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Happy birthday @ cao. Enjoy your day! Cheers!

Bratking:
Sure I'm up to date. But for the benefit of those that ain't, I will desist from posting spoilers.

Haha. For the benefit who are still undecided about watching season 4, it is safe to say this is best season of Homeland.

Is anyone here up to date with Homeland Season 4?

If you are a fan of Boss and House of Cards (US version), I will like your opinion on Mayor Tom Kane and Frank Underwood. Who is the better character?

For fans of Jack Bauer and 24, you can watch Legends, if you haven't. #ThankMeLater

adaobi123: whaatt ? You're missing out !! Scandal is amazing

Scandals is way too dramatic. One woman sleeping with the POTUS and his best friend.

cao: There are shows I simply don't watch because I'll be addicted to them (I now avoid Shonda Rhimes shows solely on that principle - plus the woman likes drama too much). When will this cycle end?

I'm guessing you enjoy watching scandals and private practice. Lol

Well done @ achmed1
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/42ljhn5vfedg7u2/AAAjRJRwjSt1YixewTx2Rkkda?dl=0

Fourcade: Eagely waiting for Suits summer finale. . .

in few hours' time. I wonder what happens to Louis Litt

adaobi123: Omg poor Louis I hope he comes back soon.

I told ya

adaobi123: nahh im watching episode 6 at this very moment

Sha don't cry when you get to the end of episode 9

adaobi123: Yassss ! Thats what I love about him

I'm guessing you are up to date. I.e. S04E09

adaobi123: I need someone like louis litt in my life. I love him !!

HeHe! An hopeless romantic with a thing for drama!

adaobi123: I just finished one season of suits in less than 24 hours. Time for season 3.

Chai

#BingeWatchingThings

iamteekaygal: I love 'Sons of Anarchy'. Although i'm not a fan of gangster movies, but this series changed my mind. I am Patiently waiting for season 7, wondering what will happen when Jax knows his mother killed 'Tara ' and 'juxes' covered it up. I should start watching Fargo by next weekend hopefully.

Choi! I've not got to season 6 . Gemma has always been very ruthless. She takes emotion out of the equation when making decisions.

Season 7 will be the last.

dljbd1: I'm really finding Suits interesting.

I've had the seasons 1 and 2 since last year but I've been reluctant watching it (I prefer the horror-type series).

Seeing from these thread how you guys have rated Suits I couldn't resist. Now I thank God I didn't delete it...

It's really prepares ones mind for the corporate lifestyle and I must say I've learnt a lot (especially new words ) just watching the season 1 alone. Just started season 2 late last night...Going to download seasons 3 & the released episodes of the season 4 by latest Friday.

Should be up-to-date by latest next weekend going at this pace...adieu

Hoboi! See movement from season 1 to 4 within a week Suits is cool like that

I guess you're enjoying the banter between Harvey and Mike.

Cleoqueen: Yes indeed I am...where do you reside now that do are done with your service?

Staying in Lagos, job hunting hoping for a kill soon
Hope you are jotting down points sha. By the way, there will be plenty bottles of Andre in mami

Cleoqueen: I was doing the same thing o...that means you are in stream2 yea?...what state?

Nah. I'm through with mine. I served in Delta state. Going through the thread brought memories. I guess you're learning and gearing up for yourself.

The above post is culled from:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/06/why-do-two-white-americans-get-the-ebola-serum-while-hundreds-of-africans-die/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

What should happen if a massive viral outbreak appears out of nowhere and the only possible treatment is an untested drug? And who should receive it? The two American missionaries who contracted the almost-always-fatal virus in West Africa were given access to an experimental drug cocktail called ZMapp. It consists of immune-boosting monoclonal antibodies that were extracted from mice exposed to bits of Ebola DNA. Now in isolation at an Atlanta hospital, they appear to be doing well.

It’s an opportunity the 900 Africans who’ve died so far never had. Is there a case to suspend ethical norms if lives might be saved by deploying an experimental drug?

The reasons for different treatment are partly about logistics, partly about economics and, partly about a lack of any standard policy for giving out untested drugs in emergencies. Before this outbreak, ZMapp had only been tested on monkeys. Mapp, the tiny, San Diego based pharmaceutical company that makes the drug stated two years ago: “When administered one hour after infection [with Ebola], all animals survived…Two-thirds of the animals were protected even when the treatment, known as Zmapp, was administered 48 hours after infection.”

But privileged humans were always going to be the first ones to try it. ZMapp requires a lot of refrigeration and careful handling, plus close monitoring by experienced doctors and scientists—better to try it at a big urban hospital than in rural West Africa, where no such infrastructure exists.

And because of the drug’s experimental nature, it’s unclear that it should go to anyone else. Even if the drug is cooled correctly, success in a few monkeys (less than 20) tells us little about what will happen in a lot of humans who’d had the infection for more than two days. No one knows how much drug to give, how often, what other pre-existing medical conditions might influence its efficacy or even what route is best, be it IV, pill, syrup, or even surgically right into the liver. With an untested drug, there is always a chance you will kill the first human subject who might otherwise have lived. And the two Americans who got it in Africa had been infected for more than a week, making its efficacy completely unknown. Still, because they are a small group in such a carefully controlled setting, they are better candidates for the drug than others might be.

