candy:
My point is:The international community don't fancy us. However, we are still at their mercy and we either come up with our own cure fast or we go begging on our knees.

This is a desperate situation that calls for desperate measures on all angles. Our leaders can't afford to tow the ego line at this crucial time. Some valuable lives are at stake here.

BTW, what's up with the money naija recently contributed towards this ebola stuff days back? What really is it meant for? To find a cure- which naija won't benefit from? Or to get medical aids for those countries? - aids that we need desperately ourselves!

#still I pray for God's intervention#

Acidosis:

...and who says a "pesticide" cannot cure a deadly virus??

Indomethacin (popularly called Indocid in Nigeria) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) used for severe pain, osteoarthritis, angina (not sure), etc., yet the same drug is used as a rodent killer.

Oh f00lish America; there is another rat poison called coumadin (4 hydroxythiocoumarin). This is the same chemical that is used to make a drug to prevent blood clots in human blood called warfarin!

Hating won't help that country called USA

candy:
Mass death I guess

I guess Jonathan just doesn't have the personality and carriage of leaders to be reckeoned with, or why would naija be denied of foreign aides in terms of drugs and other supplies? If it's necessary, guy better go and beg, cap in hand, so that naija doesn't lose out.

candy:
Mass death I guess

I guess Jonathan just doesn't have the personality and carriage of leaders to be reckeoned with, or why would naija be denied of foreign aides in terms of drugs and other supplies? If it's necessary, guy better go and beg, cap in hand, so that naija doesn't lose out.

Arnoldo: they want us to come beg them for the drug....do u expect Jonathan to do DAT when countries like Canada is willing to give theirs free....useless white rats

thegoodjoehunt3: Map BioPharma have agreed to release their Experimental drug (ZMapp) to Africans, what has stopped our President and the Minister of Health from contacting Them for the Experimental drugs (Supporting them financially). This embarrassment with this Nano Silver issue shows the height of incompetency in our health Ministry.

Even if they wanted to test it, it should have been in secret with top health researchers. This Minister of Health must go. He has been a total failure.

Forwetinnah:

I think they should begin to really check this Nano silver stuff. Since its from the US, they can contaminate it to prove a point ( that's how low they can go). The Nigerians making these stuff had better take NOTE, all new batches should be checked!! I'm so appalled by the impunity of the US government. Rubbish!!

BluIvy: How crazy are you? Your president fires 8000 doctors, your doctors go on strike and not return for the emergency, your health workers run and abandon patients if they do not turn them away and all of that you want other countries to send doctors? See your life oops!

MissMeiya: Silver Nano (Silver Nano Health System) is a trademark name of an antibacterial technology which uses ionic silver nanoparticles in washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers and vacuum cleaners introduced by Samsung in April 2003.[1]

cirmuell: Give us Ur serum, you refused. We came up with a 'likely' cure you're whining again...for petes sake what really do the US govt want?

bigbozz: ONE THING IS CERTAIN ABOUT US.
...we are brood of noise makers
...we have no secret
if our military want to go and fight BOKO BOYS, they must announce it, telling people how many troops are going, when will they go, and were they will start operation.
Just a trial Drug ,the news is all over the place and see the kind of disgraceful respect it has accord us; pesticide! imagine that. PLEASE, somebody close should tell that mister to SHUT UP a bit!

cirmuell: Give us Ur serum, you refused. We came up with a 'likely' cure you're whining again...for petes sake what really do the US govt want?

SirShymex:

At the bold - the funniest thing is that - since the West Africa Ebola outbreak, no one has been able to tell the world which variant of the Ebola virus it's, despite the fact that it looks contagious, and it's a more vicious one. Yet we keep hearing about all kinds of countries having experimental drugs - shocking!

Honestly, most Africans don't understand world politics and folks are just too myopic and naive to see that there are no friends in this game, it's about survival of the fittest, and the weakest will always be collateral damage. Hence Africa has always been at the receiving end of everything. Geopolitics is deeper than the fictitious globalisation - it's a game of winner takes all run by global elites and corporations, and everyone is trying to maximise whatever they can get out of it. Africans need to get busy and start doing for "self" - the west, east, and all the blocs on the planet don't give two fvcks about Africa.

And hell yeah, they world is too inter-connected today, especially western Europe that's more or less connected to everywhere. Hence they're keeping an eye on Africans who might want to come over and pollute Europe with the virus. Trust me, if Ebola gets to UK or Germany tomorrow, don't be surprised if another "secret" Ebola drug drops from the sky. That's how the game goes.

Chigold101: Pussyeater i dont know how ur brain works but lets look at it this way. If ebola is gotn from bush meat as claimed by that evil nation of urs USA. Why was ebola not killing our for fathers? Apart from zaire & sudan in the 70s, malaysia in the 80s & ivory coast in 1994 tell me that country and that year where ebola killed people prior to 2014.
As ur brain dark reach... Tell me why ebola have not been spreading like wild fire until 2014? U r writing down what ur white masters taught u. As it stands today, no product that enters human body or that can be robd on the body from the USA enters chinese land because chinese people knew that sars fever was imported into their country by the united states.
U brain is sure one sided my pussyeater. Why is it that any virus that kills so fast with cure is always discovered by the USA?...

