First Ebola death, 11 additional cases confirmed in Congo

[JacksinPA]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/health/drc-confirms-first-ebola-death/index.html

(CNN) One death of Ebola hemorrhagic fever and 11 new cases have been confirmed in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Health Dr. Oly Ilunga said Thursday in Kinshasa.

Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. On average, about 50% of people who become ill with Ebola die.
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There may have been one infected patient who traveled to the U.S. from West Africa by air. He was said that he was not sick when he boarded or departed the plane. Some stringent screening process is going to have to be set up in both countries in order to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.

 

[JacksinPA]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/africa/nigeria-ebola-screening/index.html

Ebola: Nigeria begins screening of travelers from high-risk countries

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Nigeria's airports, seaports and land borders have been placed on high alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola this week.

Africa's most populous country is taking no chances and Health Minister Isaac Adewole told CNN that people traveling from the Central Africa country where 17 people are suspected to have died from the viral hemorrhagic fever, will undergo temperature screening at all borders of the country.
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I think they have learned a lot from recent ebola outbreaks.

 

[Hawkeye10]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/health/drc-confirms-first-ebola-death/index.html

(CNN) One death of Ebola hemorrhagic fever and 11 new cases have been confirmed in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Health Dr. Oly Ilunga said Thursday in Kinshasa.

Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. On average, about 50% of people who become ill with Ebola die.
==============================================
There may have been one infected patient who traveled to the U.S. from West Africa by air. He was said that he was not sick when he boarded or departed the plane. Some stringent screening process is going to have to be set up in both countries in order to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.

Let us hope that the geniuses can do better this time than last time, it being in outbreak again does not inspire confidence.

 

[Roadvirus]

Oh goody....Ebola's back.

 

[JacksinPA]

Oh goody....Ebola's back.

Yup, just in time for The Donald to cut ebola research funding. It will get his picture onto TV, which is all he is really interested in: self-glorification. Screw everyone else.

 

[itsforthekids]

Here we go again...

 

[Glen Contrarian]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/health/drc-confirms-first-ebola-death/index.html

(CNN) One death of Ebola hemorrhagic fever and 11 new cases have been confirmed in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Health Dr. Oly Ilunga said Thursday in Kinshasa.

Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. On average, about 50% of people who become ill with Ebola die.
==============================================
There may have been one infected patient who traveled to the U.S. from West Africa by air. He was said that he was not sick when he boarded or departed the plane. Some stringent screening process is going to have to be set up in both countries in order to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.

Frankly, Ebola is small potatoes. Don't get me wrong - it's certainly a frightening disease - but the threat the Ebola presents is almost nothing compared to the avian influenza viruses. H1N1 alone caused up to 50M deaths in 1918/19...and that was when our world's population was much smaller and our international travel was much slower. It really is only a matter of time before such a threat appears again: a deadly influenza that is contagious several days (or weeks) before any symptoms appear.

If you really want to worry about a truly deadly pandemic, worry about that one (as long as nobody does anything stupid with CRISPR and makes a new version of smallpox). Such an influenza is many, many times deadlier than Ebola - because while Ebola has a much higher mortality rate, the influenza spreads much further, much faster than Ebola can. That's the real danger, especially in this age where international travel is for many people an everyday thing.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

Oh goody....Ebola's back.

Perfect time to break some of the old ebola memes out!

 

[Roadvirus]

Perfect time to break some of the old ebola memes out!

Not to mention the conspiracy theories. You know...the ones where some government created it and unleashed it to kill black people.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

Not to mention the conspiracy theories. You know...the ones where some government created it and unleashed it to kill black people.

No, that's AIDS you're thinking about. The Jews were the ones who made ebola.

 

[beefheart]

Oh goody....Ebola's back.

And Trump just cut funding to stop it....

 

[apdst]

And Trump just cut funding to stop it....

Obviously the money wasn't doing any good. The cut in funding didn't cause this outbreak.

 

[beefheart]

Obviously the money wasn't doing any good. The cut in funding didn't cause this outbreak.

