Ebola: The Zombie Apocolypse

[Samson]

The 5 most Terrifying things we learned about Ebola from The Hot Zone

The Virus Can Make You Psychotic

In Africa in the late 1970s, doctors noticed Ebola victims were experiencing signs of mental derangement before they died -- psychosis, depersonalization, even "zombie-like behavior," Preston wrote.

Some infected patients ran out of a hospital in Maridi, South Sudan naked and bleeding, trying to find their homes and seemingly unaware of what was happening

The 5 Most Terrifying Things We Learned About Ebola From 'The Hot Zone' - ABC News

 

[PoliticalTorch]

The 5 most Terrifying things we learned about Ebola from The Hot Zone

The Virus Can Make You Psychotic

In Africa in the late 1970s, doctors noticed Ebola victims were experiencing signs of mental derangement before they died -- psychosis, depersonalization, even "zombie-like behavior," Preston wrote.

Some infected patients ran out of a hospital in Maridi, South Sudan naked and bleeding, trying to find their homes and seemingly unaware of what was happening

The 5 Most Terrifying Things We Learned About Ebola From 'The Hot Zone' - ABC News

Well that's sad certainly. But the good news is that the infected doctor is now showing signs of improvement with the dose of the secret serum they gave him! And the lady appears to be doing better too! Let's hope for Hope!

Ebola drug likely saved American patients - CNN.com

 

[Samson]

The 5 most Terrifying things we learned about Ebola from The Hot Zone

The Virus Can Make You Psychotic

In Africa in the late 1970s, doctors noticed Ebola victims were experiencing signs of mental derangement before they died -- psychosis, depersonalization, even "zombie-like behavior," Preston wrote.

Some infected patients ran out of a hospital in Maridi, South Sudan naked and bleeding, trying to find their homes and seemingly unaware of what was happening

The 5 Most Terrifying Things We Learned About Ebola From 'The Hot Zone' - ABC News

Well that's sad certainly. But the good news is that the infected doctor is now showing signs of improvement with the dose of the secret serum they gave him! And the lady appears to be doing better too! Let's hope for Hope!

Ebola drug likely saved American patients - CNN.com

I wonder why they couldn't have sent the "serum," and IV drip to Africa?

Instead they had to fly the patient all the way to the USA....

Something's amiss.

 

[waltky]

Ebola death toll tops 1,200...

Ebola Kills Another 84 in West Africa Over 3-day Period
August 19, 2014: The World Health Organization said another 84 people have died in West Africa as a result of the Ebola virus, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to 1,229.

The U.N. health agency on Tuesday announced the number of confirmed and likely infections has risen to 2,240, including 113 new cases reported late last week. The majority of the new deaths were in Liberia, where authorities are struggling to contain the virus. Between Aug. 14-16, Liberia recorded 53 new deaths, followed by Sierra Leone, with 17, and Guinea, with 14. The Liberian government said it has accounted for all 37 suspected Ebola patients who fled an isolation center in the capital, Monrovia, when it was attacked and looted by armed men Sunday.

Ebola cases and deaths, as of August 19 update, 2014

The information ministry said there was a "misunderstanding" among nearby residents who thought the center was bringing in Ebola victims from the rest of the country. The incident raised fears that the fleeing patients could widen the contagion. Liberia sent police to track down the fugitive suspected cases. The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said it has opened a new 120-bed Ebola management facility in Monrovia. Much of the city's established health care system has shut down because of doctors and other personnel's fears of Ebola.

3 health workers recovering

Liberia's government also reported the improving health of three Ebola-infected health care workers who received the experimental drug Zmapp. Medical professionals treating the three workers reported they are showing "very positive signs of recovery" and are making "remarkable" progress, the government said. The drug, produced by the American company Mapp Biopharmaceutical, has not been formally tested. It is not known if the health care workers' improvement is a result of the treatment.

The outbreak in four West African countries – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria – is the biggest Ebola epidemic to date. Neighboring West African countries have taken precautions, including Cameroon, which on Tuesday closed all of its borders with neighboring Nigeria. Government officials said it was better try to prevent infections than try to heal those infected with the virus.

'Cautious optimism' on Nigeria

 

[aaronleland]

Bout fucking time. I've been waiting for the zombie apocalypse for years now.

 

[WinterBorn]

I wonder why they couldn't have sent the "serum," and IV drip to Africa?

Instead they had to fly the patient all the way to the USA....

Something's amiss.

I am betting that both Emory and the CDC are working on more research into the Ebola virus. There are few places in the world (if any) that can match those two. It certainly is far and above any research facility in the area the Dr was working.

 

[waltky]

Ebola has expert medical specialists scramblin' for treatments...

Health Care Specialists Consider Different Treatments for Ebola
September 13, 2014 ~ In West Africa, the World Health Organization says the Ebola virus has so far infected over 3,700 people and killed over 1,800. There is no cure for disease, and a potential vaccine could be months, or years, away. However, some health care professionals are looking at alternative approaches for helping Ebola patients survive the virus.

