World Health Organization declare Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Margaret Chan, the director general of the WHO, said the Ebola outbreak – the largest and longest in history – was happening in countries without the resources to manage the infections and called on the international community to help. "Countries affected to date simply do not have the capacity to manage an outbreak of this size and complexity on their own," Chan said. "I urge the international community to provide this support on the most urgent basis possible." Ebola's death rate has been about 50%.[/QUOTE] Let's us join together once again to counter another outbreak [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/08/who-ebola-outbreak-international-public-health-emergency"]SOURCE[/URL]

It should be noted that in one of the infected countries, Liberia, there's just over 120 doctors in the whole country. The country's population is just over 4.1 million people. It's no wonder they're struggling with the outbreak and they can't fight this themselves, not to mention that this is an area that has never been affected by Ebola before. They don't know how to fight the terror lurking in the jungle.

[QUOTE=The Aussie;45627996]It should be noted that in one of the infected countries, Liberia, there's just over 120 doctors in the whole country. The country's population is just over 4.1 million people. It's no wonder they're struggling with the outbreak and they can't fight this themselves, not to mention that this is an area that has never been affected by Ebola before. They don't know how to fight the terror lurking in the jungle.[/QUOTE] There were less than 200 in the country prior to the outbreak. When the outbreak began, many left the country, leaving the number of doctors left at 50 for a population of 4.1 million.

*pandemic reference*

we're going to be fine. everyone needs to calm the fuck down.

[QUOTE=ZakkShock;45630719]we're going to be fine.[/QUOTE] We probably are, they probably won't be. From wikipedia: [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Diseased_Ebola_2014.png[/t]

What exactly caused ebola cases to suddenly sky rocket?

A big worry for the Liberians should be the pig farming industry. They've made a big push recently for people to invest in pig farming, and big part of the population works in farm type employment. The worry here should be that pigs can actually contract ebola, and studies have shown that pig to primate infection can occur without the usual need for direct contact with bodily fluid. I'm unsure if primates only refers to non human primates or not though. I'm not saying the only outcome here is millions of pigs writhing in agony and spraying foamy red goo liberally around farmland like garden sprinklers made of bacon (I know that isn't really how ebola works), but I imagine at the first sign of an infected animal coming to light; there is going to be a porky slaughter. If it's anything like what happened to cattle and dairy farmers with foot and mouth disease then the population of Liberia has their livelihoods to worry about as much as their health.

[QUOTE=K Mason;45631116]A big worry for the Liberians should be the pig farming industry. They've made a big push recently for people to invest in pig farming, and big part of the population works in farm type employment. The worry here should be that pigs can actually contract ebola, and studies have shown that pig to primate infection can occur without the usual need for direct contact with bodily fluid. I'm unsure if primates only refers to non human primates or not though. I'm not saying the only outcome here is millions of pigs writhing in agony and spraying foamy red goo liberally around farmland like garden sprinklers made of bacon (I know that isn't really how ebola works), but I imagine at the first sign of an infected animal coming to light; there is going to be a porky slaughter. If it's anything like what happened to cattle and dairy farmers with foot and mouth disease then the population of Liberia has their livelihoods to worry about as much as their health.[/QUOTE] We'll be able to say "Pigs! Slaughter them all!" without it being cliched and political.

All of this is eerily reminiscent of the Plague Inc. game I played last night. [editline]8th August 2014[/editline] In the most terrifying possible way.