Wednesday, 30 July 2014
News: 5 Things You Should Know About The Largest Ebola Outbreak In History (LIST)
With major concerns about transmission through air travel, talk of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leon, and Guinea Spreading to the U.S. is becoming more reality than rumor.
The virus, first detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Ebola River in 1976, has seen an unprecedented spread in recent weeks, earning this year’s outbreak the title of the largest in history. The virus has infected two American health workers in Liberia, infected more than 1,100, and killed 660. And just recently, a traveler on a flight that ended in Lagos, Nigeria carried the virus outside the region.
The patient, Patrick Sawyer, died soon after he was isolated, but officials believe this is the first time the virus has moved by jet, sparking fear and worry for regions staving off an outbreak.
But as with anything in life, there is good news and bad news. Here are some things you should know about the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
1. What is Ebola?
Ebola is an often fatal virus in humans and nonhuman primates that causes fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, weakness, vomiting and in some cases, internal and external bleeding. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ebola is just one of numerous Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers.
2. How Deadly Is The Virus?
There is no treatment or vaccine for Ebola, according to the World Health Organization. The fatality rate can be up to 90 percent, but it can also be as low as 50. This year’s outbreak currently has a mortality rate of 60 percent.
From WHO:
During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are health workers, family members and others in close contact with sick people and deceased patients.
3. Can It Spread To The U.S.?
The virus is just a plane ride away but according to the CDC, a U.S. outbreak is unlikely.
“Ebola poses little risk to the U.S. general population,” Stephan Monroe of CDC’s National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases told reporters in a conference call.
From Fox and the CDC:
“The likelihood of this spreading out of West Africa is very low,” Monroe said. While it’s possible someone ill could get on a plane, they couldn’t spread the virus to someone who just happened to be sitting nearby. “It is very unlikely they would be able to spread disease to their fellow passengers,” Monroe said. CDC worries more about airborne viruses such as measles, which can spread silently.
“People are not infectious prior to becoming symptomatic,” he stressed. And once in the U.S., doctors should isolate a patient quickly. “We are fairly confident that the standard of care in the U.S. would prevent much of the transmission of the virus were to show up here,” Monroe said.
“We do not anticipate this will spread in the US if an infected person is hospitalized here but we are taking action now by alerting healthcare workers in the US and reminding them how to isolate and test suspected patients while following strict infection control procedures.” CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden added in a statement.
4. How Is It Spread Anyway?
Ebola spreads through contact with body fluids from an infected person or contaminated objects from infected persons. Humans can also be exposed to the virus through infected animals.
From NBC/WHO:
Ebola is one disease that remains infectious after a person has died, and so experts urge precautions during funerals and burials. One study has suggested that a man’s sperm can transmit the virus two months after he has recovered from an infection. But most doctors say people are no longer infectious after they stop showing symptoms. The incubation period — the time between when a person encounters another infected person and beginning to show symptoms themselves — is as long as 21 days, according to the World Health Organization.
5. Will It Be Over Soon?
That’s not likely. According to the CDC and the WHO, this current outbreak could go on indefinitely.
From NBC:
No Ebola outbreak is declared over until nobody has been diagnosed for six weeks – or two 21-day infection periods.
“The concern is the outbreaks can be re-seeded, much like a forest fire with sparks,” Monroe said. “Until we can interrupt … every chain of transmission, there is no way we can control the outbreak,” he added.
“Until we get all of the virus put out, there is always the possibility that it will ricanite
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Saturday, 19 July 2014
News: So Sad: Staten Island Father Of 6 Killed By Police After Being Put In Chokehold (VIDEO)
A horrific video is making its way around the web, as it shows a 400-pound man from Staten Island being forcefully arrested by the NYPD, who actually ends up accidentally killing him.
Eric Garner, who was the father of six children, was surrounded by at least 4 officers on a sidewalk in the New York City borough and they eventually put him in a chokehold, which cut off his breathing.
In the viral video, Garner is seen yelling at the police and accusing them of harassing him consistently, as well as shooting down their beliefs that he is continuing to sell untaxed cigarrettes.
The man who shot the video, Ramsey Orta, can be heard narrating to the camera that he thinks Garner is being addressed and arrested by police for breaking up a fight.
Soon, things escalate as one of the officers jumps onto Garner’s back and places him in a chokehold, where Garner can be heard crying out “I can’t breathe!” 6 times as the other officers take him to the ground.
His head slams into the sidewalk and soon enough he was reported to be foaming at the mouth, dying shortly after.
Eric Garner had a medical history that included asthma, which is being reported as one of the key causes for his inability to breathe during the arrest.
Wilbert L. Cooper of swaggahood wrote a blog called “Eric Garner and the Plague of Police Brutality On Black Men”, where he shared some of his speculations after watching the video: Police say that Garner made a “fighting stance” and resisted arrest. Which, based on the video clip, is complete nonsense, considering we can see him pleading to the officers, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe!” before going completely silent as several officers pile on him.
We pray for the family of Eric Garner, including his wife and six children and hope that justice is served.
Friday, 18 July 2014
News: Sagging Pants Now Punishable By Six Months Of Jail Time In Florida Town (DETAILS)
Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with a $500 fine and up to six months of jail time with your pants on the ground. That’s the tune one Florida town is singing following the passing of its latest law against those who wear baggy pants. On Tuesday, the Ocale city Council Passed an Ordinance against “anyone on city property from wearing their pants two inches below their natural waist in a way that exposes underwear or bare buttocks.” This isn’t the first time towns have gone below the belt to wage a war against low-hanging pants. While Ocala’s ordinance may not be unique, it’s the punishment that is, because, as Fashionista points out, cities with similar laws fine offenders “no more than $50 for repeat offenders.” Also, some are worried that this could lead to racial profiling.
But Councilwoman Mary Rich, who proposed the law—and who also happens to be black—denies that: “It doesn’t matter what color they are. They all wear their pants down…If you pull them up, you might be a better citizen because you may be able to find a J.O.B.”
Can we propose that the Ocala City Council focus on more important things that actually matter in that fine state of Florida??
Thursday, 17 July 2014
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