thegoodjoehunt3: 12:16, UK, Thursday 07 August 2014
Obama, ZMapp not ready for Africa.
http://news.sky.com/story/1314379/obama-ebola-drug-zmapp-not-ready-for-africa

:07pm On Aug 06
Ebola: Nigeria Reaches Out To U.S. For Experimental Drug; NMA Sets Up Committee
https://www.nairaland.com/1845414/ebola-nigeria-reaches-out-u.s

milehigh06:

wtf is wrong with you?

thegoodjoehunt3: WHO members already proved his logic was wrong. If it was his daughters infected, do you think President Obama would care about procedures?

phreakabit:

I think he asked a credible question. Human (Infected) tests would have been the best way to go in a situation like this. Distributing forms for voluntarily consenting to being used as subjects in a research would have been the easiest way to choose willing participants among patients. It is safe to assume some will back out after being told the dangers involved in being test subjects. This would have provided forehand knowledge of the drugs efficacy on a larger amount of infected humans pending safety tests confirmation. Everyone knows the easiest way to get rich in America is via law suits. . . If the American govt wasn't worried about that when they used Zmapp on their infected citizens, why should they be, to use it on desperate Africans who were thought to have a slim 30% chance of survival, pre-Nigeria survival rate?

ceejayluv:
Do you agree that releasing such unapproved experimental serum en masse by the West in such epidemic is a conspiracy theory fodder on its own?.. The laid down procedures must be followed, the best WHO has done is to fast-track a process that would have taken five or more years to a couple of months.

phreakabit:
Totally agree with the emboldened. However if you notice, I stated that it should be volunteer based. Most would have signed up, some would opt out. A simpler approach would have seen Africans and the infected Caucasians getting the same serum/medication in different geographical locations.

phreakabit:

I think he asked a credible question. Human (Infected) tests would have been the best way to go in a situation like this. Distributing forms for voluntarily consenting to being used as subjects in a research would have been the easiest way to choose willing participants among patients. It is safe to assume some will back out after being told the dangers involved in being test subjects. This would have provided forehand knowledge of the drugs efficacy on a larger amount of infected humans pending safety tests confirmation. Everyone knows the easiest way to get rich in America is via law suits. . . If the American govt wasn't worried about that when they used Zmapp on their infected citizens, why should they be, to use it on desperate Africans who were thought to have a slim 30% chance of survival, pre-Nigeria survival rate?

handysuzy: Nigeria-seeking for help since october 1 1960

all4naija:
Yes, you have spoken like truly a primitive Nigerian. You have forgotten the Polio drug by Pfizer in Kano's case that resulted in a big law suit that almost led the pharmaceutical company into a big trouble in Nigeria. Many people even speculated that Pfizer was in a plan to sterilize Northerners. You think the world is made up of fools like you. Don't you?

buskie13: which help have you rendered to Nigeria since you were born.......I don't know if common since is really common

phreakabit:

Go back to your menial job 3rd class citizen. Let the intellectual elites play ball.

all4naija: That is coming from somebody full of assumptions. Your intellectual intellect is nothing more than exercising the sense of a primitive human being.

phreakabit:

phreakabit:



Fixed Ur post btw..

Bwahaha... That's in line with your post. That is laughable trying to correct what you don't understand.

Intellectual(noun):

1. a person possessing a highly developed intellect.

That's a response to your 'intellectual elite' point.

all4naija: Bwahaha... That's in line with your post. That is laughable trying to correct what you don't understand.

Intellectual(noun):

1. a person possessing a highly developed intellect.

That's a response to your 'intellectual elite' point.

phreakabit:

You are digging your hole deeper. Constantly exposing your buffoonery. . . I won't play any part to that.

all4naija:
How is that the truth? Explain yourself or remained silent and move on with your pathetic life. The fact that you don't know what 'intellectual' connotes makes you look silly than ever before.

*another facepalm*

phreakabit:

handysuzy:

Lol at bolded

phreakabit: [size=18pt]96 hours and counting. . . . . No news. Na wa oh.[/size]

thegoodjoehunt3: Me, I am getting tired. Especially with the resumption of Primary and Secondary Schools. These drugs should have been in Africa by now and treatment started.

Let us hope they are on the way.

phreakabit:
With the news of blood transfusion gaining momentum, I am starting to get worried someone is deliberately delaying this stuff from getting here. The proximity of both announcements is unsettling.Right now, I just feel like hoping alone isn't enough. . . . Prayer things necessary.

handysuzy:

Lol at bolded

jkranka123: It is now three weeks since Nigerian government wanted to procure FAVIPIRAVIR from Japan. Till now there is no progress. The drug has been tested on humans and proven safe. Treatment against influenza is successful on humans and even found successful for Ebola treatment in animals. Same drug has been tested on humans for influenza. NOW WHAT IS STOPPING FOR USING IT IN TREATING EBOLA PATIENTS Nigeria should not stop from buying and give to Ebola patients. It is already tested on humans and proven harmless. PLEASE and PLEASE NIGERIA WAKE UP AND GET FAVIPIRAVIR. DO NOT BE INFLUENCED BY VESTED INTERESTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. Just decide and use Favipiravir. IF YOU FAIL IN THIS IT WILL DELAY IN GETTING OTHER SOLUTIONS. Citizens will not forgive those in government if they fail in using FAVIPIRAVIR. Does anyone know why there no progress and no news on procurement and usage of FAVIPIRAVIR which has proven harmless on humans? Needless to say that while using this drug you need to follow standard procedure and systems. Further you should use it on very few patients.