{"id":306,"date":"2014-10-20T15:05:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=306"},"modified":"2014-10-20T15:05:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:05:24","slug":"doctors-hit-breaking-point-as-ebola-death-toll-tops-4500-nigeria-clear-but-harvard-issues-travel-ban-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WHO is coming under increasing scrutiny over its response to the the deadly epidemic. As The BBC reports, after stating that the\u00a0death toll has hit 4,555 worldwide<\/strong>, a leaked internal document shows\u00a0“nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall<\/strong>.”<\/em>\u00a0There are a few tidbits of\u00a0good news<\/span>\u00a0this 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\u00a0bad news<\/span>\u00a0keeps 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:\u00a0“The epidemic is still getting worse… I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel.”<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Lastly, Harvard has imposed a travel ban from Ebola-affected nations.<\/p>\n