Sharing antibodies

One option gives an infected patient a transfusion of blood from those who have recovered from Ebola. Their plasma, the liquid part of the blood, contains antibodies that have successfully fought off the virus. The process of separating the plasma – and its antibodies -- from the blood of survivors is called plasmapheresis. Recently, an American doctor infected in Liberia, Kent Brantly, received a transfusion from an Ebola survivor. And, the New York Times cites a professor of virology in Nigeria who says the procedure is being considered using the blood taken from five survivors in the country.

Dr. David Heymann, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says it was used in the 1970's during the first Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, in what was then Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr. Heymann was involved in treating infected persons in that emergency, and also led a response team during another in Kikwit 19 years later. "I stayed two and half months after the first Ebola outbreak in 1976 and did plasmapheresis on survivors [so] that that blood could be stored [at various points] around Africa," he said. "[It was used one time to treat a laboratory scientist in the UK who had been exposed to Ebola in a laboratory accident.] Then in 1995 in [another] Kikwit outbreak, the government decided that it would use [blood containing antibodies] collected from survivors to treat eight patients. Seven of them survived. Dr. Heymann said it’s not clear whether the antibodies were behind the survival of the seven infected patients, and further study is necessary to verify the effectiveness of the procedure.

People stand around a man, right, suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in a main street and busy part in Monrovia, Liberia

Readily available drugs

Another potential approach is to test existing drugs that may help Ebola patients. Many of these are generic and inexpensive. A New York Times editorial suggests medications that are already used to disable other viruses, as well as drugs that modulate the immune system’s inflammatory response. That’s the defensive action taken by the body against the virus, which can sometimes lead to organ failure and other deadly complications.

Among these drugs is a class of drugs called statins, such as Lipitor, which reduce cholesterol. Dr. Heymann and others support the approach of studying medicines shown to be effective against Ebola in animal studies."I think that before any medication could be used [to treat Ebola patients]," said Heymann, " it would need to be shown to be effective, at least in an animal model. They should not be used unless they are in a clinical trial setting [that can demonstrated whether they are effective in humans]. It’s the countries themselves that make the decisions [to allow these medications] and hopefully the [World Health Organization] would support their decision."

Effectivness of quarantines

See also:

WHO Denies Evacuation of Ebola-Stricken Doctor from Sierra Leone
September 13, 2014 ~ Sierra Leone is hoping to to evacuate a doctor who has contracted the deadly Ebola virus for treatment abroad.

Dr. Olivet Buck is the fourth Sierra Leonean doctor to contract the disease. The other three have died. The government requested funds from the World Health Organization to evacuate Dr. Buck to Germany for treatment that could save her life. She would be the first doctor from West Africa to receive treatment for Ebola abroad. So far, only foreign health workers have been evacuated for treatment.

But the Associated Press is reporting that WHO has turned down the request. In a letter seen by one of the news agency's reporters, WHO officials said they could not organize the evacuation to Germany. Spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said the organization will explore other options to ensure the best care for Dr. Buck. Sierra Leone is one of the West African countries hardest hit by the virus that has claimed more than 2,400 lives so far and is expected to continue on its deadly path for months. People who care for Ebola victims are at high risk of getting infected.

The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders has called the situation in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea catastrophic because the countries' health systems cannot deal with the number of patients infected with Ebola. The virus also has killed many qualified medical workers, causing a shortage in the most affected countries. President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to the Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta on Tuesday to be briefed about the Ebola outbreak and to discuss the U.S. response to the epidemic.

U.S. government contributions toward fighting the outbreak have topped $100 million. The privately held Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this week pledged $50 million to purchase supplies and speed up development of potential therapies. Liberia has become the epicenter of the outbreak, accounting for about half of all cases and deaths. The WHO said this week that "intense transmission" also continues in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

WHO Denies Evacuation of Ebola-Stricken Doctor from Sierra Leone

 

[HenryBHough]

If Zombies were to exist.
If Zombies organized...then.....
it would be the end of The Democrat Party!

Superseded; obsoleted.

 

[boedicca]

If Zombies were to exist.
If Zombies organized...then.....
it would be the end of The Democrat Party!

Superseded; obsoleted.

Nancy and Harry will jump ship and join the Zombies in a nanosecond. In fact, they may be plants!

 

[waltky]

Congo hit by ebola outbreak...

WHO Optimistic on Controlling DRC Ebola Outbreak
May 21, 2017 — The World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good.

While not underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead in bringing this latest outbreak of Ebola to an end, Matshidiso Moeti told VOA she is “very encouraged” by the speed with which the government and its national and international partners have responded to this crisis. “I am quite optimistic because this is a government that is experienced at this, and which has got off to a very quick start and we are already on the ground with the partners. “We are getting logistic support from WFP [World Food Program] and from the U.N. mission. So, I am quite optimistic,” Moeti said.

Created by CDC microbiologist Frederick A. Murphy, this colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion.​

WHO has reported 29 suspected cases, including three deaths since Ebola was discovered in a remote region of DRC on April 22. This deadly virus causes fever, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. It spreads easily through bodily fluids and can kill more than 50 percent of its victims. This is the eighth recorded outbreak of Ebola in DRC since 1976. The outbreak was first detected in Bas-Uele Province, a densely-forested area in northeastern Congo near the border with the Central African Republic.

