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Pasca07: how are u sure that the vaccine will be out before the end of this year?are u a medical doctor?

I saw it in Punch but u know Nigerian Journalist who knows if its true or not

Dr. Mike Turner, a British scientist researching Ebola, told Punch that thanks to a partnership between the non-governmental organisation he works with, and Dangote Foundation, an Ebola vaccine could be available as early as December this year.

Turner is Head of Infection at the Wellcome Trust, an NGO in the UK that facilitates medical research.

Speaking on the partnership, he said:

“We are delighted that the Dangote Foundation is joining the Wellcome Trust and others in the international consortium of funders to develop a multi-pronged approach to combating Ebola.

This is a fast-moving scene at present and it is not yet clear precisely which partners will fund which components of the work that we hope will lead to new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines.

What is more important is that the partners are all not just talking about the problems, but actually trying to make things happen and the future inevitable epidemics. If things go well, we hope to know whether this candidate vaccine is safe, with some prospect of protecting people by Christmas.”

In addition to the Dangote Foundation, the Wellcome Trust is also partnering with the National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline in the United States, as well as other organisations.

According to reports, the vaccine will soon be tested in Oxford, England as well as Gambia and Mali.

A company called Okairos is said to have originally developed the vaccine, but development was taken over by GlaxoSmithKline last year.

Charlesamino: Best comment so far

Dumbest comment by a short sighted fellow. There is a vaccine that shd be out before the end of the year hopelfully by that time ebola will be a thing of the past like chickpox and measles but for now children have low immunity, they spread diease faster while playing among themselves. The multiplier effect is greater than you are imaging. the small bread u are hungry for by the time u catch ebola na bank go chop am.

Health is wealth

They should resume when there are zero cases or there is a drug that can slow down the effects. Do they not have sense at all. Nigeria is now tagged as ebola striken yet they are doing everything to make it spread.

Let all students stay at home and read their books.

God knows how many people that OAU girl has infected now if she is postive

Action will always be greater than propaganda anyday

oluafolabi: Lol. There is no media propaganda here. It's just you being allergic to reality and the truth. They bleed just like me, I agree. So why has it been very impossible for the NA to quell this opposition?

If u understand there tactics u would understand that this media propaganda is doing them a favor. I will post later what I read from a convert of them.

oluafolabi: You won't believe it's real until it gets to your doorstep. Boka Haram is real and the truth is they have gotten stronger these past few months. The Nigerian cannot handle them even though it shouldn't have been a big deal but years of corruption and lack of infrastructure has left West Africa's most populous Army in a state of decay.

Media propaganda also makes them bigger than they are. They are a problem true but over hyped as demons. They bleed just like u

ehimatie: What is special if bokoharam took there own land its their property let them have it. We all know we are not one why do we keep deceiving ourselves

That's not there objective they want to destroy things it took people many years to build for what reason- peace. Arab religion is not black man religion

Religious Neo nazism is what boko haram and them brothers is all about. Neo nazism failed so also will Islamic neo "nazism"

[quote author=Simitrendy][/quote]Thank you exactly what I am saying take over and attack are two different things.

Just like saying area boys have taken over a street is different from area boys attacked ppl on a street. The difference here is that a take over means that location is now controlled by whosoever and attack just means they caused disaster as usual

abu12: our soldier moral x high, nigeria army kill 1200, u begin to wonder if boko haram are morethan nigeria army in number.
Because the more govt claim they kill boko, the more boko claim to be incharge of towns and villages

U have to understand that propaganda is one of their weapons. Just like Robbers attack ur house doesn't mean they capture ur house. If they capture it means they r living in ur hse and u cannot enter.

But how are they communicAting? I believe they have insiders in the military

donphilopus: So, does that mean they ain't taken over the LG?! If YES, then thank God!

They strategy as always is cause commotion and run. If they capture let them stay there but they usually run

makzeze: wild goose chase not wide, pls

They have 1 objective which to kill burn and destroy. It is an arab strategy now I how the Egyptian civilization was captured.

This bOys doing this r been brainwashed that Allah will give them virgins and all for their destruction.

U have to understand u dealing with brainwashed ppl with 1 aim burn destroy kill and die. For their aim is death

Y r they burning houses of people?.

The owner of Chelsea is a Russian so whats better than falling in love with a Russian when they money he is getting is from Russia . Stupid naija girl will she be worried abt mikel if he didn't have mOney

I dont really see what the rush is about when ebola has not been contained totally. We dont even know who has it or not...WHO is estimated that at this rate 100000 will be infected with ebola based on the fact that we dont have the drug and the environment to slow it down.

