Group says world is losing battle against Ebola

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and SARAH DILORENZO

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The international group Doctor Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have been " reduced to places where people go to die alone" as authorities race to contain the disease.

In Liberia, a missionary organization announced that another American doctor has become infected.

Doctors Without Borders President Joanne Liu said her organization is completely overwhelmed by Ebola outbreak in four West African countries. She said treatment centers can offer little more than palliative care and called on other countries to contribute civilian and military medical personnel familiar with biological disasters.

World Health Organization Director Margaret Chan warned that the outbreak would "get worse before it will get better" and would require a larger global response. She thanked countries that have helped but said: "We need more from you. And we also need those countries that have not come on board."

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Health workers load the body of an amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus during the rain on the back of a truck, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Food in countries hit by Ebola is getting more expensive and will become scarcer because many farmers won't be able to access fields, a U.N. food agency warned Tuesday. An Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,500 people, and authorities have cordoned off entire towns in an effort to halt the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)


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[broadcaster75201]

1. Guess we'll have to wait until the white Nations get it

before the world puts some real money behind this.

[AverageJoe90]

7. What do you mean?

[kentauros]

14. The following may be from The Onion,

but I'm sure it's what broadcaster means:

[font size="4"]Experts: Ebola Vaccine At Least 50 White People Away[/font]

News in Brief • Science & Technology • World • health • disease • ISSUE 50•30 • Jul 30, 2014

CONAKRY, GUINEA—With the death toll in West Africa continuing to rise amid a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, leading medical experts announced Wednesday that a vaccine for the deadly disease is still at least 50 white people from being developed. “While all measures are being taken to contain the spread of the contagion, an effective, safe, and reliable Ebola inoculation unfortunately remains roughly 50 to 60 white people away, if not more,” said Tulane University pathologist Gregory Wensmann, adding that while progress has been made over the course of the last two or three white people, a potential Ebola vaccination is still many more white people off. “We are confident, however, that with each passing white person, we’re moving closer to an eventual antigenic that will prevent and possibly even eradicate the disease.” Wensmann said he remained optimistic that the vaccine would not take considerably longer than his prediction, as waiting more than 50 white people for an effective preventative measure was something the world would simply not allow.

[yardwork]

8. Correct.

[Ecumenist]

10. EXACTLY..Broadcaster75201....Unfortunate, isn't it?

[uppityperson]

2. MSF and the other health care providers are, imo, heroes for doing what they do.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. This^ eom

[Marrah_G]

13. I agree- and they need more funding

And the world needs to help Africa. Poverty is what allows these diseases to spread. They need real basic healthcare all the time, not just when there is an outbreak of something that scares people.

[jwirr]

4. These doctors are heroes but I think they are too optimistic regarding what people will do to help.

It would be relatively easy to do food/medicine drops in these countries but my guess is that hardly anyone wants to volunteer to go their in person.

[AllyCat]

5. Tragic. These people must feel completely trapped.

Anyone know of a group dropping food and medicine?

[ReRe]

6. If I was younger, I would go...

... as I have experience in working in sterile environments and handling highly contagious infectious bacteria, fungi, and virus. For now all I can do is support Doctors Without Borders.

[bigtonka]

9. Doctors Without Borders are heroes

Sadly, I agree - when a "white nation" gets ebola we'll see real action

[KinMd]

11. So maybe Isis and Putin aren't the things we need to worry about?

[quadrature]

12. worldwide travel restrictions needed now....nt

[roguevalley]

15. first big potential pandemic of the climate emergency.