SirShymex:

At the bold - the funniest thing is that - since the West Africa Ebola outbreak, no one has been able to tell the world which variant of the Ebola virus it's, despite the fact that it looks contagious, and it's a more vicious one. Yet we keep hearing about all kinds of countries having experimental drugs - shocking!

Honestly, most Africans don't understand world politics and folks are just too myopic and naive to see that there are no friends in this game, it's about survival of the fittest, and the weakest will always be collateral damage. Hence Africa has always been at the receiving end of everything. Geopolitics is deeper than the fictitious globalisation - it's a game of winner takes all run by global elites and corporations, and everyone is trying to maximise whatever they can get out of it. Africans need to get busy and start doing for "self" - the west, east, and all the blocs on the planet don't give two fvcks about Africa.

And hell yeah, they world is too inter-connected today, especially western Europe that's more or less connected to everywhere. Hence they're keeping an eye on Africans who might want to come over and pollute Europe with the virus. Trust me, if Ebola gets to UK or Germany tomorrow, don't be surprised if another "secret" Ebola drug drops from the sky. That's how the game goes.

sartorius: By Toni Clarke

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola.

The FDA's warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria's top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos, the country's capital, will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver.

Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the FDA, said she could not provide any information about the product referenced by the Nigerians.

The FDA did not specify any products in its warning.

Silver has been used as an antibacterial for centuries. Tiny silver particles known as nano-silver have controversially been incorporated into a variety of consumer products such as socks and bedding to help block odors caused by bacteria and mold.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers nano-silver a pesticide. Manufacturers of products that contain it must register them with the agency.

http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0GE2GD20140814?irpc=932 Nano-silver is also sometimes sold online as a dietary supplement even though Danish researchers found in a recent study that nano-silver can penetrate and damage cells.

The FDA regulates dietary supplements and said in its statement that "by law, dietary supplements cannot claim to prevent or cure disease."

The agency said it had received consumer complaints about the Ebola claims.

"Individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action," the agency said.

The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has claimed 1,069 lives so far. Most have been in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigeria has confirmed 10 cases of the disease and four deaths.

Pennywise:

Maybe we should go back to the use of mercury for the treatment of syphilis. Nano silver as a prsospective drug for treating ebola is nothing but a cheap scam. I am shocked that a health minister can even voice this. What kind of a prof is he? We had better stick with our salt and water. It costs next to nothing and its far less poisonous.

Arnoldo: you are a fool.......that was discovered by a Nigerian scientist in diaspora... and can't u see u.s don't want to give us......y not test it b4 castigating it?....and what has our minister of health done wrong boffun!!!!!!!

SirShymex:

At the bold - the funniest thing is that - since the West Africa Ebola outbreak, no one has been able to tell the world which variant of the Ebola virus it's, despite the fact that it looks contagious, and it's a more vicious one. Yet we keep hearing about all kinds of countries having experimental drugs - shocking!

Honestly, most Africans don't understand world politics and folks are just too myopic and naive to see that there are no friends in this game, it's about survival of the fittest, and the weakest will always be collateral damage. Hence Africa has always been at the receiving end of everything. Geopolitics is deeper than the fictitious globalisation - it's a game of winner takes all run by global elites and corporations, and everyone is trying to maximise whatever they can get out of it. Africans need to get busy and start doing for "self" - the west, east, and all the blocs on the planet don't give two fvcks about Africa.

And hell yeah, they world is too inter-connected today, especially western Europe that's more or less connected to everywhere. Hence they're keeping an eye on Africans who might want to come over and pollute Europe with the virus. Trust me, if Ebola gets to UK or Germany tomorrow, don't be surprised if another "secret" Ebola drug drops from the sky. That's how the game goes.

Arnoldo: and are we going to start begging without testing our nano silver?.....oh because it was discovered by a Nigerian?.the 1.9b ? wild they use stones to setup quarantine centers?.....I am not a Jonathan fan BT d man made one of d fastest move he has ever made during this outbreak.......my friend u must like begging y not carry a plate and go to Onitsha head bridge ...we can be dropping for u change when traveling home. .....mtchew!!!!!!"

UrbanMystique: something meaningful here

cirmuell: Give us Ur serum, you refused. We came up with a 'likely' cure you're whining again...for petes sake what really do the US govt want?

chrisbaba1: [size=14pt]Do we have to wait for the USA to approve of what what research we have made to improve the life of our people. The last time i checked, Nigerians have enough mental resources to carry out our own researches..... Send the option to our scientists and let them approve or disapprove. its time we cut this chains the western world keeps putting us in and decide our own fate we are grown enough to stand!!! also reveal the scientist who sent this drug, or was the Nigerian Authority scammed This jonathan administration will be responsible by force else we cant survive gloriously much longer as a nation![/size]

Fxwarrior:

Are you saying Nigeria is poor? After all the money Abacha carted away, the $20 billion, the power money,aviation money,bullet proof car saga and other such diverted funds and yet we haven't gone bankrupt.

Trust me Nigeria is very rich only misplaced priority and corruption.

ngona: We are so aware of this Americans 419, as if the care for the lives of Nigerians, wicked people.

talk2ody2k: The US behind the outbreak of Ebola virus in west Africa