But it’s about more than logistics. Drugs based on monoclonal antibodies usually cost a lot—at least tens of thousands of dollars. This is obviously far more than poor people in poor nations can afford to pay; and a tiny company won’t enthusiastically give away its small supply of drug for free. It is likely that if they were going to donate drugs, it would be to people who would command a lot of press attention and, thus, investors and government money for further research—which is to say, not to poor Liberians, Nigerians or Guineans.

The medical missionaries got the experimental drug because the evangelical Christian International Relief organization they work for, Samaritan’s Purse, reached out to the CDC and the NIH to find out if there was any drug to give to them. They were referred to Mapp Pharmaceuticals and evidently struck some kind of deal to get the drug to their employees who were in Africa at the time. (Technically, African health ministries could make a similar request.) The FDA has little oversight over what goes on abroad, and the federal government has no program to consider appeals for use—much less payment—of experimental drugs that have only been tried on animals. Without an organization pushing, no one might have received access to any sort of treatment. The chance of a poor African getting an experimental drug is about the same as Donald Trump contracting Ebola (which is apparently his greatest current fear).

Cleoqueen: ,what's keeping you up this late?

Haha. Busted. Nothing much. Slept all afternoon. Just reading nairalanders'camp 'experiences'.
What about you?

Bawss1: Started watching The Wire a few days ago and it's really good. Old now but good, at least what I've seen of season 1.

Whoop! Whoop! It is one of the best shows ever! Happy watching!

iamteekaygal: Hi Jade, thanks for the link, it was really nice reading that. I love OITNB, I like crazy eyes, and I think the more I watched the more I get to understand her. But I love 'Tastyee' that gal keep cracking me up. When she was released at first I missed her. Was so happy when she got back. Nice show all in all.
I'm currently watching extant and plan to watch Fargo soon. I'm Patiently waiting for sons of Anarchy season 7

It's nice to see another fan of Sons of Anarchy. By the way, Fargo is really good. Enjoyable stuff!

JadeWilliam: Ya Fargo was annoying so so goood.I loved it&its based on a truel life story whch took place in Minnesota.Just c d pilot&
U'l confirm.I'l love 2discuss it wit u.
The bolded got me LOL
Weneva they show her;I'l b lik "what's she upto now! On her fan page (d link posted);she said she read some books&watched some shows whch helped her play d role vry well

Fargo is definitely the best show this year has to offer (plus Halt and catch fire, which finishes next week). Lester have you been a bad boy scene makes me laugh . The transition of Lester Nygaard from a 'wimp' to a confident man was awesome plus the calmness of Mr. Malvo is just crazy. (he is a bit like heisenberg from breaking bad). Sad part, if it gets renewed, the story line will be different. Ps. The story is actually not real. That this is a true story line is just for comic relief, so to say.

It is 1983, and the race for technological innovation is on. Who is going to win? Is it the all-conquering IBM or the lesser known Cardiff Electric? This is a show that revels in exploiting drama in a refreshing way. It is out of the box and totally innovative. A script that keeps you glued to your seat and gives you mental orgasms! You should watch the all new Halt and Catch Fire!

It definitely ranks as the best show of the year alongside Fargo!

Igbo Delta: AWOLOWO CANT BE COMPARED TO NELSON MANDELA. Mandela sowed seeds of love, national interest and unity, Awolowo sowed seed of tribalism, regional interest, war, distrust and discord. MANDELA IS AN INTERNATIONAL HERO OF AFRICAN ORIGIN WHILE AWOLOWO IS AT BEST A HERO OF A TINY SECTION OF NIGERIA with insignificant national recognition

I find your comments to be quite hilarious. First of all, your moniker is 'Igbo Delta' and you have the guts to say someone else is tribalistic and put it in an insulting manner. Very hilarious! A tiny section of Nigeria with insignificant national recognition Did you poop in your pant while typing? You should learn some more Geography, maybe then you would be able to argue with logic and not misguided sentiment. One quick question, how would you describe the size of Igbo Delta? Significant or Insignificatant?

Chicolee: I'm a Batch A Corper serving in a secondary school in Delta state and since I started serving in March, I've not been paid a dime by the state government. We were told to expect our salary in September but since then, we've not been paid. Only those serving in Council and other private schools have been paid. What is wrong with these people? They actually collected two hundred naira from us during state clearance for 'stamping of form'. So after eight months of active service, the state government cannot pay poor corpers like us. I wonder whether this is applicable only in Delta state.

Well am in the same shoes with you,i am serving in Sapele. Well, there is hope for this month as their state teachers have not received payment for this month. I guess you did the biometric registration. It is well

I hail you too @Funpeter