ooshinibos:
Then use it then ...Prayer is not the only key ... you are typical religious nigerian

atheist on the line........

mascot87: Exactly,we don't have to worry. A simple addiction to use of soap & water will be ok

Guy, they did not say soap and water but disinfectant! It is more serious than you think!

jude33084: Copy and Past Assosiation of Nigeria

This is meant for the people living in the US NOT Africans

copy and past

:oRamson noah's brother! Patience Jonathan's Family member!-------nice meeting you

achyc2002: Saw this and just thought I should share


(CNN) - Donald Trump is tweeting that "We should not be importing (Ebola) to our homeland."

An Indiana congressman is worried that refugee children from Central America could pose a public health risk with "Ebola circulating."

And the Twitter-sphere is filled with people asking "how can we bring these patients to America," complaining that "We don't have enough problems in America! Let's import Ebola patients!" and speculating that treating them here is "highly irresponsible."
It's a terrifying disease for sure. It typically kills 90% of the people who get it, and this most recent outbreak is the largest in history. But you don't need to panic, experts say, and you definitely don't have to worry about the two American Ebola patients who are being treated in Atlanta.

Here are five reasons why:

1. It's fragile.

Ebola is an incredibly fragile virus. It does not fly through the air with the greatest of ease. It cannot be transmitted through a cough or sneeze. It doesn't move easily from human to human like the common cold.

Ebola is aggressively infectious, so people who are infected are highly likely to get sick. But it's not highly contagious.

"The Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with the blood, secretions or other body fluids of ill people and indirect contact -- for example, with needles and other things that may be contaminated with these fluids," said Stephan Monroe, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases.

2. We know how it works.

Although there is no vaccine and no cure, the one real advantage we have with Ebola is that doctors know how to control it.

Ebola isn't "some mystical pathogen (with) some bizarre mode of transmission," said Bruce Ribner, who oversees the special isolation unit that is treating the patients at Emory University Hospital.

Common-sense hygiene can stop its spread.

"Ebola is a virus that can be stopped and not spread in hospitals. The stakes are higher, but it's easily inactivated with typical hospital disinfectants," said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden.

3. We have the resources to contain it.

The two American patients with Ebola were flown to the United States in a plane outfitted with an isolation pod.

They are being kept in isolation at the Emory hospital with a specialized containment ward, one of four in the country.
In the containment ward, the vents are specialized. There's an intercom and plate glass that separates patients from visitors so they don't come into direct contact. There's a strict protocol on everyone and everything that goes into and out of the patient's room. Health care workers wear protective suits.

But any major medical center could really take care of an Ebola patient, said William Schaffner, an expert on infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine.

Most ICUs have isolation rooms that are used for patients suspected to have tuberculosis, SARS, Middle East respiratory syndrome or another infectious disease. Schaffner said that not much would be different for an Ebola patient, though more stringent precautions might be taken to ensure that health care workers are following all protocols.

4. Our medical staff is ready.

"We have been training for this," Ribner said of preparations for the two American Ebola patients. These doctors know how to handle Ebola and will use an abundance of caution when working with an infected person.

Medical workers across the country have also been told to watch out for Ebola symptoms and question patients who have recently traveled to West Africa. They are trained to recognize Ebola cases and can quarantine them early, keeping others from coming into contact with an infected person's bodily fluids while the disease runs its course.

5. Airports are on alert.

At African airports in the Ebola-affected region, passengers are being closely screened. Health experts are watching for people with high fevers. Those who have a temperature are removed and monitored while doctors test their blood for Ebola.

When passengers arrive at the airport, they are required to wash their hands in a chlorinated solution. Customs agents and passport inspectors are also wearing surgical gloves when interacting with passengers.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/05/health/ebola-dont-panic/index.html?c=&page=4

Nice one, but:
Ebola is aggressively infectious, so people who are infected are highly likely to get sick. But it's not highly contagious.
The above statement is wrong.Infectivity refers to the ability of a pathogen to invade and colonize tissues, resulting in disease. Contagion is the ease and ability of transfer of the pathogen to other people, whether it causes disease or not.
PATHOGENICITY, which is the right term to use, is the probability of a pathogen that has INFECTED someone to cause disease.e.g
HIV is highly infective, moderately contagious and highly pathogenic.
malaria parasite is highly infective, not contagious, and moderately pathogenic

Only God can save us all from this virus.... God pls in Your Hands we are...

