Peace Corps evacuates west Africa volunteers due to Ebola threat
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[QUOTE](CNN) -- Humanitarian agencies working in west Africa on Wednesday stepped up their precautions against the Ebola virus, with the Peace Corps announcing it was removing hundreds of its volunteers from three of the hardest-hit nations.
The Peace Corps said 340 volunteers would temporarily leave Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, as local, national and international organizations tried to contain the disease.
"The agency has been and will continue to closely monitor the outbreak of the virus in collaboration with leading experts from the (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of State," the Peace Corps said.
Two American aid workers working with Samaritan's Purse who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus "have shown a slight improvement in the past 24 hours," according to that international evangelical Christian humanitarian agency.
Both remain in serious condition, the agency said.
Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, who last lived in Fort Worth, Texas, and Nancy Writebol, who is from Charlotte, North Carolina, sought treatment for exposure to the virus last week. Both were caring for patients with Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/30/health/ebola-american-aid-workers/index.html[/url]
I think science has the potential to always pull through and we just need to make some vaccine or something advanced dat medical technology into the future finna get some cures and treatments
Finding a cure takes time. First we need to understand how the virus works. Then we need to test various medicines that could potentially fight it. Then we have to combine those, create test vaccines, and find the right one. When the right one is found, it'll have to be mass produced.
Getting there would likely costs billions. And I doubt one nation alone is willing (or unable) to commit that much money to a single project, despite the consequences it could bring.
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