Ebola

[pederito1]

Seems to have dropped right out of the Media, overshadowed no doubt by momentous world events like the.. er.. Election. It does however appear to be weakening as predicted and I hope the trend continues leading to this outbreak at least coming to an end. Have not heard anything of the vaccine lately either and hope for that too. It can be concluded that anyone in good health and with a strong immune system which sadly many Africans on poor diet do not have, can if treated early enough before major organ damage occurs, beat the virus. Many of those who have died did very likely already have a compromised immune system due to HIV and offered no resistance to the virus. Incidentally I see now that in Sierra Leone where I lived for a while and in the time honoured tradition of that great country some of the funds donated for Ebola have somehow been ...er...mislaid.

[Osc]

Good to hear that it appears to be on the wane, Mr P....and I hope it really is, and not just a case of it dropping out of the headlines because nobody from Europe or the US has contracted it recently Not surprised about the money, I'm one of those who thinks that aid money to countries like Sierra Leone should be drastically cut while they are run by corrupt regimes.

[Suff]

I posted on the news board today that Liberia has been declared Ebola free after 42 days of no new cases.

Hopefully it will all be over by September.