Startling Report: WHO – 1 In 20 Ebola Infections Are Contagious For 42 Days (Just Released Video)

By Liberty Balance

Startling Ebola news out this morning 1 in 20 people are infectious for up to 42 days. A 42-day observation period with no new outbreaks is required before declaring the outbreak is under control. In  WHO’s own words: WHO is therefore confident that detection of no new cases, with active surveillance in place, throughout this 42-day period means that an Ebola outbreak is indeed over. 

Why hasn’t anyone reported this until now? How is this not one of the single most important pieces of information in the world at this moment when all human life on our planet is now legitimately threatened by an uncontrolled viral outbreak with a 70 percent fatality rate and no recognized treatments or cures?

As reported on NaturalNews:

This may be the single most important — and blatantly honest — research report released by any official body since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak. The WHO’s “Ebola situation assessment” report, found here, explains that only 95% of Ebola infections experience incubation within the widely-reported 21-day period. Here’s the actual language from the report:

95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval. [1]

Unless the sentence structure is somehow misleading, this passage appears to indicate the following:

• 95% of Ebola incubations occur from 1 – 21 days
• 3% of Ebola incubations occur from 21 – 42 days
• 2% of Ebola incubations are not explained (why?)

If this interpretation of the WHO’s statistics are correct, it would mean that:

• 1 in 20 Ebola infections may result in incubations lasting significantly longer than 21 days

• The 21-day quarantine currently being enforced by the CDC is entirely insufficient to halt an outbreak

• People who are released from observation or self-quarantine after 21 days may still become full-blown Ebola patients in the subsequent three weeks, even if they have shown no symptoms of infection during the first 21 days. (Yes, read that again…)

So how many people have been released from airports, hospitals, and cleared to be Ebola free? This is absolutely astounding how this could have been missed by all the “Professionals”. Now we wait.

This article may help you prepare. Ebola Impact: 10 Items Everyone Needs In Their Home During This Ebola Crisis​

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Ebola Impact: 10 Items Everyone Needs In Their Home During This Ebola Crisis

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:22

By Liberty Balance

Yesterday’s Ebola scare at Boston’s Logan Airport, where 5 people were removed from the airplane by Hazmat teams wearing hazmat suits while 300 others passengers watched and were denied permission to leave the plane, has many Americans thinking twice before traveling. 

How many cases like the one at Logan’s airport yesterday, will it take before people decide traveling isn’t worth the risk?

If these cases of Ebola keep spreading in the United States, it’s just a matter of time before people change their daily routines and start avoiding public places such as airports, subways, train stations and even shopping centers.

This could have a dramatic effect on America’s economy and economies around the world. As the Ebola virus affects more and more people through new infections and travel restrictions, it seems logical that people will begin to take precautions to protect themselves and their loved ones. 

As reported on Jeff Rense Website yesterday, Nina Pham, the nurse in Dallas who has contracted Ebola from Thomas Duncan, may have infected her boy friend who worked at Alcon corporate headquarters in Fort Worth Tx. Alcon is a opthomological pharmaceutical company.. 

Nina Pham’s boyfriend is now in quarantine and a letter has been sent out to employees who work at Alcon. 

This is just another example of how quickly this virus could spiral out of control.  

Have you thought about how you would survive if this crisis should continue? My advice to you: “Do that shopping that you’ve been putting off since last month.” Make sure you have mostly everything you need in the house (if not all) for you and your family for at least two to three months.

We’re all praying that this Ebola virus is eradicated as soon as possible with absolutely no new cases; but in the mean time, you just might want to have these things within your reach – that is, in your homes – while we all fight Ebola. You do not necessarily have to get them all at once but, why not try to purchase one or two items every week until you’ve gotten all that you need?

1. Water. Have you heard the saying, “water is life”, that is so true. Dehydration is a terrible thing and you can never tell when that store next to you just might run out of drinking water. Make sure to have more than enough drinking water in the house and never make it a habit to go to bed without drinking water in the house.  For some of us that cannot afford to buy mineral water, that’s ok, you can also make sure to stock your house up with gallons of water from wherever hand pump that you normally draw your water from. Make sure that your hand pump is always chlorinated. Remember, one can go without food for a couple a days but not without water. Water is highly essential during this period.

