Ebola outbreak: West Africa death toll nears 7,000

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30260532

Ebola outbreak: West Africa death toll nears 7,000

The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,928, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

The toll has increased by over 1,000 since the WHO's last report on Wednesday, but it includes unreported deaths from earlier in the outbreak.

Experts say the infection rate is more significant that the death toll, as it reflects how the virus is spreading.

Infection rates are decreasing in Liberia, but are high in Sierra Leone.

There have been over 16,000 reported cases in Guinea, Sierra and Liberia.

(continued, like a shark - it'll go quiet before the next leap forwards in South Africa....from there the world.)

[laklak]

Civilization ending pandemics just ain't what they used to be.

[cronus]

Civilization ending pandemics just ain't what they used to be.

Give it a chance mate. 300,000 invisibles before HiV became embedded globally and the pandemic started. This is gonna take a few years before it takes off. Nothing is gonna happen overnight beyond the stock markets crashing in fright as greedy sociopathic stockbrokers decide it's time to buy a house in the country. It's like a glimpse into the seventies and HiVs dark ages before it hit the stage...

[laklak]

Hell, I'll be on Dog Island with no bridge access and a shitload of guns. I ain't askeert. Apparently it lives for a while in the semen of survivors, so all males will be killed out of hand. Females with decent hip structure and a kindly disposition will be quarantined for one month, then put on the open market.

It's not patriarchy, it's just survival.

[JimC]

How about washing the genitals with neat gin?

[mistermack]

How about washing the genitals with neat gin?

Don't try it.
I think you've had one too many.

[JimC]

How about washing the genitals with neat gin?

Don't try it.
I think you've had one too many.

I was only going to try it if I had ebola. Otherwise, a waste of gin...

(unless you recycled it, I suppose...)

[Blind groper]

This is not the same as HIV. Sleepers remain asleep for a very short time. If a person contracts ebola, it becomes rapidly obvious. The big thing is to educate everyone in the region about not touching infected people and especially not touching corpses.

It is not hard to avoid contracting the disease if you know what not to do. The biggest source of new infections, interestingly, is touching corpses. Seems to me that this can be avoided with the right education.