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| 16 Members of Doctors Without Borders Infected with Ebola, Nine Dead |
| 2014-10-16 |
| [JEMS] International aid organization Doctors Without Borders said that 16 of its staff members have been infected with Ebola and nine of them have died. Speaking at a presser in Johannesburg Tuesday, the head of Doctors Without Borders in South Africa Sharon Ekambaram said medical workers have received inadequate assistance from the international community. "Where is WHO Africa? Where is the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... ?" said Ekambaram who worked in Sierra Leone from August to September. "We've all heard their promises in the media but have seen very little on the ground." Four of the organization's medical workers who had just returned from Sierra Leone and Liberia said they were frustrated, "chasing after the curve of the outbreak," according to Jens Pederson, the aid organization's humanitarian affairs adviser. "To manage Ebola is not rocket science. It's very basic infection control and very basic protection of staff," said Pederson who said clean water, chlorine and soap were enough to disinfect an affected area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Use the Engineers to not only build the Treatment/Medical Camps-Barracks but also improve Liberia's local Water, Power, + Sewer Infrastructure. AFAIK IMO LIBERIA = COLD WAR BURMA/MYNAMAR = ALL-BUT-IGNORED FOR TOO LONG BY THE POWERS THAT BE IN WASHINGTON DC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-16 22:48 |
| #3 "Disinfect an affected area" > a statement which strongly infers that that even rudimentary infection control + sanitation, hygiene, etc. are NOT being followed either by local Govt or Society at large. War, Terror, or Ebola, etc. it still comes to "Better Over There than Over Here" for any World Govt-Nation. Given Liberia's importance to US "Diamond/Diadem Strategy" vee US AFRICOM + OWG AFRICAN UNION, hence a de facto National Security interest to the USA, what POTUS Bammer needs to do is send in not less than 5000-10000 US Troops + Mil/Combat Engineers + Civie Expert teams from the US Nationwide Medical-Pharmaceutical Industries, + build massive, temporary, but also secure, Medical/Ebola Treatment Camps-Barracks in or near affected areas to properly treat infected Liberian locals + border refugees. Use the US Civie Perts to test any new, experimental anti-Ebola drugs on these same infected Liberian locals + border refugees, wid their consent of course. The US Army wiped out Yellow Fever + Malaria while building the Panama Canal + in Cuba - it can do the same wid Ebola. Anyone whom criticizes the US as once again trying to be the malicious imperialistic "World's Policeman" for this effort vee Ebola can go to hell. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-16 22:43 |
| #2 Medics sans Frintiers. Ebola faire Frontier. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-10-16 21:51 |
| #1 "To manage Ebola is not rocket science. It's very basic infection control and very basic protection of staff," said Pederson who said clean water, chlorine and soap were enough to disinfect an affected area. Right, that's why over 400 healthcare workers have contracted this harmless little bug that cannot be transmitted through the air. That's why it spreads like wildfire and is impossible to contain. Whatta maroon. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2014-10-16 16:38 |