2. Food. The last thing you want is your child crying, “mama and papa I hungry ohhh”. Make sure to have as much food as you can. When shopping for food, make sure to include items that don’t necessarily require gas, char- coal, and preparation. Make sure to buy enough canned food as much as possible, for they last longer, save space and are easy to prepare. Also, why not make that Pepper source, bennet-seed dust, bonie dust that goes so right with dry rice (if you know what I mean)? This will also cut down those everyday expenses of having to buy them at a retail price.

3. Sanitation items. While these may not be absolute “essentials”, the truth is that life will get very unpleasant very quickly without them. For example, what would you do without toilet paper? Just think about it. Imagine that you just finished your last roll of toilet paper and now you can’t get any more. What would you do?  The truth is that soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper and other hygiene products are things that we completely take for granted in society today. So what would happen if we could not go out and buy them any longer?Make sure to grab items like bath and washing soap, toothpaste, tissue, and wipes for the baby, dettol and bleach. With this deadly virus, its always advisable at keep your homes clean and chlorinated.

4. A First Aid Kit And Other Medical Supplies. On a more serious note, you may not be able to access a hospital or a doctor during this major crisis and some of you just might be scared to want to go to a hospital. In your survival supplies, be absolutely certain that you have a good first aid kit and any other medical supplies that you think you may need.

5. Lighters Or Matches and candles. You will also want something to start a fire. If you can start a fire, you can cook food, you can boil water and you can stay warm. (Ebola does not like heat, we are told!) So in a true emergency situation, how do you plan to start a fire? By rubbing sticks together? Now is the time to put away a supply of lighters or matches so that you will be prepared when you really need them. In addition, you may want to consider storing up a good supply of candles especially for those without electricity (LEC or Generators). Candles come in quite handy whenever the electricity goes out and, in the event of a long-term blackout, we will all see why our forefathers relied on candles so much even though it is also very important to play it safe. You don’t want your house catching on fire now. So make sure to always keep the candles out of the children’s reach and turn it off when you’re ready for bed. Store your candles and matches in a plastic bag or container so that they do not get wet.

6. A Flashlight And/Or Lantern. I’m sure you do not want to wait until the last minute to purchase one of those Chinese lights! When the power goes off in your home, what is the first thing that you grab? Just think about it. A flashlight or a lantern, of course. In a major emergency, these are going to come in quite handy.  Solar powered or “crank style” flashlights or lanterns will probably be best during a long-term emergency. These are probably less primitive and less risky than candles, but solar lamps depend on how much sunlight you get on any given day (bad in the rainy season); lanterns require kerosene.  If you have battery-powered lights you will also want to begin storing up lots and lots of batteries.

7. Radios. This is very important to have in the house for you will need to be informed of everything that’s going on at the moment in the country and what other way than that of the radio?

8. Communication Equipment. Make sure to always have extra scratch cards for whatever GSM Company you’re subscribed with. When things really hit the fan you are going to want to communicate with your family and friends. You will also want to be able to contact the response team, an ambulance or law enforcement if necessary. 

Having emergency cell phone cards is great, but it may or may not work during a time of crisis. Remember during the riot at the CDC headquarters on the eve of the 2011 Run-off Election, when calls on Lonestar Cell network were blocked for nearly five hours? The Internet also may or may not be available. Be sure to have a plan (whether it be high-tech or low-tech) for staying in communication with others during a major emergency. (In the very olden days, people would put a hand-written letter in a bird’s beak and have the bird fly it over to the person who was supposed to receive it.  In some cases it was hundreds of miles away!  Hey, whatever floats your boat!)

9. Extra Gasoline. For those who own vehicles, motor bikes and businesses, there may come a day when gasoline is rationed or is simply not available at all as we have experienced in the past times. If that happens, how will you get around? Be certain to have some extra gasoline stored away just in case you find yourself really needing to get somewhere urgently and can’t afford to buy at the prevailing price at that time. 