Obviously it did, the last outbreak stopped after we sent money and troops to the afflicted area.

Are you ever right?

 

[apdst]

Obviously it did, the last outbreak stopped after we sent money and troops to the afflicted area.

Are you ever right?

That's the stupidest post you've ever made. :lamo

 

[beefheart]

That's the stupidest post you've ever made. :lamo

Did the last outbreak stop after we sent aid?

Yes or no.

Read up.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0707-history-ebola-response.html

 

[apdst]

Did the last outbreak stop after we sent aid?

Yes or no.

Read up.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0707-history-ebola-response.html

The outbreak had killed itself out by that point. The troops and money weren't there for years, before the last outbreak happened. Oh, wait, there was an outbreak before the funding was cut.

Here, learn something...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks

Oh, wait, President Trump didn't cut funding...

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/560012/?__twitter_impression=true

...you lied.

 

[Cardinal]

That last outbreak was stopped through international cooperation, coordinated by the State Department, WHO and President Obama himself.

Today, the State Department has been gutted, the program for responding to Ebola has been defunded, and the President is consumed with humiliating Obama, tweeting and golfing.

This should end well.

 

[apdst]

That last outbreak was stopped through international cooperation, coordinated by the State Department, WHO and President Obama himself.

Today, the State Department has been gutted, the program for responding to Ebola has been defunded, and the President is consumed with humiliating Obama, tweeting and golfing.

This should end well.

The program hasn't been defunded. That's a lie.

 

[camlok]

If you really want to worry about a truly deadly pandemic, worry about that one (as long as nobody does anything stupid with CRISPR and makes a new version of smallpox). Such an influenza is many, many times deadlier than Ebola -

That exactly what Fort Detrick is for, right? And why the US brought all the scientists from Unit 741 and all the most evil Nazi into the US fold?

 

[Cardinal]

The program hasn't been defunded. That's a lie.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...obal-disease-outbreak/?utm_term=.a4e5f9710240
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17316126/rescission-request-omb-trump-fiscal-budget
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...j-trump-protecting-american-taxpayer-dollars/

 

[beefheart]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...obal-disease-outbreak/?utm_term=.a4e5f9710240
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17316126/rescission-request-omb-trump-fiscal-budget
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...j-trump-protecting-american-taxpayer-dollars/

Its like he is just trying to be wrong....every time....

 

[beefheart]

The outbreak had killed itself out by that point. The troops and money weren't there for years, before the last outbreak happened. Oh, wait, there was an outbreak before the funding was cut.

Here, learn something...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks

Oh, wait, President Trump didn't cut funding...

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/560012/?__twitter_impression=true

...you lied.

Ah, actually, you are wrong again. Are you gonna say that I plagiarized someone next?

Just admit you are wrong, it would be a first for you, you might earn a tiny amount of respect.

 

[leekohler2]

Let us hope that the geniuses can do better this time than last time, it being in outbreak again does not inspire confidence.

Well, our genius president strikes again:

A top official who would lead the U.S. response if a deadly pandemic broke out has left the administration amid a broad reorganization of the national security team, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer left the National Security Council (NSC) this week, and national security adviser John Bolton dissolved the global health security team that Ziemer oversaw.

The Post reported that Ziemer will not be replaced, and that his departure means that there is no single official at the highest levels of the administration who focuses only on global health security.

http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...eeing-pandemic-response-suddenly-leaves-admin

Brilliant move.

 

[leekohler2]

No, that's AIDS you're thinking about. The Jews were the ones who made ebola.

Right. AIDS was just here to kill gay people.

 

[apdst]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...obal-disease-outbreak/?utm_term=.a4e5f9710240
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17316126/rescission-request-omb-trump-fiscal-budget
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...j-trump-protecting-american-taxpayer-dollars/

From your source:

The White House is set to request a rescission package this week, asking Congress to rescind funds previously allocated by Congress and signed into law-

President Trump requested a cut in funding. He didn't cut funding. As far as I can tell, the funding hasn't been cut. Learn to read. It'll come in handy for your.