Ebola and other Epidemics, Inadequate Healthcare Threatens Millions

[Ed Anger]

Looks like one of my gallbladder attack bowel movements.

[grumbler]

Looks like one of my gallbladder attack bowel movements holding a giant salamander.

FYP

[Ed Anger]

I've named it Bob.

[Razgovory]

Good lord.  It's like a they found a living Eryops.

[Zanza]

  Good thing I am leaving for South East Asia tomorrow.

Ebola: Germany accepts infected patient for treatment
As medical services across Europe are on high alert to prevent any risk of Ebola spreading here, a hospital in Germany accepts a patient with the virus
More than 670 people have died so far in West Africa, as doctors struggle to contain the deadliest outbreak of the virus in history.
The country of Liberia has closed most of its borders to prevent the spread of the disease.
But, amid speculation their patient may be one of the world's leading Ebola experts, doctors in Germany insist there is no risk of the infection spreading from him.
He will be kept in a special isolation ward behind three separate air locks. The air inside the ward will be kept at lower pressure than outside, so none can escape – even though it is not believed Ebola can be transmitted by air.
Doctors and nurses will wear complete protective bodysuits with their own oxygen supplies whenever in contact with him. The suits will be replaced and burned every three hours.
The extreme precautions are an indication of how feared the Ebola virus is. The disease is spread by direct contact of blood or bodily fluids, including sweat and saliva. It causes massive internal bleeding, and is deadly in up to 90 per cent of cases.
German doctors agreed to accept the patient after a special request from the World Health Organisation (WHO), but it is not certain he will be able to come to Germany, amid reports he may be too sick to travel.
The patient has not been named, but the confirmation he is a Sierra Leonean national has fuelled speculation he may be Sheikh Umar Khan, one of Africa's leading ebola experts, who was infected last week.
Dr Khan is one of a number of medics battling the outbreak in West Africa who have themselves become infected.
Samuel Brisbane, one of Liberia's most famous doctors, died a few days ago after contracting the disease while treating patients.
Kent Brantly, an American doctor, and Nancy Writebol, an American paramedic, are in serious condition after becoming infected while working at a mission hospital in Liberia.
Doctors working with Ebola patients are at high risk of infection, and both Dr Brisbane and Dr Khan are regarded as heroes in Africa for their work with those infected with the disease.
The latest outbreak began in Guinea in February, before spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Last week the first case was reported in Nigeria, and there are fears it may have spread to the city of Lagos, home to some 21 million people.

[Valmy]

Will there be any Germans left alive when Zanza returns? 

[Zanza]

There will certainly be less Germans alive when I return.

[garbon]

I don't think it is Sheikh Umar Khan as he apparently was just confirmed dead.

[Legbiter]

So the ebola outbreak made me give Pandemic 2 another spin but no matter my tweaks this always  happens:

I can't infect Madagascar, they always shut down the seaport. 

[celedhring]

The first thing I checked when "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" finished and they showed that map with the expansion of the epidemic, was to check if they got Madagascar.

[Syt]

The first thing I checked when "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" finished and they showed that map with the expansion of the epidemic, was to check if they got Madagascar.

Yup.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Experts: Ebola Vaccine At Least 50 White People Away

NEWS IN BRIEF • Science & Technology • World • Health • Disease • ISSUE 50•30 • Jul 30, 2014

CONAKRY, GUINEA—With the death toll in West Africa continuing to rise amid a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, leading medical experts announced Wednesday that a vaccine for the deadly disease is still at least 50 white people from being developed. "While all measures are being taken to contain the spread of the contagion, an effective, safe, and reliable Ebola inoculation unfortunately remains roughly 50 to 60 white people away, if not more," said Tulane University pathologist Gregory Wensmann, adding that while progress has been made over the course of the last two or three white people, a potential Ebola vaccination is still many more white people off. "We are confident, however, that with each passing white person, we're moving closer to an eventual antigenic that will prevent and possibly even eradicate the disease." Wensmann said he remained optimistic that the vaccine would not take considerably longer than his prediction, as waiting more than 50 white people for an effective preventative measure was something the world would simply not allow.

[alfred russel]

I don't understand why people are being transported internationally for treatment. I'm sure that the risk is low and numerous precautions are being taken, but still....why not move the medical professionals to a secure site at the location of the patients instead?

[Barrister]

I don't understand why people are being transported internationally for treatment. I'm sure that the risk is low and numerous precautions are being taken, but still....why not move the medical professionals to a secure site at the location of the patients instead?

Because there are no secure sites in west Africa.

[alfred russel]

I don't understand why people are being transported internationally for treatment. I'm sure that the risk is low and numerous precautions are being taken, but still....why not move the medical professionals to a secure site at the location of the patients instead?

Because there are no secure sites in west Africa.

What about a plane? If a plane can't be secured in west africa, then you have pilots and support staff that are also traveling between the locations.