And finally, always remember to have

10. A Backup Plan. Lastly, it is always, always, always important to have a backup plan for everything.  If someone comes in and steals all the food that you have stored up, maybe it would have been better to store food in several different well-hidden places and not all in one place. If travel is restricted and you can’t get to your “safe” location immediately, do you have a Plan B?

These are only suggestions to get us all to begin to mentally and physically prepare ourselves. This list is not conclusive – if you have a list that is quite different from the above, then good for you! The bottom line is that crisis situations rarely unfold just as we envision. It is important to be flexible and to be ready with backup plans when disaster strikes. How long do you think that is going to last? Now is the time to get ready. Now is the time to prepare.

The ten items above are just the basic items everyone should have, in another article titled 101 Items Ypou Need To Survive The Ebola Panic, there are many more items listed that will help you weather the storm. Having everything you need ahead of time is security, and should give you a much safer feeling than people who have not prepared.

You may wake up one morning only to find out that an entire city is locked down, at that point it would be mass panic across this nation with everyone rushing to stores for supplies and by then there won’t be enough supplies to go around. Yes now is the time to prepare for your families future.

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ISIS/ISIL Ebola Suicide Bombers Coming To America And Europe

By Liberty Balance

Just when you think the situation can't get any worse, there's a new threat being announced by the Israeli News Agency.

Imagine your at a large public event with thousands of people attending when all of a sudden a Jihadists, infected with Ebola, detonates a bomb he is wearing. Now imagine a coordinated attack like this in multiple cities across the country within hours of each other.

Many people will call this fear mongering or just plain crazy, but not so fast. As you will see in the latest video report by James O'keefe Viral Videos, access for ISIS/ISIL to enter the United States is virtually wide open. There are many ways ISIS/ISIL Jihadists can enter America. Canada allows British citizens to come in to that country with no passports or visa's. James O'Keefe actually takes a boat across the U.S border into Canada, picks up a man dressed as a ISIS/ISIL terrorist and brings him right back into the U.S. It is so fast and easy you won't believe what you are about to witness.

Then there is this report from The Extinction Protocol where the Israeli News Agency, a site which claims to be Israel’s first online news organization has confirmed the authenticity of the report saying it “clears all news items relating to Israeli security with the Israel government press office.” The agency said, citing “Israeli security sources,” that dozens of ISIS fighters in Syria have fallen ill and had symptoms of Ebola. This news quickly ignited a new conspiracy theory claiming that ISIS is planning to send Ebola-infected militants into the US to spread the disease.

“While Western nations fighting the Islamic State might consider this reported Ebola outbreak among radical jihadists to be welcome news, there is a very big, very dangerous downside to Islamic terrorists being carriers of the virus,” Norvell Rose, the winner of numerous journalism honours, writes for WesternJournalism.com.

The article also cites the Israeli News Agency (INA) for inference into why the news could prove dangerous for the Americans. The INA in its report quoted a source it identified only as “AVi,” who is “a global anti-terrorism consultant” as saying: “We know that ISIS has training camps in Africa and it is highly possible that this is where contact with the virus was made.

“This would add new meaning to the US stating that no boots would be on the ground as both missiles and Ebola penetrates one of the worst evils that the world has ever known.” The theory was further bolstered by reports of a direct threat from the ISIS militants who said they would spread the Ebola virus to the United States and its allies if they continue to wage war on the organization inside Syria and Iraq as reported by Shoebat.com, a website created by Walid Shoebat who was a radicalized Muslim until 1994 when he converted to Christianity.

Shoebat quoted a statement from ISIS published in another website called Vetogate.com. The statement reportedly said: “Followers and soldiers of the Islamic State are mostly suicide bombers and all of them are ready not only to carry Ebola, but to drink Ebola if they were asked to carry and spread it in the United States. This is not difficult but we need a decision from the leaders jihadist.” The statement further said: “The process of spreading disease is not difficult. It can easily be transported in a bottle in your bag from Africa to America. The contents of the bottle can then be released in an air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water.” –IB Times

While these threats are real, our current administration has done nothing to secure our borders or even stop flights from Ebola infected countries from entering the U.S via our airports.