Outbreak isolated

Moeti calls the remoteness of the area “a mixed blessing.” She said that there was little likelihood of a “rapid expansion of the outbreak to other localities due to population movement as happened in West Africa. Although, we are keeping a close eye on the Central African Republic ... where we are concerned that there is insecurity there.” She said it was difficult to operate and carry out surveillance or investigations in this area because the road network leading there was not very well developed and “we have to drive long distances, not in a car, but have to use a motorbike.” To remedy this, she said the government had fixed up a landing strip to enable helicopters to fly in the experts and material needed to deal with this crisis.

Bas-Uele Province, Democratic Republic of Congo​

Moeti, a South African physician, replaced Luis Gomez Sambo of Angola as WHO regional head for Africa in January 2015 after he was criticized for his lackluster leadership in handling the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The World Health Organization has come under scathing criticism by the international community for its slow and inept response to that unprecedented epidemic. By the time WHO declared the Ebola epidemic at an end in January 2016, the deadly virus had killed 11,315 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea.

Experience put to use

See also:

WHO: 400 Contacts Being Traced in Congo's Ebola Outbreak
May 18, 2017 — Health workers are monitoring more than 400 people amid an Ebola outbreak in a remote corner of Congo where already three deaths have been blamed on the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

An experimental vaccine has been developed since the West African epidemic in 2014-2016 that left more than 11,000 people dead, but WHO said it is still awaiting permission from the Congolese government to use it. The Ebola outbreak in the far north near the border with Central African Republic is the eighth in Congo since 1976. Congo has a long track record with the hemorrhagic fever, WHO said. "However, we cannot underestimate the logistical and practical challenges associated with this response in a very remote, insecure part of the country," said Dr. Peter Salama, executive director of WHO's health emergencies program. "We've also learned never, ever to underestimate the Ebola virus disease."

Authorities believe three deaths are linked to the outbreak: a 39-year-old man who died before he could reach a hospital, the motorcyclist transporting him and a caregiver traveling with them. So far just two cases have been confirmed by laboratory testing. There are 18 other suspected cases.

The outbreak in Likati is some 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Helicopters and small aircraft are carrying teams to the remote area, where they are setting up a mobile testing laboratory and making improvements to the local airstrip.

Because the Ebola vaccine is still considered experimental, Congo's government must give special permission for it to be used. WHO is still awaiting such confirmation, at which point it could take about a week to ship the vaccines to Congo and have teams ready to carry it out.

WHO: 400 Contacts Being Traced in Congo's Ebola Outbreak

 

[waltky]

Congo ebola outbreak over...

DRC Declares Ebola Outbreak Over
July 01, 2017 — Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease.

The outbreak in Congo’s remote northeastern forests, a record eighth for the country where the disease was first discovered in 1976, killed four out of the eight people infected, Health Minister Oly Ilunga said in a statement. “I declare on this day, at midnight, the end of the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever of the Ebola virus in DRC,” Ilunga said.

A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa, Oct. 21, 2014. The Democratic Republic of Congo had declared a two-month ebola outbreak over.​

Congolese health authorities approved the use of a new experimental vaccine but ultimately declined to deploy it because of the small scale of the outbreak and logistical challenges. The latest outbreak came a year after the end of the virus’ deadliest episode in West Africa, which killed more than 11,300 people and infected some 28,600 as it swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and caused alarm around the world.

Health officials say northeastern Congo’s remote geography combined with the country’s experience fighting the disease allowed them to gain the upper hand quickly. “The government of DRC has been very transparent in declaring that there is the outbreak and that really facilitated ... communication and information sharing and rapid action,” Ibrahima Soce Fall, a senior World Health Organization official in Africa, told Reuters last week.

DRC Declares Ebola Outbreak Over

 

[JimBowie1958]

I am betting that both Emory and the CDC are working on more research into the Ebola virus. There are few places in the world (if any) that can match those two. It certainly is far and above any research facility in the area the Dr was working.

You make a lot of sense for a Democrat.

Stop that.

 

[Old Rocks]

And, of course, the logical thing to do for the CDC is cut their funding. That is exactly what the fat senile old orange clown is doing.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

And, of course, the logical thing to do for the CDC is cut their funding. That is exactly what the fat senile old orange clown is doing.

Yes -

Along with poisoning our water, air and food.

He loves and admires Putin and other cruel dictators and we will pay dearly for that.


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[pwjohn]

Pretty sad

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Zombies cannot get ebola.

 

[waltky]

Ebola outbreak in Congo...

Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
May 8, 2018 - At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was discovered there in the 1970s, and comes less than a year after its last outbreak which killed eight people.

“Our country is facing another epidemic of the Ebola virus, which constitutes an international public health emergency,” the ministry said in a statement.

“We still dispose of the well trained human resources that were able to rapidly control previous epidemics,” it said.

Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed

 

[CrusaderFrank]

We need to let people infected with Ebola board commercial airliners.