[url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/20/ebola-epidemic-in-sierra-leone-may-be-over-say-health-workers[/url]
[quote]The long-running Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone is all but over after nearly 13,500 cases and almost 4,000 deaths, those fighting the disease believe.
The last case in Sierra Leone was an eight-month-old child, who was hospitalised nearly two weeks ago and died four days later.
None of the 29 people who had contact with the child and were moved from the densely packed Freetown slum of Magazine Wharf to a voluntary quarantine facility have so far shown signs of illness.
“We will wait to see if any of those high-risk people develop [Ebola] but if not, and even if they do, we have them safely out of the community. Our hope is that that is the last bit of this outbreak,” said Marshall Elliott, director of the UK government’s interagency taskforce, which is running the response with the Sierra Leone government and army.[/quote]
I'd imagine there's a few disappointed doomsday-preppers out there.
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;48500616]I'd imagine there's a few disappointed doomsday-preppers out there.[/QUOTE]
Damn it. I was really hoping for the collapse of society to prove that my insane bullshit theory was correct.
i remember a dude i sat next to in class thought ebola made you a zombie or something :v:
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;48500616]I'd imagine there's a few disappointed doomsday-preppers out there.[/QUOTE]
Guess it's time to unpack my bug-out bag.
Am gonna miss ebola-chan.
Thank you modern medical intervention and [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/31/ebola-vaccine-trial-proves-100-successful-in-guinea"]vaccinations[/URL].
Wow, did that outbreak really only have 29% mortality? That's way better than some outbreaks, which have gotten up to 90% or high 80s.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;48501028]Wow, did that outbreak really only have 29% mortality? That's way better than some outbreaks, which have gotten up to 90% or high 80s.[/QUOTE]
The podcast I listen to all the time kept saying that it was being incredibly over-sensationalized when a lot of that focus could've been given to much more fatal health risks instead. In some ways, I agree, but it was something that definitely affected tons of Africans. I remember hearing about it in Middle School as part of a presentation and it was a big deal then, too.
My problem is that we only started giving a shit about this when Americans got ill with it.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;48500817]Thank you modern medical intervention and [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/31/ebola-vaccine-trial-proves-100-successful-in-guinea"]vaccinations[/URL].[/QUOTE]
and I see no fanfare and praise towards the aid workers and doctors.
Guess solving a problem gets no attention.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;48501028]Wow, did that outbreak really only have 29% mortality? That's way better than some outbreaks, which have gotten up to 90% or high 80s.[/QUOTE]
I think it's way too early to say anything about the actual amount of cases of infected and dead. It will probably take some time to get a proper overview of the situation.
[QUOTE=Shakma;48500792]Am gonna miss ebola-chan.[/QUOTE]
I sure as hell won't.
Where's TheTalon? He was convinced that this was a pandemic that was going to cripple Governments and send the world into chaos.
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;48500616]I'd imagine there's a few disappointed doomsday-preppers out there.[/QUOTE]
If society collapsed because of a disease that'd suck cause I'd have no warning that I'd get it. For example if it was Zombies, I could get bitten and then I'd know it was over. But if it's ebola I could be infected, not realize it for a week, then shit blood one day while I'm eating dinner and be like "AW FUCK"
So I guess when my boss told me America was gonna collapse since we keep letting those "fucking Africans" in he was wrong, wow who would have guessed?
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