In this Hagmann & Hagmann Podcast with Steve Quayle and Greg Evensen, as reported on Steve Quayle's website, based on developments pertaining to Ebola and the reaction of the effects of the concern and potential for pandemic, the globalists' clock has stopped ticking - many are heading to their own hideouts to weather the upcoming storm.

Join Steve Quayle and Greg Evensen tonight as new information has come to light on the real events surround Ebola and the globalist agenda. Will there be a mass pandemic? Is this a manuafactured crisis? Who benefits? Listen tonight as Greg Evensen shares new information from his sources, and Steve Quayle from his sources - and find out the level of risk for all of us.

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St Louis Riots Over Night: After White Officer Shoots Black Youth 17 Times (Video)

More social unrest in Missouri. Just 2 months after the Michael brown a off duty cop shoots another black man in self defense last night. The black community goes wild, with people rioting in the streets.

An 18-year-old black male is dead after an officer-involved shooting in south St. Louis Wednesday night. An off-duty police officer was patrolling for a private security company in the Shaw neighborhood. As he drove by the intersection of Klemm and Shaw, he noticed three men. Police said the men started to run and the officer chased after them.

Authorities said the officer eventually got out of his car and followed a suspect through a gangway. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the three suspects then came back together before one of them approached the officer in an aggressive way. According to police, the officer commanded the suspect to stop, but police said he refused to stop.

Police said the officer and suspect got into a physical altercation before the suspect ran. Police said the suspect then fired three shots at the officer before the officer returned fire. According to police, the suspect attempted to fire more shots, but the gun malfunctioned and jammed. In total, police said the officer fired 17 shots. Authorities later recovered the suspect's 9mm hand gun.

White House Correspondent Major Garrett Caught On Hot Mic At White House Ebola Briefing "We're Screwed"

By Liberty Balance

For a little insight into what the American mainstream media really thinks (but will never say), check out what CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett and two of his colleagues had to say when Garrett apparently forgot his mic was still on after the White House's October 3rd press briefing on the government's Ebola response ended.

Usually the rational determinations of those who report on these types of things are kept to themselves. Today, Mr. Garrett’s true feelings came out in the form of a hot mic moment in which he was speaking to his fellow journalists.

The MSM reporter in the video walks over to Garrett, commenting that she thinks the “most interesting thing is that the travel has not stopped,” obviously referring to the failure of the regime to impose travel restrictions from the Ebola exporting nations. Major Garrett responds, saying simply, “Yeah, we’re screwed.” The woman can then be heard describing her concern over the results of a DC test on a person who had recently traveled to Nigeria. Garrett responds with "If the D.C test comes back positive, I'll be doing phoners all weekend"

 This video shows you these mainstream reporters obviously don't believe the government b.s. any more than we do...yet they go on prime time TV and tell everyone exactly what the government wants us all to hear night after night. It really is all a dog and pony show, and this clip is just more obvious proof of that.

This is on top of a Leading German Journalist going public with information that the CIA controls all major journalists around the world. After you listen to this report you will understand that the world is a stage and we are all part of the program. 

Yes the rabbit hole is deep. 

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Top Journalist Turns Whistler Blower, Admits All the News is Fake! (Video)

By Liberty Balance

This video of top German Reporter/Journalist Dr. Udo Ulfkatte was shared on Reddit, it's eye popping. People should pay attention to this German reporter as he tells all in this amazing video report.

Mr Ulfkatte explains how the CIA has control over all of the major journalists around the world.  He is tired of all the lying and decided to go public with everything he knows.  Dr Udo Ulfkatte has  already had 3 heart attacks and decided he didn’t care anymore about what they might do to him!

Many times we hear people ask "what news source did that news come from" then if you mention alternative media, they laugh or maybe say "I'll believe it when I see it on TV".

After you hear this reporter tell us that our news is completely FAKE and then he explains to you how it operates, you will be shocked! Journalist and Editor Dr. Udo Ulfkatte has just gone public with this shocking information.

This is an amazing video that must be shared with every person that hasn’t woken up yet and still believes anything they see on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Fox News... and the rest of the fraud media in the United States and around the world!

