H.G. Wells' Answer To Ebola....

[PoliticalChic]

1. "The Shape of Things to Comeis a work of science fiction byH. G. Wells, published in 1933, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. In the book, aworld stateis established as the solution to humanity's problems."

The Shape of Things to Come - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia


In it, Wells takes us through the years, through great wars, and the resulting ravages....


One of them is pestilence....an ebola like disease that turns humans into zombie like creatures.....



2. Here, the full sci-fi version in a 1936 film....dark, dramatic, pessimistic.....






To see Wells' view of what people will do when faced with such an epidemic....


watch from 25:40 to about 29:00.......

 

[waltky]

Senegal Now Ebola Free...

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free
17 Oct 2014 ~ WHO says West African country has reached benchmark of 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period - without new case.

Senegal has been declared free of Ebola after 42 days passed without a new confirmed case, the World Health Organisation has said. "WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus," the UN health agency said in a statement on Friday. The benchmark of 42 days is twice the maximum incubation period for the disease. A similar WHO statement on Nigeria is expected on Monday after the requisite period without a new infection.

The WHO warned Senegal was still at risk of imported cases from countries such as Liberia

However, the WHO said the country remained vulnerable to further cases of the virus being imported. "While the outbreak is now officially over, Senegal's geographical position makes the country vulnerable to additional imported cases of Ebola virus disease," the agency said. "It continues to remain vigilant for any suspected cases by strict compliance with WHO guidelines." There has been only one case in Senegal, which was non-fatal.

The WHO said on Friday that the death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had risen to 4,546, with 9,191 known cases. Nigeria has recorded 20 cases and eight deaths. Elsewhere, Spain has recorded one local Ebola infection and the US has three confirmed cases including one death. A separate Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, from a different strain of the virus, has killed 49 of 68 people infected.

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free - Africa - Al Jazeera English

See also:

US Charitable Aid Lags in West Africa’s Ebola Fight
October 18, 2014 ~ Despite the U.S. government’s widespread effort to fight Ebola in West Africa, with thousands of troops and hundreds of millions of dollars, the private sector has shown little enthusiasm for charitable giving to the beleaguered region.

A few individuals and organizations have shown largesse. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan recently pledged $25 million of the couple’s Facebook fortune to the CDC Foundation to combat the virus. Earlier, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $50 million to international efforts, and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s family foundation donated at least $20 million. However, for most Americans, Ebola is "on our news radar, but it doesn’t seem to be on our philanthropic radar," said Patrick Rooney, associate dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Sara Laskowski, left, gets a cooking lesson from her Peace Corps ‘host mother’ in Dubreka, Guinea. Pulled from the country because of Ebola fears, Laskowski promotes an Ebola relief fund for the region.

Since March, the virus ravaging West Africa has killed more than 4,500 and sickened at least twice as many, almost entirely in Guinea, Sierra Leone and especially Liberia. While recent infections in the United States have brought home the disease’s worldwide threat, to date “overall giving in this disaster has been pretty low – particularly by households and corporations,” Rooney said. He and other experts attribute the tepid response to several factors: Americans’ limited familiarity with the continent, uncertainty about how best to help, and a perception among some potential donors that the U.S. government already is responding sufficiently on their behalf.

A billion-dollar battle

The World Health Organization estimates it will take almost $1 billion to halt the epidemic. The leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have begged the international community for more funding, physicians and care facilities. One indication of individuals’ restrained giving comes from the American Red Cross. Of the $2.9 million it has raised to combat Ebola in West Africa, all but $100,000 has come from Allen’s foundation. In contrast, the aid organization generated $486 million to assist Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010 – most of it within the first six months, spokeswoman Jana Sweeny said. Americans gave more than $1.4 billion overall for Haiti earthquake relief, according to evaluator Charity Navigator. They donated $1.6 billion to speed South Asia’s recovery after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The Haiti earthquake triggered a barrage of queries from individuals offering help, Sweeny said. Not so this time.

Americans donated more than $1.4 billion to nearby Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010. Here, men stack supplies in Port-au-Prince

Nor has the aid organization solicited donations on its website’s home page. "We have a landing page specifically for Ebola,” she explained, adding that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is coordinating the response with the countries involved. The American operation has sent relief supplies and help with logistics. Without prominent fundraising campaigns, individual donors may not know the best way to channel support to West Africa. "I don’t know where I’d go to make a contribution to [fight] Ebola as a private citizen," said John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria and a senior fellow for African policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. "There is no highly publicized appeal. There’s no ‘call 1-800’ message." The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for International Disaster Information does have a list of nongovernmental organizations providing disaster relief, but it can be hard to find.

