - 9/28/2014 (Audio .wav file)
The voice you hear is that of Youngor Jallah, nurses aid, 35 year old daughter of Louise Troh who cared for Duncan @ Louise's address.

Tallmadge home where Ebola patient Amber Vinson stayed cordoned off by police

Vinson's stepfather, whose name was not released, self-quarantined himself after Vinson tested positive for the Ebola virus Tuesday.[snip]Vinson, 29, flew to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Oct. 10 and flew home to Dallas on Oct. 13, the day before she was diagnosed. Williams said she spent three days at the home in Tallmadge.

Begs the question: where did she stay the rest of the time?

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Canton nurses on same plane as Amber Vinson treated 13 patients at Aultman Hospital
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Akron bridal store closed after Ebola patient amber Joy Vinson visited
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An Akron elementary school was evacuated after public health officials told the district Vinson had come into contact with the parent of a student this weekend.

UKDailymail: Incredible moment 'dead' Ebola victim left in street for days in Liberia turns out to be ALIVE as he is prepared to be taken to crematorium 

PeoplesCube: Ebola Not Contagious Until After Nov. 4 Election, Says CDGC

EBOLA NEWS 10-15-14 - To Be Updated Throughout the Day

Second Nurse Who Contracted Ebola Traveled By Air Two Days Ago

Appears CDC's definition of 'quarantine' needs review as well: 

The second healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola last night flew by air Oct. 13th, the day before she reported symptoms, reported the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a release. 

She flew on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth. The CDC is asking all 132 passengers on the flight to call 1 800-CDC INFO (1 800-232-4636). Passengers will be monitored for symptoms and interviewed about the flight.

Related?

ABC5: Plane that may have carried Ebola patient being cleaned at Clevleand Hopkins International Airport 11:19AM October 15, 2014

BreakingNews: Local reporter @DavidSchechter says family have told him that the newest Dallas Ebola patient is 26-year old Amber Joy Vinson, a registered nurse. We will update when we have further confirmation. - Grace

UPDATES ---

Crews from @protect_environ outside #Ebola patients home in #Dallas - 3rd case diagnosed in #US #WFAA #DSLR

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WaPo: Ebola Stricken Nurse Flew On a Passenger Plane a Day Before Being Diagnosed 

The health care worker had flown from Dallas to Cleveland on Friday, Oct. 10. The flight she took back to Dallas on Monday arrived at 8:16 p.m. and remained overnight, because it was done with flights for the day.
After that, the plane “received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures” before resuming service on Tuesday, Frontier said in a statement. It was also cleaned on Tuesday night in Cleveland, the airline said.

Nurses outraged: 'There was no protocol, there was no system'

ABC5 updated 3 minutes ago The patient flew into Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Oct. 10 and out Oct. 13. She came to Akron to visit family, the Ohio Department of Health reports.

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CIDRAP Confirms Ebola Transmittable by Air

"The highly respected Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the Universityof Minnesota just advised the U.S. Centers for Disease Control(CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) that “there is scientificand epidemiologic evidence that Ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aerosol particles,” including exhaled breath."

MEANWHILE:

Current page on Ebola at OSHA, Quick Facts:
Ebola virus and EHF do not pose a threat to most U.S. workers.At this time, there is not an EBola outbreak in the U.S. The ongoing outbreak is limited to countries in West Africa . . .

This is your progressive government in action.

Twitter from Jon Gabriel
"The people screwing up the Ebola response? Soon they'll run our entire healthcare system.

Ebola Strain appears to be different

Ebola Outbreak: Liberia Needs 79,940 More Body Bags

Texas College Rejects Nigerian Applicants, Cites Ebola Cases 

Note also, family members have suggested Duncan’s 19-year-old son, Karsiah, has been indefinitely barred from Angelo State University, where he attends college - . University officials denied that, saying he could return whenever he likes.

