{"id":135417,"date":"2014-08-06T21:39:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=135417"},"modified":"2014-08-06T21:40:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T21:40:15","slug":"25-critical-facts-ebola-outbreak-every-american-needs-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/25-critical-facts-ebola-outbreak-every-american-needs-know\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Critical Facts About This Ebola Outbreak That Every American Needs To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael T. Snyder<\/em>
\nRINF Alternative News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What would a global pandemic look like for a disease that has no cure and that kills more than half of the people that it infects? Let\u2019s hope that we don\u2019t get to find out, but what we do know is that more than 100 health workers that were on the front lines of fighting this disease have ended up getting it themselves. The top health officials in the entire world are sounding the alarm and the phrase \u201cout of control\u201d is constantly being thrown around by professionals with decades of experience. So should average Americans be concerned about Ebola? If so, how bad could an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. potentially become? The following are 25 critical facts about this Ebola outbreak that every American needs to know\u2026<\/p>\n

#1<\/strong>\u00a0As the chart below demonstrates, the spread of Ebola is starting to become exponential\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Ebola-Outbreak-Photo-by-Leopoldo-Martin-R-425x241\"<\/p>\n

#2<\/strong>\u00a0This is already the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history by far.<\/p>\n

#3<\/strong>\u00a0The head of the World Health Organization says that this outbreak \u201cis moving faster than our efforts to control it<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#4<\/strong>\u00a0The head of Doctors Without Borders says that this outbreak is \u201cout of control<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#5<\/strong>\u00a0So far, more than 100 health workers that were on the front lines fighting the virus\u00a0have ended up contracting Ebola themselves<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. This is happening despite the fact that they go to extraordinary lengths to keep from getting the disease.<\/p>\n

#6<\/strong>\u00a0There is no cure for Ebola.<\/p>\n

#7<\/strong>\u00a0The death rate for this current Ebola outbreak is over 50 percent, and experts say that it can kill \u201cup to 90% of those infected<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#8<\/strong>\u00a0The incubation rate for Ebola ranges from two days to 21 days. Therefore, someone can be carrying it around for up to three weeks without even knowing it.<\/p>\n

#9<\/strong>\u00a0For the first time ever, human Ebola patients are being brought\u00a0to the United States<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. And as Paul Craig Roberts so aptly put it the other day, all it would take is \u201cone cough, one sneeze, one drop of saliva, and the virus is loose<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#10<\/strong>\u00a0This has already potentially happened in the United Kingdom. A woman reportedly\u00a0collapsed and later died on Saturday<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0after she got off of a flight from Sierra Leone at Gatwick Airport.<\/p>\n

#11<\/strong>\u00a0A study\u00a0conducted in 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0proved that Ebola could be transmitted between pigs and monkeys that were in separate cages and that never made physical contact.<\/p>\n

#12<\/strong>\u00a0This is a new strain of Ebola, so what we know about other strains of Ebola may not necessarily apply to this strain of Ebola.<\/p>\n

#13<\/strong>\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0has just signed an executive order<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that gives the federal government the power to apprehend and detain Americans that show symptoms of \u201cdiseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n

#14<\/strong>\u00a0And as I noted\u00a0the other day<\/span><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0federal law<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0already permits \u201cthe apprehension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease\u201d.<\/p>\n

#15<\/strong>\u00a0According to the CDC, there are\u00a020 quarantine centers<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0around the country that are prepared to potentially receive Ebola patients\u2026<\/p>\n

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#16<\/strong>\u00a0The CDC has set up an Ebola \u201cquarantine station\u201d\u00a0at LAX<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in order to help prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

#17<\/strong>\u00a0The largest health emergency drill in New York City history was conducted\u00a0on Friday<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

#18<\/strong>\u00a0The federal government will begin testing an \u201cexperimental Ebola vaccine<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201d on humans in September.<\/p>\n

#19<\/strong>\u00a0We are being told that the reason why we don\u2019t have an Ebola vaccine already is due to the hesitation of the pharmaceutical industry to invest in a disease that has \u201conly affected people in Africa<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#20<\/strong>\u00a0Researchers from Tulane University have been active for several years in the very same areas\u00a0where this Ebola outbreak began<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. One of the stated purposes of this research was to study \u201cthe future use of fever-viruses as bioweapons<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#21<\/strong>\u00a0According to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, researchers from Tulane University have been asked \u201cto stop Ebola testing during the current Ebola outbreak<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c. What in the world does that mean?<\/p>\n

#22<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Navy Times<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0says that the U.S. military has been interested in studying Ebola \u201cas a potential biological weapon\u201d since the 1970s\u2026<\/p>\n

Filoviruses like Ebola have been of interest to the Pentagon since the late 1970s, mainly because Ebola and its fellow viruses have high mortality rates \u2013 in the current outbreak, roughly 60 percent to 72 percent of those who have contracted the disease have died \u2013 and its stable nature in aerosol make it attractive as a potential biological weapon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

#23<\/strong>\u00a0The CDC actually\u00a0owns a patent<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on one particular strain of the Ebola virus\u2026<\/p>\n

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as \u201cEboBun.\u201d It\u2019s patent No. CA2741523A1 and it was awarded in 2010. You can\u00a0view it here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is being reported that this is not the same strain that is currently being transmitted in Africa, but it is interesting to note nonetheless. And why would the CDC want \u201cownership\u201d of a strain of the Ebola virus in the first place?<\/p>\n

#24<\/strong>\u00a0The CDC has just put up a brand new webpage entitled \u201cInfection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

#25<\/strong>\u00a0The World Health Organization has launched\u00a0a 100 million dollar response plan<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to fight this Ebola outbreak. Others don\u2019t seem so alarmed. For example, Barack Obama is getting ready to take a \u201c16 day Martha\u2019s Vineyard vacation<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

Many are attempting to play down the threat from this virus by stating that unless you \u201cexchange bodily fluids\u201d with someone that you don\u2019t have anything to worry about.<\/p>\n

If that was truly the case, then how in the world have more than 100 health workers contracted the virus so far?<\/p>\n

Health professionals that deal with Ebola take extreme precautions to keep from being exposed to the disease.<\/p>\n

But despite those extreme measures, they are catching it too.<\/p>\n

So if this virus does start spreading all over the globe, what chance is the general population going to have?<\/p>\n

Feel free to disagree with me if you like, but I believe that this could potentially be an absolutely catastrophic health crisis.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I am wrong. Please share what you think by posting a comment below\u2026<\/p>\n

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Michael T. Snyder\u00a0is a graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and has a law degree and an LLM from the University of Florida Law School. He is an attorney that has worked for some of the largest and most prominent law firms in Washington D.C. and who now spends his time researching and writing and trying to wake the American people up. You can follow his work on\u00a0The Economic Collapse blog<\/a>,\u00a0End of the American Dream\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0The Truth Wins<\/a>. His new novel entitled \u201cThe Beginning Of The End<\/a>\u201d is now available on\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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