Ebola outbreak 'out of control' but 'can be stopped' said world's top health official

Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 07:56 UTC

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West Africa's Ebola outbreak is out of control but it can be stopped, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said on Friday at a meeting in Conakry, capital of Guinea. Read full article

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Room101
“Out of control... but can be stopped” ?
Which is it, I wonder.
Aug 02nd, 2014 - 09:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Voice
At a population of over 7 billion and increasing it may be. “just what the doctors ordered”
...and for the conspiracy theorists... probably, “just what the doctors ordered”
Aug 02nd, 2014 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Mother Nature has had enough of Humans & their rapacious ways & is striking back.
Aug 02nd, 2014 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
When the government say's [ all is well ]
then panic...lol
Aug 02nd, 2014 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
La Casada Rosada could do with a dose of this....
Aug 02nd, 2014 - 11:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Of course it can be controlled. First you set up a perimeter with armed troops. Anyone approaching the perimeter gets shot dead. Then you contract the perimeter. Shooting anything that that might have the virus.
Aug 03rd, 2014 - 01:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
@6 Are we still talking of La Casa Rosada, or ebola?
:)
Aug 03rd, 2014 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
@6 Conqueror,
They tried that in Zaire, but as the troops get very small wages, they were easily bribed to let people through.
@7 ilsen,
LOL!,
Great idea though.!
Aug 03rd, 2014 - 09:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
@8
Hope they put on a live feed. We could watch the vermin being eradicated!
Hopefully stop the disease ideology from spreading!
:)
:)
Aug 04th, 2014 - 12:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
By the time our government wakes up, it will all be over and we will all be ??

the government is far to slow and incompetent.
Aug 05th, 2014 - 07:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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