Don't believe everything you know.

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All These Countries Are One Flight Away From Ebola Pandemic

Many people are asking why flights from known Ebola affected countries are not banned. As you will see below many countries have taken it upon themselves to do just that. Please note the calender below of current Ebola Affected areas during the month of October and their relationship to the flight map I have included above. 

Flights out of major airports in the affected countries arrive in 39 airports in 35 other countries. There are seven in Europe, in the UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands; four in the Middle East; and three in the US (Houston, Atlanta and New York).

So far, the World Health Organization hasn’t endorsed any travel restrictions. “We would have to consider any travel recommendations very carefully, but the best way to stop this outbreak is to put the necessary measures in place at the source of infection,” Gregory Hartl, a WHO spokesperson, told CBC. Closing borders “might help, but it won’t be exhaustive or foolproof,” he said.]

Legitimate public health concerns remain. Aside from coming into contact with open cuts, Ebola likely enters a person’s body through mucus membranes, such as the surface of the eye or by clinging to cells in their throat. Because the virus is bloodborne—it grows only in an animal’s bloodstream—it’s not as easily transmitted as something like, say, the flu. Still, it can survive in liquid or dried materials for a number of days outside a human host. 

It also is an STD of sorts, having been found in semen 61 days after its onset, with transmission occurring seven weeks after the patient recovered. Otherwise, the incubation period—meaning, between exposure and when a person begins to show symptoms—is between two and 21 days.

Below is a calender of case by case Ebola affected countries as reported by International SOS.