Some businesses bemused

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Could wipe out most diseases plaguing us today. That we haven't tells me we don't want to since it's more profitable to treat them instead of cure them outright.

"A patient cured is a customer lost."

 

[jon_berzerk]

Senegal Now Ebola Free...

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free
17 Oct 2014 ~ WHO says West African country has reached benchmark of 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period - without new case.

Senegal has been declared free of Ebola after 42 days passed without a new confirmed case, the World Health Organisation has said. "WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus," the UN health agency said in a statement on Friday. The benchmark of 42 days is twice the maximum incubation period for the disease. A similar WHO statement on Nigeria is expected on Monday after the requisite period without a new infection.

The WHO warned Senegal was still at risk of imported cases from countries such as Liberia

However, the WHO said the country remained vulnerable to further cases of the virus being imported. "While the outbreak is now officially over, Senegal's geographical position makes the country vulnerable to additional imported cases of Ebola virus disease," the agency said. "It continues to remain vigilant for any suspected cases by strict compliance with WHO guidelines." There has been only one case in Senegal, which was non-fatal.

The WHO said on Friday that the death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had risen to 4,546, with 9,191 known cases. Nigeria has recorded 20 cases and eight deaths. Elsewhere, Spain has recorded one local Ebola infection and the US has three confirmed cases including one death. A separate Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, from a different strain of the virus, has killed 49 of 68 people infected.

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free - Africa - Al Jazeera English

See also:

US Charitable Aid Lags in West Africa’s Ebola Fight
October 18, 2014 ~ Despite the U.S. government’s widespread effort to fight Ebola in West Africa, with thousands of troops and hundreds of millions of dollars, the private sector has shown little enthusiasm for charitable giving to the beleaguered region.

A few individuals and organizations have shown largesse. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan recently pledged $25 million of the couple’s Facebook fortune to the CDC Foundation to combat the virus. Earlier, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $50 million to international efforts, and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s family foundation donated at least $20 million. However, for most Americans, Ebola is "on our news radar, but it doesn’t seem to be on our philanthropic radar," said Patrick Rooney, associate dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Sara Laskowski, left, gets a cooking lesson from her Peace Corps ‘host mother’ in Dubreka, Guinea. Pulled from the country because of Ebola fears, Laskowski promotes an Ebola relief fund for the region.

Since March, the virus ravaging West Africa has killed more than 4,500 and sickened at least twice as many, almost entirely in Guinea, Sierra Leone and especially Liberia. While recent infections in the United States have brought home the disease’s worldwide threat, to date “overall giving in this disaster has been pretty low – particularly by households and corporations,” Rooney said. He and other experts attribute the tepid response to several factors: Americans’ limited familiarity with the continent, uncertainty about how best to help, and a perception among some potential donors that the U.S. government already is responding sufficiently on their behalf.

A billion-dollar battle

The World Health Organization estimates it will take almost $1 billion to halt the epidemic. The leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have begged the international community for more funding, physicians and care facilities. One indication of individuals’ restrained giving comes from the American Red Cross. Of the $2.9 million it has raised to combat Ebola in West Africa, all but $100,000 has come from Allen’s foundation. In contrast, the aid organization generated $486 million to assist Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010 – most of it within the first six months, spokeswoman Jana Sweeny said. Americans gave more than $1.4 billion overall for Haiti earthquake relief, according to evaluator Charity Navigator. They donated $1.6 billion to speed South Asia’s recovery after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The Haiti earthquake triggered a barrage of queries from individuals offering help, Sweeny said. Not so this time.

Americans donated more than $1.4 billion to nearby Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010. Here, men stack supplies in Port-au-Prince

Nor has the aid organization solicited donations on its website’s home page. "We have a landing page specifically for Ebola,” she explained, adding that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is coordinating the response with the countries involved. The American operation has sent relief supplies and help with logistics. Without prominent fundraising campaigns, individual donors may not know the best way to channel support to West Africa. "I don’t know where I’d go to make a contribution to [fight] Ebola as a private citizen," said John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria and a senior fellow for African policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. "There is no highly publicized appeal. There’s no ‘call 1-800’ message." The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for International Disaster Information does have a list of nongovernmental organizations providing disaster relief, but it can be hard to find.