Texas Ebola patient will move to Atlanta

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A female passenger dressed in a hazmat suit — complete with a full body gown, mask and gloves — was spotted Wednesday waiting for a flight at the airport. Another traveler snapped a photo of the woman and provided it to The Daily Caller.

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Flashback: CDC Identifies Ten Individuals as Being At "High Risk" of Infection from Thomas Eric Duncan; Those Individual Were Told Not to Travel Outside of Dallas

From Ace:

Despite this nurse obviously being a "High Risk" case -- I assume she was, anyway; if she was not on the High Risk list, that opens up a huge Pandora's box of questions -- she was not, apparently, restrained from flying (despite being within the 21 days when ebola is present but not symptomatic), nor were any special precautions before boarding (taking her temperature), nor did the CDC tell Frontier Air to decontaminate its planes.
But hey man -- she was being "closely monitored" out of "an abundance of caution."
Silly me, I thought the High Risk Cases would be confined to their apartments during their 21 days of possible asymptomatic infection.

The Washington Post's Hacktastic Plum Line: America's Fears About Ebola Are Just Due to Media Scare-Mongering

—Ace

The Democrat-Media Complex is blaming the Democratic-Media Complex for the allegedly undue panic about ebola.

Reliable Democrat spinner Paul Waldman at the Plum Line says "Congratulations, media," about the public's fear of ebola, then makes the case that heck, only two people have gotten Ebola in the US so far, and twenty four people have been struck by lightning so far this year alone.

Yeah here's the problem with that: Lightning strikes are not prone to exponential increase the way that an epidemic is. Lightning strikes are a stable phenomenon.

Lightning strikes are not doubling every three weeks as they are in West Africa.

The Secretary General of the UN stated:

The Ebola crisis has evolved into a complex emergency, with significant political, social, economic, humanitarian and security dimensions. The suffering and spillover effects in the region and beyond demand the attention of the entire world. Ebola matters to us all. The outbreak is the largest the world has ever seen. The number of cases is doubling every three weeks. There will soon be more cases in Liberia alone than in the four-decade history of the disease. In the three most affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the disease is destroying health systems. More people are now dying in Liberia from treatable ailments and common medical conditions than from Ebola....

The gravity and scale of the situation now require a level of international action unprecedented for a health emergency.

And, actually, we've had the first doubling in America these past two weeks too. Yes, it is a minor doubling, from one to two, but you cannot proceed to four, nor eight, nor 16, nor 32, without that first doubling.
One could expect the "doubling rate" in America to be slower than in Liberia. Liberians apparently have cultural practices that make the spread of the disease easier, such as the touching of the dead. Then again, I'm pretty sure the word has gotten out in Liberia -- do not touch the dead -- and yet the doubling continues.
Liberia doesn't have the health care system we do, sure. So again, we could expect the doubling rate to be slower.
But it is the nature of epidemics to double, even if slowly. And it doesn't take many doublings at all to get to truly staggering numbers -- by the twentieth doubling, two becomes just over one million.
WHO, by the way, says to expect 10,000 new ebola cases a week in West Africa.
I don't think the American people are wrong to take a serious health risk seriously. I also don't think they're panicking -- I think they're alarmed, as they should be.
Paul Waldman seems to take the fact that 67% of the public wants a travel ban from West Africa as a sign of panic, and then notes "experts say" such a ban could make things worse.
It seems to me that Paul Waldman concludes the public is in an unnecessary and irrational panic based on having a different position on a Travel Ban than Obama.
This is the same position that Obama Zealots always take: If you disagree with Obama, you are guilty of some sort of defect in thinking, whether it is "racism," "hating women," or, now, being irrationally afraid of the outbreak of a disease well into its exponential doubling phase and which kills 50% of people infected with it.

Ebola News 10-14-14 - Constantly Updated at bottom of post

WHO Says There Could Be Up To 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In 2 Months

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One Week of Observation Left; Original 48 Contacts OK
So far, Duncan's family members remain symptom free.