Imported cases Many locations are testing people who have traveled to Ebola-affected countries and returned with a fever and other symptoms. Senegal and the United States have confirmed imported cases of Ebola. International SOS is monitoring these closely. Click here for more details. 7 October Liberia: A new training program has been launched for the healthcare workers on Ebola patient care at Monrovia. At least six survivors will play a very important role in this training and share their experiences of Ebola infection. It is an initiative by World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health and a mock Ebola treatment unit has been constructed for the two-week long course. Over 400 health workers in batches of fifty will be attending the sessions. On successful completion the trainees will be eligible for employment in Ebola treatment centres across the country. In the latest situation report, the Ministry of Health has confirmed additional cases and deaths. Spain: Media sources have reported that a second healthcare worker has been isolated at a hospital in Madrid. Test results for Ebola and further details are awaited. Read more... WHO: The World Health Organization has released a situation assessment regarding the mode of transmission of the Ebola virus. They refute claims that the virus spreads through air and the speculations that the virus may mutate into an airborne disease. The Ebola virus spreads thought direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated surfaces and objects. Uganda: A 30-year-old man died from Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Kampala on 28 September. Dozens of people are being monitored after having had contact with the man with several developing symptoms. It is unknown how the first case contracted the disease, investigations into this outbreak continue. Marburg virus belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola virus and is also transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. Marburg disease has no vaccine or cure, and can cause similar symptoms to Ebola such as fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding. Public health measures will be needed to prevent this outbreak spreading. This outbreak is independent to the Ebola epidemic ongoing in West Africa. Aid: Norway is extending support to control the Ebola outbreak in the affected countries in the form of funds, personnel and equipment. US: Media sources are reporting that the Dallas patient is being treated with an experimental drug. An antiviral medication, bricidofovir is being used. The drug is manufactured by a North Carolina-based company, Chimerix. Officials are yet to confirm this news. 6 October Spain: A nurse who cared for two Ebola patients evacuated from Liberia and Sierra Leone in August and September has been confirmed infected with the virus. This is the first know instance of a person being infected with Ebola outside Africa. Read more... MSF: Another Medecins Sans Frontieres health worker has been infected with Ebola. The Norwegian doctor has been working in Bo, Sierra Leone, and developed a fever on 5 October. She will be evacuated to Oslo for treatment. Norway has designated the Oslo University Hospital as the country's Ebola treatment centre.  An investigation into how she was infected is underway. United States: Media sources have reported that the American patient, a photojournalist infected with Ebola in Liberia, will be arriving in the country today and admitted to Nebraska Medical Centre. In other news, media sources report that there are seven healthcare workers among the 10 close contacts of the Dallas case. Read more... Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Health has reported new confirmed cases. Read more... Liberia: US Navy mobile Ebola laboratories are operating at the Island clinic, Monrovia and in Bong County. In other news, the Ministry of Information Culture Affairs and Tourism has introduced a new media access policy. Journalists must secure written permission if they want to take photographs or conduct interviews at Ebola healthcare facilities. According to the Minister, this policy protects the privacy of patients and healthcare workers and to protects the health and safety of both Liberians and international journalists. Read more... Ethiopia: New sources are reporting that a 24-hour Ebola testing service has been launched at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, specifically to monitor and test passengers from 21 West African destinations. 5 October Sierra Leone: The Public Health Agency of Canada has deployed a second field laboratory and staff to join an existing PHAC team working in Kailahun, eastern Sierra Leone. The laboratories will contribute to efforts to rapidly diagnose Ebola. The team will monitor the effectiveness of measures designed to prevent infection in the local communities. Treatment: The World Health Organization has issued a position paper on the use of convalescent blood or plasma in treating Ebola outbreaks. This interim guidance for national health authorities and blood transfusion services covers guidelines on selecting donors; screening and handling blood; transfusion processes and other topics. Read more...  4 October Canada: The Public Health Agency of Canada has clarified their position on donated vaccines. The Agency has confirmed that the 800-1000 vaccine doses are ready to be transported once "WHO requests that they be transferred or deployed." This shipment is dependent on safety and ethical considerations which are yet to be resolved by WHO and the global community. Aid: The German government has delivered medical supplies to Liberia in the first mission involving the German Air Force. The NGO-led German Liberia clinic (GERLIB) has established a 48-bed isolation centre for Ebola cases in Paynesville, Monrovia. US: The number of contacts under close monitoring in Dallas has been reduced from 100 to around 50, with 10 labelled as "high risk" contacts. CDC officials met a flight landing in Newark, New Jersey from Brussels, Belgium on 4 October following reports that a passenger from Liberia was ill on board. Read more... France: The French nurse who was medically evacuated to France for treatment on 19 September has recovered and been discharged from hospital. The nurse was infected while working as a volunteer with MSF in Liberia. A health ministry statement confirmed the nurse received a number of new antiviral medications, including Avigan (favipiravir). Germany: The doctor from Senegal who was evacuated to Hamburg has recovered and been discharged from hospital. The doctor had contracted Ebola whilst working for the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone. Nigeria: The Federal Ministry of Health has finalised plans to carry out "Train the Trainer" sessions across all states as part of enhanced preparedness for Ebola. These sessions will be directed at both health workers and state health educators to ensure the response is coordinated and that health workers are appropriately knowledgeable and protected. Training has also been offered to health workers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Europe: In an open letter to European governments published in The Lancet, over 40 signatories have called on government leaders to "mobilise all possible resources to assist West Africa." This includes the need to free up medical staff to volunteer, establish field laboratories and support the epidemiological surveillance. The authors also call for critical infrastructure to be built up, including telecommunications, clean water and fuel. They highlight the critical shortage of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and urge local groups in West Africa to be empowered to bridge the gap between the international responders and the local communities. Outlook: Two authors have called into question the apparently low case fatality rate in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The report published in The Lancet states that the current values do not take into account the interval between confirming a case and knowing whether the case died or survived. They conclude, "The widely cited 2014 CFR of around 50% is therefore likely to be a substantial underestimate of the true value, and so the number could apparently rise over the course of the outbreak." 