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BBC News – Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO

November 22, 2014

BBC News – Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO.

An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the World Health Organization has said.

The WHO warned of the danger of a “rapid spread” of the disease in the capital, Antananarivo.

The situation is worsened by high levels of resistance among fleas to a leading insecticide, the WHO added.

Humans usually develop the bubonic form of the plague after being bitten by an infected flea carried by rodents.

If diagnosed early, bubonic plague can be treated with antibiotics.

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CDC Says Ebola Droplets Can Only Travel 3 Feet … But MIT Research Shows Sneezes Can Travel Up to 20 Feet Washington’s Blog

October 28, 2014

CDC Says Ebola Droplets Can Only Travel 3 Feet … But MIT Research Shows Sneezes Can Travel Up to 20 Feet Washington’s Blog.

Checking the CDC’s Math

This week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) admitted that Ebola can travel through the air in aerosols, but claims that it can never go more than 3 feet.

Let’s check their math …

CDC (like the World Health Organization) admits that Ebola can be spread through sneezing or coughing.

But the CDC itself admits that flu droplets can travel 6 feet.

Mythbusters demonstrated that sneezes can nail people some 17 feet away:

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Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge

October 20, 2014

Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge.

The WHO is coming under increasing scrutiny over its response to the the deadly epidemic. As The BBC reports, after stating that the death toll has hit 4,555 worldwide, a leaked internal document shows “nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall.” There are a few tidbits of good news this weekend: the Spanish patient’s test returned negative, 48 “at-risk” people in Dallas have been cleared, and Nigeria has been declared “ebola-free”. Sadly, the bad news keeps coming: the virus has spread to new regions of Guinea (affecting mining operations), Moodys warns the economic legacy will linger, IMF slashes growth forecasts for Africa, and most critically, MSF doctors are at their breaking point: “The epidemic is still getting worse… I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel.” Lastly, Harvard has imposed a travel ban from Ebola-affected nations.

  • *EBOLA CASES TOTAL 9,216, WHO SAYS
  • *EBOLA DEATHS TOTAL 4,555 AS OF OCT. 14, WHO SAYS

As The BBC reports, the WHO is under fire over response to epidemic,

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