From Newsweek
The number of deaths from Ebola has passed the 5,000 mark. There are 14,098 reported cases with 5,160 reported deaths rising from just 4,960 last Friday. (It was just 2 last March. Who did not consider Ebola a major crisis only in July. By that time, the Ebola has spread far and wide and deaths began to multiply)
WHO was criticized for being slow. Nations have not lived to their pledges to help control Ebola. US pledged $500 million, and so with IMF.
The greater problem will be economic and social. Losses from unworked hours, cost of death and dislocation, taking care of orphans is a much bigger problem.
NIgeria though took a hard stance vs the epidemic by closing its borders to travel to and from infected countries. In USA, the issue of quarantine involved human rights and civil liberties issues. So far, two have died from Ebola in USA.
What can we do to control / to prevent Ebola from infecting our countries communities?
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