3 October UN:  The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has responded to recent media speculation that the Ebola virus could mutate or become airborne (PDF). The organisation states that there is no evidence that the Ebola virus is mutating to become airborne. UNMEER does not anticipate such a mutation and calls for Ebola response efforts to focus on the real needs in affected communities. UNMEER has also released a statement (PDF) detailing the recent developments and international pledges of support following the "Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone" conference held in London. The report also draws attention to the potential food crisis, given the impact Ebola has had on local and international trade in affected nations. Harvests are also threatened, further eroding food security in the region. Liberia: A fifth American citizen working in West Africa is reported to have contracted Ebola. The 33-year-old man was working in Liberia as a freelance camera operator. He developed symptoms on 1 October and immediately isolated himself. Tests performed at an MSF treatment centre in Monrovia were reported to be positive on 2 October. It is unknown how he contracted the virus. The man will be medically evacuated back to the United States for treatment. In other news, media sources have reported that, in the event the confirmed case in Dallas returns to Liberia, authorities there may prosecute him.  He may have made a false declaration on the screening questionnaire before departing Liberia, stating he had no contact with Ebola patients. Yet it is believed that, before leaving Liberia for the US, he helped care for an infected pregnant woman in Monrovia who later died of the disease. It is not clear whether the man knew the woman died of Ebola. United States: Health officials in Texas have legally ordered four close family members of the Dallas Ebola patient to stay home until at least 19 October. This is a precautionary measure. At this time, none of the family members have symptoms. The family have also been asked not to have any visitors without approval from the local or state health departments. The order will remain in place until after one 21-day incubation period passes. (The incubation period is the time between when someone is exposed to the Ebola virus and when they begin to have symptoms.) Three healthcare workers who survived infection with Ebola have been interviewed. In the journal Science, the survivors recall their stringent precautions taken against Ebola and all wonder how they were infected. The call patients whose Ebola status is unknown a "hidden danger"; people who have symptoms but do not disclose them or patients who may withhold information about contacts. Germany: A Ugandan doctor, who was working in Sierra Leone, has been medically evacuated to Frankfurt suffering from Ebola. The patient will be treated in isolation at the Frankfurt University hospital. He is the second Ebola case to be treated in Germany following medical evacuation from West Africa. Sierra Leone: New cases have been reported. Read more... WHO: In their latest Ebola Response Roadmap Update, 7,470 total cases and 3,431 deaths have been reported up to 1 October in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Exposure of healthcare worker has resulted in more than 380 of them becoming infected and at least 216 have died since the start of the outbreak. Nigeria and Senegal have completed at least 30 days since the last confirmed case in both nations and all contacts have completed the 21-day monitoring period in isolation with no new cases. The WHO update also includes confirmation of the patient in Dallas, Texas which is detailed on the United States page. 2 October United States: The man who has Ebola in Texas first sought medical care on 25 September, several days before he was tested for Ebola and admitted to a hospital. He visited an emergency department on 25 September with abdominal pain and a low-grade fever. He reportedly told a nurse he had been in Liberia recently, but he was not screened for Ebola. His symptoms worsened and he returned to the hospital (via ambulance) on 28 September, when he was admitted into isolation and tested for Ebola. Authorities will monitor around 100 people who may have had contact with this man, including ambulance staff and several school children. This is a conservative approach which casts a 'wide net' and includes people who are likely not at risk but will be screened anyway. None of them have any symptoms. Public health officials stated it was unnecessary to contact trace fellow passengers on this man's commercial flights since he felt well while travelling. Ebola is contagious only after the patient develops symptoms. Nevertheless, one airline has made an announcement about the flights they think he was on. Read more... WHO: The World Health Organization organised an expert consultation on Ebola vaccines. More than 70 experts attended the meeting to assess the status of testing and to licensing two candidate Ebola vaccines. Experts from both affected and neighbouring countries in West Africa also attended the event. All participants agreed that the main immediate goal is"to have a fully tested and licensed product that can be scaled up for use in mass vaccination campaigns." ECDC: The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has updated their Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A dramatic increase in trend in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in the coming months is indicated by projections published by different models. It further quoted "These projections should be regarded as indicative of possible trends and not as exact predictions. Yet, all models point to a substantial increase in the number of cases if control efforts remain unchanged." The RRA also assesses the risk to Europe and outlines what European Union (EU) member states can do to reduce these risks. The RRA explores the risk of infection for EU residents who may visit affected countries, and the risk of spread following importation into Europe, either as a planned medical evacuation or following commercial flight of an infected traveller. 1 October WHO: In their latest Roadmap Situation Report #6, the World Health Organization says there have been 7,178 cases and 3,338 deaths up to 28 September. The situation in Guinea appears stable, there has been a slight fall in the number of new cases reported, mainly due to a drop in the number of new cases reported from Macenta. Liberia has also reported a fall in cases, it is likely that this is due to delays matching laboratory results with clinical surveillance data. The situation in Sierra Leone continues to deteriorate, as case numbers continue to increase. Port Loko, Bombali and Moyamba districts have been quarantined after a surge in cases over the past four weeks. In Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the WHO is monitoring response efforts in the following 5 domains: Case management: Ebola treatment centres, referral, and infection prevention and control. Case confirmation Surveillance Safe and dignified burials Socialisation Liberia: Media sources report that soldiers at the Edward Beyan Kesselley Barrack have been quarantined and the facility has been closed for 21 days. The step was initiated after at least seven soldiers from the Liberian army were infected with Ebola. The soldiers have been admitted to John F Kennedy Ebola Treatment Centre. It is reported that one of the soldier’s may have acquired the infection from his spouse, which then spread to his close contacts at the barrack. Sierra Leone: Ministry of Health and Sanitation has reported more new cases. Read more... Nigeria: All contacts have completed 21 days monitoring with no further cases identified. Read more... The World Health Organization reported last week that more than 3,400 people have died from among a total of nearly 7,500 people infected with Ebola in West Africa, with casualties increasing rapidly.