However, it appears officials are preparing the msm because officials may already be aware of quarantined individuals who may be symptomatic and preparing their ‘narrative’…
BostonHerald: Experts warn Ebola scares will spike Tuesday, October 14, 2014

FoxNews: CDC head says more health care workers could have Ebola, despite claiming ‘any hospital’ can handle virus 10/13/2014

About 70 Hospital Staffers Cared for Ebola Patient

If one got sick, 70 could be sick.
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Worker Infected with Ebola dies in German Hospital

The 56-year-old man arrived in the country five days ago from LiberiaHe was being treated in isolation unit at St Georg hospital in LeipzigThe aid worker was the third person with Ebola to be treated in Germany Local health officials said last week that the patient was a Sudanese doctor

LATimes: Fever Not Surefire Sign of Ebola Infection
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S.Africa DailyNews: Being defensive about Ebola is unproductive 
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AllAfrica: Liberia, Health Minister warns Stop rejecting Ebola survivors 
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AP/Fox: UN Agency: Up to 40% of farms abandoned in worst Ebola-affected areas of Sierra Leone 
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Cote d'Ivoire Quarantines Six Returnees from Liberia, Guinea 
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Nurses Union angry at CDC: "We will picket every hospital in this country if we have to" 
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CNN iReport: Ebola Protective Suit Accidents Vaseline Cream 

An Australian experimental photographer and inventor named Vincenzo Giovanni Ruello has identified the accident breaches occuring with the ebola protective suits being worn by nurses doctors and carers.   The simple application of vaseline cream to the face arms legs and body before entering the suit will stop microbes entering the skin once the suit is taken off.   The simple inexpensive vaseline cream can also be used by carers at home who have basically no real protection.   Ruello has contacted various organisations including WHO. '' It only takes an extra 5 minutes to apply the vaseline gel but it will save lives. The general population can use it also as a protective barrier '' Ruello said.

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OK News9: Former NASA Physicist Talks about Ebola 
There are a lot of strategies for how the Ebola virus can be controlled.
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China Military-linked firm eyes quick approval of drug to cure Ebola
Chinese drugmaker with close military ties is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola

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UPDATES ---

Overwhelming Majority Want Flight Restrictions From Ebola Countries

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WHO: 70% of Ebola Victims Are Dying – 20,000 Cases Expected By November

Healthcare Workers Must Wear Respirators To Treat Ebola Patients

COMMENTARY: Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola 

dated Sept. 17, 2014 by Lisa M. Brosseau, ScD and Rachael Jones, PhD

We believe there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence to recommend respirators for all patient care, and a PAPR would be the best option.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS ---

Recent comments from the CDC suggest you will be hearing more bad news...
CDC head says more health care workers could have Ebola, despite claiming ‘any hospital’ can handle virus

Records given to AP show about 70 hospital staffers involved in care of Dallas Ebola patient
Updated 3:44 pm, Monday, October 13, 2014 

US Shuts Down Tourist Visas For Israelis - No Travel Restrictions From Nations Affected By The Worst Ebola Outbreak in History

Never Again, Apparently Means, "Never Again Will I Care"

US Embassy in Tel Aviv Severely Restricts Visas for Israelis 

Tourist visa process cancelled until further notice, embassy announces.

From the Obama state Dept:

“Due to the current security situation in Tel Aviv, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv remains open but is operating at reduced staffing until further notice, and has canceled routine visa application processing and American Citizen services,” the statement says. “Emergencies involving an American citizen and visa applications will be considered on a case by case basis.”

NOTE THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS SHUT DOWN TOURISM FROM ISRAEL, BUT 

THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TOURISM FROM NIGERIA, GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, OR LIBERIA - THE NATIONS AFFECTED BY THE WORST EBOLA OUTBREAK IN HISTORY.

Ebola: A Global Pandemic?

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...