A new kind of Ebola?
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UPDATED: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 02:42
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Quote:There is more panic-stricken commentary in the article, which may become true but isn't justified at the moment.
With over 932 dead, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its highest level alert for an all-hands on deck response to the crisis in West Africa (that is spreading across the world). While President Obama proclaimed we are prepared and itis "not easily transmitted," it appears that is not entirely true. Meanwhile, CDC Director Frieden's "deep concerns" have been confirmed as Nigeria’s health minister has declared a health emergency as the deadly Ebola virus gained a foothold in Africa’s most populous nation, according to news reports. Nigerian authorities moved quickly late Wednesday, gathering isolation tents as five more cases of the Ebola Virus were confirmed in Lagos (the world's 4th most populous city with 21 million people). Most international flights from West Africa are also now screening passengers.
As Yahoo reports, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday issued its highest alert for an all-hands on deck response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
"Ops Center moved to Level 1 response to given the extension to Nigeria & potential to affect many lives," CDC chief Tom Frieden said on Twitter.
Level 1 is the highest on a 1-6 scale and signals that increased staff and resources will be devoted to the outbreak.
"Basically this activation allows us to pull resources from throughout the agency to respond to this," said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner. He said it was the first time since 2009 that the Level 1 alert had been issued. Back then it was in response to the outbreak of H1N1 flu.
As The Washington Post reports, Nigeria’s health minister has declared a health emergency as the deadly Ebola virus gained a foothold in Africa’s most populous nation, according to news reports.
“This is a national emergency. Everyone in the world today is at risk. The experience of Nigeria opens the eyes of the world,” Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu told the country’s House of Representatives. Nigerian authorities moved quickly late Wednesday, gathering isolation tents as five more cases of the Ebola Virus were confirmed in Lagos, a city bursting with 21 million people.
All five people are believed to be health workers who had direct contact with one man traveling from Ebola-ridden Liberia to Nigeria — making this country the fourth now infiltrated by the deadly disease.
“Yesterday the first known Nigerian to die of Ebola was recorded,” Chukwu told reporters in Abuja on Wednesday. “This was one of the nurses that attended to the Liberian. The other five [newly confirmed] cases are being treated at an isolation ward.”
Idris said this is the time “for everyone to be vigilant, especially with regard to relating to people who are ill.”
As Bloomberg reports,
Most international airlines flying to West Africa in the grip of the deadly Ebola outbreak are counting on stepped-up passenger screening as they continue serving the region. Air France fliers in some cities must complete health questionnaires and be checked for symptoms, including an elevated temperature, before boarding cards are issued. Delta Air Lines Inc. said travelers are being checked at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia, one of the countries hit by Ebola. Only two airlines have suspended flights to West Africa so far, with British Airways opting yesterday to join Gulf carrier Emirates in pulling back.
U.S. carriers “that fly to the affected countries remain in steady contact with government agencies and health officials, and have procedures in place to monitor and quickly respond to potential health concerns,” said Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based Airlines for America trade group.
Barack Obama says that Ebola is "not something that is easily transmitted" and that everything is under control...
Also, Nigeria is going to portray th
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I clicked on reply Sig, but reply to your newest(same old) post, I will not. It would be like a dog chasing it's tail. I made my point and do not feel the need to repeat myself.
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Quote:Because you can't actually refute anything I posted, with events that you can point to or demonstrate. I understand.
I made my point and do not feel the need to repeat myself.
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Quote:Me too!
I am biased against liars and posers - whoever and wherever they are, US, Russia, RWED.
There is a distinction that the english language makes difficult, and that is the distinction between telling "the truth" (corresponding to reality) and telling "the truth" (not lying). In one meaning, truth means corresponding to reality. In another sense, truth means sincerity, speaking from deep feelings.
We're not talking about the same kind of truth. But, in NEITHER sense am I telling a "lie".
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Now, can we get back to the discussion about Ebola?
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Actually Australia isn't Russia. And I'd still be distrustful. Would you trust that they would be forward and complete with any anti-government news? And because saying it 5 times is never enough around here: I am distrustful of all "news" outlets. They all have agendas.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
They are often accused by governments of being anti government, so that's kind of funny.
Yes, all news is inherintly biased, but being government funded doesn't necessarily make it more pro or anti government than a privately owned news source.
I give you Fox as an example of a blatantly biased news source.
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We also have a government funded station called(PBS) Public Broadcasting System. Or NPR, National Public Radio. I will let the conservatives explain because they enjoy them so much.
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Originally posted by G:
Actually Australia isn't Russia. And I'd still be distrustful. Would you trust that they would be forward and complete with any anti-government news? And because saying it 5 times is never enough around here: I am distrustful of all "news" outlets. They all have agendas.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
They are often accused by governments of being anti government, so that's kind of funny.
Yes, all news is inherintly biased, but being government funded doesn't necessarily make it more pro or anti government than a privately owned news source.
I give you Fox as an example of a blatantly biased news source.
There's definite distinction between government run and gov funded, and certainly even more between either of those in Russia versus the same in AU.
Another update on freedom of speech in Russia:
https://twitter.com/NataliaAntonova
"According to @Izvestia - all access to public WiFi will now be regulated. Russians will have to input passport data in every cafe. OK, wow."
They took away their brie and now their wifi.... man, darker and darker.
Sounds wonderful....
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Originally posted by G:
There's definite distinction between government run and gov funded, and certainly even more between either of those in Russia versus the same in AU.
Yeah there is, but that's not what you said earlier when you asked whether the ABC could be trusted to run anti government news. So perhaps you're getting clearer now.
Having seen snippets of American news, I can say that most of it appears to be SHOCKINGLY and ALARMINGLY biased in a way that is less common here. There seems to be a blurring between opinion and news, which often feels more distinct over here.
So it's no bad thing to look to different sources for information.
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You must be pro Russian. Or anti American. Or both. Commie jihadist scum.
You will never ever be allowed to claim any facts ever again that won't be dismissed out of hand because - well - who they think you are is more important than what the facts are.
Their agenda is all. Facts are nothing. Get used to it.
SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.
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