Pestilence : CDC Director warns against restricting entry to the US over Ebola crisis (Oct 04, 2014)   

President Obama already has authority under the law to deny entry to diseased applicants from entering the U.S Yet he chooses not too. As 6000 people fly from Ebola ravaged West Africa to America each week, it seems inevitable that it’s just a matter of time before more people infected with Ebola make it to American cities. The countries listed below have already taken measures to ban travel from the Ebola infected countries of West Africa. These countries are protecting their citizens from Ebola entering their country as Obama should be doing. It's not impossible.     Countries that have implemented Ebola-related travel restrictions: Gambia has banned the entry of flights from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Gabon has banned the entry of flights and ships from countries affected by Ebola. Senegal has banned flights from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cameroon has banned flights to and from Nigeria. Chad has suspended all flights from Nigeria. Côte d'Ivoire has banned all passenger flights from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Nigeria has suspended flights to the country operated by Gambian national carrier Gambia Bird. Details of airlines that have restricted flights to Ebola-affected countries: Air France suspended flights to Sierra Leone from 28 August. The Togo-based carrier Asky Airlines has suspended flights to and from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Arik Air (Nigeria),Gambia Bird and Kenya Airways have suspended services to Liberia and Sierra Leone. British Airways has extended their suspension of flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone until 31 December. Ceiba Intercontinental, the national airline of Equatorial Guinea, has reportedly suspended flights to West African countries. In addition, the airline has suspended flights to Cameroon's capital Douala from 1 September. Emirates Airlines has suspended flights to Guinea. Korean Air suspended flights to and from Kenya from 20 August. Senegal Airlines has suspended flights to and from Conakry (Guinea) until further notice. Other airlines have modified their routes but are still operating regular scheduled services. These include: Royal Air Maroc Brussels Airlines. Medical screening Entry and exit health screening is now in place in numerous countries in the region and elsewhere; related measures can include the partial closure of land borders, ports and river crossings in an effort to restrict cross-border travel. Members should allow additional time to pass through medical screening and not travel if they are sick. Staff should continue to monitor local media and this website for developments. Travel Advice Summary Defer non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Travelers flying from countries affected by Ebola should enquire with the relevant embassies or health ministries about any requirements conditioning entry at their destination, and prepare accordingly. Reconfirm bookings on all regional routes as increased demand is likely. We do not hold information on specific flights. Allow additional time during arrival and departure to pass through enhanced medical screening. Do not travel if you are sick. Persons with fever or other Ebola-like symptoms may be taken to designated centres or have entry/exit denied. On October 6, 2014, President Obama was briefed on the Ebola outbreak in the U.S. and abroad, and provided an update on the U.S. preparedness and response to the epidemic. Ebama claims he is doing everything he can. What does this sound like to you?

Does President Obama's response make you feel safer?