Some businesses bemused

why are they Ebola free

a strict ban on travel

and a strong quarantine policy

 

[PoliticalChic]

Senegal Now Ebola Free...

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free
17 Oct 2014 ~ WHO says West African country has reached benchmark of 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period - without new case.

Senegal has been declared free of Ebola after 42 days passed without a new confirmed case, the World Health Organisation has said. "WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus," the UN health agency said in a statement on Friday. The benchmark of 42 days is twice the maximum incubation period for the disease. A similar WHO statement on Nigeria is expected on Monday after the requisite period without a new infection.

The WHO warned Senegal was still at risk of imported cases from countries such as Liberia

However, the WHO said the country remained vulnerable to further cases of the virus being imported. "While the outbreak is now officially over, Senegal's geographical position makes the country vulnerable to additional imported cases of Ebola virus disease," the agency said. "It continues to remain vigilant for any suspected cases by strict compliance with WHO guidelines." There has been only one case in Senegal, which was non-fatal.

The WHO said on Friday that the death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had risen to 4,546, with 9,191 known cases. Nigeria has recorded 20 cases and eight deaths. Elsewhere, Spain has recorded one local Ebola infection and the US has three confirmed cases including one death. A separate Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, from a different strain of the virus, has killed 49 of 68 people infected.

WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free - Africa - Al Jazeera English

See also:

US Charitable Aid Lags in West Africa’s Ebola Fight
October 18, 2014 ~ Despite the U.S. government’s widespread effort to fight Ebola in West Africa, with thousands of troops and hundreds of millions of dollars, the private sector has shown little enthusiasm for charitable giving to the beleaguered region.

A few individuals and organizations have shown largesse. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan recently pledged $25 million of the couple’s Facebook fortune to the CDC Foundation to combat the virus. Earlier, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $50 million to international efforts, and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s family foundation donated at least $20 million. However, for most Americans, Ebola is "on our news radar, but it doesn’t seem to be on our philanthropic radar," said Patrick Rooney, associate dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Sara Laskowski, left, gets a cooking lesson from her Peace Corps ‘host mother’ in Dubreka, Guinea. Pulled from the country because of Ebola fears, Laskowski promotes an Ebola relief fund for the region.

Since March, the virus ravaging West Africa has killed more than 4,500 and sickened at least twice as many, almost entirely in Guinea, Sierra Leone and especially Liberia. While recent infections in the United States have brought home the disease’s worldwide threat, to date “overall giving in this disaster has been pretty low – particularly by households and corporations,” Rooney said. He and other experts attribute the tepid response to several factors: Americans’ limited familiarity with the continent, uncertainty about how best to help, and a perception among some potential donors that the U.S. government already is responding sufficiently on their behalf.

A billion-dollar battle

The World Health Organization estimates it will take almost $1 billion to halt the epidemic. The leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have begged the international community for more funding, physicians and care facilities. One indication of individuals’ restrained giving comes from the American Red Cross. Of the $2.9 million it has raised to combat Ebola in West Africa, all but $100,000 has come from Allen’s foundation. In contrast, the aid organization generated $486 million to assist Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010 – most of it within the first six months, spokeswoman Jana Sweeny said. Americans gave more than $1.4 billion overall for Haiti earthquake relief, according to evaluator Charity Navigator. They donated $1.6 billion to speed South Asia’s recovery after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The Haiti earthquake triggered a barrage of queries from individuals offering help, Sweeny said. Not so this time.

Americans donated more than $1.4 billion to nearby Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January 2010. Here, men stack supplies in Port-au-Prince

Nor has the aid organization solicited donations on its website’s home page. "We have a landing page specifically for Ebola,” she explained, adding that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is coordinating the response with the countries involved. The American operation has sent relief supplies and help with logistics. Without prominent fundraising campaigns, individual donors may not know the best way to channel support to West Africa. "I don’t know where I’d go to make a contribution to [fight] Ebola as a private citizen," said John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria and a senior fellow for African policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. "There is no highly publicized appeal. There’s no ‘call 1-800’ message." The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for International Disaster Information does have a list of nongovernmental organizations providing disaster relief, but it can be hard to find.

Some businesses bemused

WHO's on first?