17 October 2014 Last updated at 09:43
Ebola outbreak
Ban Ki-moon has launched another urgent appeal for funds to help fight Ebola after a United Nations drive for donations fell short of its target.
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The UN chief said a $1bn trust fund he launched in September has received just $100,000 (£62,000) so far.
He joins a growing chorus of world leaders criticising the global effort to tackle the Ebola outbreak.
The disease has killed about 4,500 people so far, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Donors have given almost $400m (£250m) to other UN agencies and aid organisations directly but the UN trust fund, intended to act as a flexible spending reserve, has itself only received pledges of just $20m (£12m).
Of those countries that have pledged money to the trust fund, only Colombia has paid, giving $100,000 (£62,000).
The UN special envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, said the fund was intended to offer "flexibility in responding to a crisis which every day brings new challenges".
"It allows the areas of greatest need to be identified and funds to be directed accordingly," he added.
Mr Ban said it was time for the countries "who really have capacity" to provide financial and other logistical support.
Similar calls have been made in recent days by US President Barack Obama, UK PM David Cameron, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has told the BBC he was "bitterly disappointed" with the international community's response.
"If the crisis had hit some other region it probably would have been handled very differently," he said in an interview with BBC Newsnight.
"In fact when you look at the evolution of the crisis, the international community really woke up when the disease got to America and Europe."
The World Health Organization has said it is "ramping up" efforts to prevent Ebola spreading beyond the three countries most affected by the deadly virus.
WHO official Isabelle Nuttall said 15 African countries are being prioritised for help in prevention and protection, with the four countries directly bordering the affected areas - Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal - getting the most attention.
US reservists on standby
Meanwhile, President Obama has given the go-ahead for US military reservists to be deployed to West Africa if needed. They would join the 4,000 American troops already being sent to the region.
The president also said he was open to appointing someone to head the Ebola response in the US, a so-called czar.… [Ron Klain, former White House Adviser]
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Ebola Comes To USA
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SkyChief; looks to me like we're beating our heads against the wall. He doesn't want to see the forest for the trees.
What @Hawaii Islander wrote appears to completely consistent with both September 17 commentary published on CIDRAP's website, as well as the statement published yesterday by CIDRAP:
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I wonder what happened to that guy. He should be a motivational speaker. EVERYTHING IS FINE!
I agree. And I think the following CIDRAP closing statement sums it up quite nicely:
"The commentary addresses potential modes of transmission for Ebola in healthcare settings and discusses the implications for optimal respiratory protection for healthcare workers. CIDRAP concludes that the commentary is based on sound science and believes it is an important consideration in the safety of healthcare workers who provide care to Ebola patients"
"Transmission of Ebola must be considered in both the context of healthcare settings and within the general community. This commentary in question specifically addressed transmission risk within a healthcare setting and does not address community transmission."
They're basically stating the N-95 mask is inadequate protection for health care workers (treating Ebola) and should NOT be considered as part of PPE gear in a hospital environment,. (my words - not theirs)
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GET THE FACTS, eh?
In addition to protocol reviews and the "only contagious at above a certain temperature" info, we now have this from WHO(not The Who) that seems to imply that an infected person in the 5% that take longer than 21 days could cruise around for a month and a half sharing this. Kind of blows a nasty hole in the GET THE FACTS statement that After 21 days,if an exposed person does not develop symptoms, they will not become sick with Ebola.
“Nigeria is expected to have passed through the requisite 42 days, with active surveillance for new cases in place and none detected.”
“98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval.”
"WHO recommendations for testing for Ebola virus disease and confirming a case
WHO is alarmed by media reports of suspected Ebola cases imported into new countries that are said, by government officials or ministries of health, to be discarded as “negative” within hours after the suspected case enters the country. Such rapid determination of infection status is impossible, casting grave doubts on some of the official information that is being communicated to the public and the media.
For early detection of Ebola virus in suspected or probable cases, detection of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) or viral antigen are the recommended tests.
Laboratory-confirmed cases must test positive for the presence of the Ebola virus, either by detection of viral RNA by RT-PCR, and/or by detection of Ebola antigen by a specific Antigen detection test, and/or by detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies directed against Ebola.
Two negative RT-PCR test results, at least 48 hours apart, are required for a clinically asymptomatic patient to be discharged from hospital, or for a suspected Ebola case to be discarded as testing negative for the virus.
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Gee, makes one want to Stop Believing EBOLA-RESPONSE for your own life's safety.
In addition to protocol reviews and the "only contagious at above a certain temperature" info, we now have this from WHO(not The Who) that seems to imply that an infected person in the 5% that take longer than 21 days could cruise around for a month and a half sharing this. Kind of blows a nasty hole in the GET THE FACTS statement that After 21 days,if an exposed person does not develop symptoms, they will not become sick with Ebola.
“Nigeria is expected to have passed through the requisite 42 days, with active surveillance for new cases in place and none detected.”
“98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval.”
"WHO recommendations for testing for Ebola virus disease and confirming a case
WHO is alarmed by media reports of suspected Ebola cases imported into new countries that are said, by government officials or ministries of health, to be discarded as “negative” within hours after the suspected case enters the country. Such rapid determination of infection status is impossible, casting grave doubts on some of the official information that is being communicated to the public and the media.
For early detection of Ebola virus in suspected or probable cases, detection of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) or viral antigen are the recommended tests.
Laboratory-confirmed cases must test positive for the presence of the Ebola virus, either by detection of viral RNA by RT-PCR, and/or by detection of Ebola antigen by a specific Antigen detection test, and/or by detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies directed against Ebola.
Two negative RT-PCR test results, at least 48 hours apart, are required for a clinically asymptomatic patient to be discharged from hospital, or for a suspected Ebola case to be discarded as testing negative for the virus.
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Gee, makes one want to Stop Believing EBOLA-RESPONSE for your own life's safety.
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There seems to be a few people in this thread upset that they aren't being 'heard' or understood.
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Only upset if folks in the USA(see picture in next post below) get Ebola due to mis-information passed off as fact.
So now we've moved on from ebola conspiracies to birther conspiracies?
No one is suggesting a conspiracy (although I don't rule it out). I am suggesting that the standards of care are inadequate, and that those inadequacies were known prior the the treatment of Mr Duncan; furthermore, there appears to be either incompetence or negligence in getting the standards upgraded.
Did you see the video I posted above? The standards look more than adequate in it.
Yes I viewed your video and, that is exactly the standard of care I have been advocating. You may or may not know that video was taken at Ft. Detrick, MD where they know a thing or two about how to handle this type of outbreak but, that was NOT the standard that was used in Dallas. As far as I have been able to tell , those standards aren't being adopted across the country.
*Sigh* Sorry, I'm not going to do this dance with you. The sky isn't falling.
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