So why did u put this on the front page,common sense shld tell u they are talking abt their America.

amiskurie: So why did u put this on the front page,common sense shld tell u they are talking abt their America.

I think they've tagged the word 'ebola' such that any topic with the word automatically flies to the front page even when it's strictly meant for Americans!

ONWARDBABA:
He who has eyes let him here

You see u dnt knw proverbs, d thing is this " he who have ear let him see.

kennyung: Prayer is the Only Key

PRAYER IS NOT THE ONLY KEY, THERE ARE OTHER KEYS LIKE BEEN WATCHFUL AND APPLYING PREVENTIVE MEASURE. AS THE WHITE MAN SAY: PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.

hmmmnn... na wao....just dont know what to say........

shinechinedu: This is talking about the US and not Africa!

Gbam.

Amelika Amelika. ..they are ready and have been trained for "business". Chai!

Alenkakent: Say that again pls
Story for d gods
Even d doctor that treated d liberian guy don cross river

LWKMD.

publicenemy: @ OP this article is not based on the preparedness of the Nigerian Government and our medical institution and society.so ebola is a cause for alarm and panic.you should be sensitizing people on being careful.


Our doctors that are making demands here and there...they should come out and prove their worth now.

Their counterparts in the U.S are working day and night to find cures to sophisticated health challenges like these,theirs here is to ask for special Number plates and higher salaries or go on strike.

After prescribing panadol and chloroquine to patients or type a sick patients symtoms on google to diagnose,they start comparing their pay to doctors abroad.

candy:
I think they've tagged the word 'ebola' such that any topic with the word automatically flies to the front page even when it's strictly meant for Americans!

Wonders!

There is something I know for sure, every problem is always accompanied by its solution.

Ok.

kennyung: Prayer is the Only Key

Please wake up.

publicenemy:

Please wake up.

public-enemy!

Nawa 000 God save 9ja

For every five reasons not to panic, there are a thousand other reason to shit our pants....Ebola isn't beans o. May God save us all

Ebola 'dirty bomb' the next big fear: African large cities are mostly vulnerable to biological attack ...Bio-warfare or terrorism
has been a possibility for decades now. It's difficult to monitor the who, what, & where.
Nonetheless, in these uncertain times, it pays to be somewhat prepared for this most undesirable type of terrorism or warfare.
In short, since so many now, are exposed to the medias relentless news reports & misinfos, there is one anti-pathogenic substance that can be useful against Ebola, & many other deadly viruses, bacteria, & fungi infections. It is nano-particle silver colloids. A top secret DOD research project
In 2008 confirmed Nano-particle CS ability to arrest Ebola & it's deadly effects.
Yes. It kills MRSA too. Take note.

....

#OBAMA STOP EBOLA SPREAD IN AFRICA#

Gombs: 2 Chronicles 7 KJV

 14  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


Well, the good book has said it.. but then again it said

Hosea 4 KJV
 6  [size=20pt]My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, [/size]that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Yet again, folks would think I'm joking...

RIP to the dead doctor

RUBBISH

DSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

CFXBGGGGGGXFFFF

Delible: So many contradictory messages about this Ebola sef. Useless invention of the west. One day , your inventions will ruin your country.

So many contradictory messages about this Ebola sef.

Earnestly My dear, am tired & confused

Father have mercy on your children.this western disease has no place in Africa,and definitely not in Naija.Ebola must go!

really?

kennyung: Prayer is the Only Key

mascot87: Exactly,we don't have to worry. A simple addiction to use of soap & water will be ok

You say use of soap ?

How e take affect Ebola ?