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uppityperson

(116,005 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:46 PM Oct 2014

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Ebola in West Africa: International community stops flights not the virus [View all]

http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/ebola-in-west-africa-international-community-stops-flights-not-the-virus/

August 21, 2014
This week Brice de la Vigne, the operations director of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), described the response of the international community to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as “almost zero” and said leaders in the west are more concerned with ensuring their own safety than preventing the spread of the virus. More than 2,000 people have been infected with Ebola so far and over a thousand people have already died.

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Ebola in West Africa: International community stops flights not the virus [View all] uppityperson Oct 2014 OP

And now there are 3,500+ known Ebola deaths JimDandy Oct 2014 #1

3439 deaths. 7492 reported cases, as of October 3 MohRokTah Oct 2014 #6

But---it's not airborne! The flu is more dangerous! Stop the fear-mongering! Et cetera, et cetera, WinkyDink Oct 2014 #2

It's not airborne, nor will it likely ever be airborne. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #4

Not my point. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #5

It's nothing to get worked up about in the US MohRokTah Oct 2014 #7

You totally missed the point. Up until now, much of the world has been content to let MSF uppityperson Oct 2014 #9

This story is from August. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #3

I agree, my point was while not ignored, now that a case has come home, it is now taken more uppityperson Oct 2014 #8

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