Ebola outbreak: prospects and possible backgrounds

[CherryPanda]

For many years the world hasn’t taken Ebola serious. It was first identified in 1976 in Sudan and Congo, and since then has been seen as some exotic disease that people far away in Africa suffered from time to time, dying in numbers that could be compared to the flu death tolls. The only frightening thing about Ebola was that its mortality rate is up to 90%. But this disease has never threatened the world well-being. Until now.
Beginning February, the recent Ebola outbreak has killed 932 people, and around 1700 are already infected. The geography of the disease expands: a nurse in Nigeria, a businessman in Saudi Arabia, a Spanish priest in Liberia (who is to be flown to Madrid) (CNN). It’s not only Africa, it’s Eurasia already. And the main issue here is whether there is a vaccine.
No huge pharmaceutical company has ever sponsored researches on the vaccine, for the market is too small and there were no profit prospects. All researches were supported by the US Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health, but they were closed in 2012 due to “financial difficulties”. At that moment, Gene Olinger, a virologist from USAMRIID, estimated the approximate time period needed to find a vaccine as 5-7 years.
But what if we distance from the medical aspect of the story and just have a look at the map? We would see that the countries where the Ebola outbreak started are rich with oil. They are, in fact, the main African oil deposit.
We also should take into consideration the fact that China has its oil project in these countries. By now, it gets 30% of its oil from Africa. In return, China provides soft credits for African countries. For example, in 2006 China provided Nigeria, Angola and Mozambique with $8 billion. For comparison, the World Bank gave only $2.3 billion for all the countries south of the Sahara.
These might be three separate facts that have no connection to each other. But...

 

[SteadyMercury]

We would see that the countries where the Ebola outbreak started are rich with oil. They are, in fact, the main African oil deposit.

The Ebola outbreak went Guinea -> Liberia -> Sierra Leone -> Nigeria.

The list of top ten oil reserves in Africa, by country:
1. Libya
2. Nigeria
3. Angola
4. Algeria
5. Egypt
6. South Sudan
7. Gabon
8. Equatorial Guinea
9. Republic of Congo
10. Chad & Congo

Source = Africa?s Biggest Crude Oil Reserves | Spire



Of the four countries in Ebola outbreak, only one (Nigeria) is even in the top 10 and Nigeria clearly wasn't where the outbreak started it was the result travel. Nigeria doesn't share a border with the other countries and isn't on the Atlantic coast like them, it is on the inside of the Gulf of Guinea.

Here is an interactive map of Africa showing oil reserves by country in barrels:
Oil - proved reserves by country - Thematic Map - Africa

Guinea = 0
Liberia = 0
Sierra Leone = 0

So you've taken this disease that started in these three countries, implied a conspiracy by claiming they are "the main African oil deposit" when none of them are even in the top ten for oil deposits and all show negligible oil resources. All you've got is Nigeria, which isn't where the outbreak started.

This is a perfect example of how conspiracy theories work. False claims and no fact checking leading to an implied conspiracy, which would be a reach anyway but given the entire foundation of your argument is based on a premise that is complete bullshit looks even worse.

Rating = fail.

 

[katsung47]

849. Ebola spreading is a bio attack (8/12/2014)
The recent outbreak of Ebola epidemic is a bio attack. It plays the same role as SARS to create a public panic which finally will cause a heavy economic damage. The target aims at E.U.. The main project is to create a conflict between E.U. and Russia in Ukraine crisis. E.U. and Russia all realize it and are trying to avoid such a confrontation. The shooting down of MH17 was one of the efforts. To push the reluctant E.U. countries to step up the confrontation with Russia, US activate the Ebola attack. It’s a whipping, a blackmail. If you don’t do to my way, you’ll be suffered an epidemic. Your economy will be damaged.
The bird flu virus and Ebola virus, are the secret weapons of Pentagon because so far the outside world has no effective medicine to deal with them.

Weaponized Ebola Virus Info
Filoviruses like Ebola have been of interest to the Pentagon since the late 1970s, mainly because Ebola and its fellow viruses have high mortality rates — in the current outbreak, roughly 60 percent to 72 percent of those who have contracted the disease have died — and its stable nature in aerosol make it attractive as a potential biological weapon.
::: Weaponized Ebola Virus Info :::

The source of Ebola was well selected. Watch the map, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone are below West Europe, then it goes north to Spain. The dead Spanish priest indicates E.U. would be the target.
Of course, to get rid of being suspected as the original source of Ebola spreader. US got two American aid workers being contaminated with the Ebola. Both recovered from the deadly disease. It means US has developed the Ebola vaccine already. Nobody will start a bio war that would also hit himself unless he has had effective cure medicine already. That’s why there was such a comic that WHO demanded the drug but US said it’s too early as it was still in test. The possible production will be in next year.
They won't let out the new drug before they seeing the result of this bio attack - the economic crisis in Europe. That likely will happen in September.

 

[SteadyMercury]

The source of Ebola was well selected. Watch the map, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone are below West Europe, then it goes north to Spain.

Below West Europe? So is Antarctica dude, those countries are thousands of miles across desert from West Europe, if you're that determined to find patterns in noise you might as well claim those countries are just to the right of Venezuela.

Source well selected, happens to be Sub-Saharan Africa where Ebola cropped up every other time.