Rizal Philippines October 1, 2014
Repost from Time Magazine
Death from Ebola virus which is raging in West Africa topped the 3,000 mark (3080) coming from Guinea, Libera. Sierra Leone in West Africa. More than 6,000 have been infected. As many as 1.4 million may be infected.
This seems to be double (exponential than the number of cases reported last month.
The epidemic is showing signs of gaining speed—6,574 cases had been reported officially as of Sept. 23, with 3,091 deaths. Those fatalities are more than double the number of both a month ago. The actual number of cases is believed to be three or four times as high. Had no international aid come, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the number of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone might have soared to 1.4 million by mid-January.
The US and World bank have pledged hundreds of millions of dollar to combat and contain the disease. 3,000 troops have arrived in Monrovia Liberia to set up field hospitals and train health workers to treat those who are infected.
The first case of Ebola in USA has been has been reported (from CNN) He was confined at Texas Presbyterian Hospital
What else can be done to contain Ebola?
Will it no be a world scourge? Can it be contained? Or are we in brink of creative destruction of over population?
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