Ebola plague on africa is it from God or the Devil

ANd dont say we are religious, religious on the outside but evil on the inside especially pastors and imams

C the problem with naija everything we are the last. Our health facilities are extremely bad meanwhile our so called leaders will travel abroad to treat headache yet they cannot ensure that we have world class health facilities. Now we r begging oyinbo to give us drug when their government was providing money for scientist to do research our own are lookin for ways to hide money in Swiss bank or use it to buy property abroad that nobody will use.

All the money that babangida, abacha, obasanjo,danjuma, anenih bode George, aikhomu, yaradua and jonathan amOngst others have stolen govt coffers

Bed bugs hate heat And sunlight that's y they attack at night so make sure all ur clothes are washed in hot water and extra dried. U need to wash everything because they like to hide in dark places especially crevices and cracks.

U might have to soak ur mattress in very hot sun to scare them away

They also hide inside wood and under carpet


In short clean like u parking out, change mattress and bed frame if it is wood

Also get raid that kills bed bugs. Those things multiply and can live without food for 6months. A drop of human blood can last them for long.

Firefire: Welcome Trado-medical doctor

i.e Native doctors time don reach to chop.

Native doctors are the one who spread this disease according to the news when people died in Liberia, they would go to a herbalist who claimed he could cure ebola. Meanwhile infecting innocent and getting more dosage from already infected. He is dead now and many others that went to him. Best thing is to stick to what works. Unless u want u ,your friends and family to die

Coffee is addictive as cigarette once you start taking it your body gets hooked to it. Just like people who eat kolanut get hooked on it as the caffine is what your brain addicted.

Coffee though is a good thing as it allows your brain to focus try it you will not.

Coffee for me is far far better than tea. Tea makes you want to sleep

GenBuhari: Wise men think for themselves. Why not take a leaf out of their book?

u need the whole tree they use to print the book.


I beleive there is propaganda against africa sometimes but we all no nigeria is messed up no need for propaganda on that. we as nigerians no that. in as much they like to show us as messed up but are we not really messed up if we think about it . just think of the saying there is no smoke without fire.

Now if we allow this ebola issue to get out of hand it will be blown up more by those who are always putting us in bad image.

AFrica should be the richest continent in the world but we are the poorest is that propaganda?

Ebola is real dont argue

GenBuhari: On the contrary more people have died from the unnecessary panic.

What of the 20 people who died from drinking salt water?

Stop panicking Ebola is not going to kill you but sheep mentality probably would.

obviously u have low thinking. The diease is still very controllable now before it goes out of hand but fools like u want it to blow out into a full scale disaster that nobody can leave his house before you want to start panicking.

ebola is a contagious diease that the whole world is worrying about.Do u know more than doctors and medical proffesionals that died and are making this public information that there is a contagious diease that has no cure.
According to nurse died it can be transferred by touch and if it continues to mututae it can be airborne. but obviously u dont beleive that

Commonsene says prevention is better than cure. Do you know the population in lagos and how many people cram into lagos. That is what makes it very worrying. if it were in some village in the desert some where we can say only the infected family will die but in lagos where people are very active there is the possibilty of it exploding.

Ordinary apollo was exploding like mad one time but thank god it didnt kill..

So i would advise u to keep quiet if u have nothing to say

a wise man once said

“, that in the beginning of the sickness or a problem it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, because you didnot either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but very difficult to cure"

So a stitch in time saves nine is appropriate

GenBuhari: Stop panicking you are not going to die - its a hoax

Did you remember that Liberian protestors realised the hoax and raided an Ebola centre and rescued their relatives?

Another thing that does not add up.

People like u are what made the diesease to spread in the first place. Is this a joking matter u know how many ppl have died because of it and u r saying its a hoax. If not contained his Ebola plague can grind subsahara africa and nigeria to a halt.

If 1 man can cause the death of so many people
What if we will happen when it mulitplys

MissMeiya: That's what my father and I do in Nigeria. But some hypersensitive idiots were insulting me and telling me I should stay where I am because no one needs us in Nigeria. And then they'll be the ones asking why Nigerians who live or grew up elsewhere don't come back as expatriates to help build. So encouraging.

But hopefully, our employees don't see us that way. -_-

Dont mind them i know this because at least i know some ppl who dont even go to nigeria store abroad talkess of nigeria all because of this castigation. What ppl can not FORSEE is the effect it will happen unless something is done radically to stop the spread and also disseminate information that there is zero cases. More importantly is government and ppl taking this thing very serious as it has a stigma attached. But trust nigerians they will be making joke out of it.

atlwireles: Nigeria’s timely containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which has attracted huge commendation from the international community, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) is paying off, as air passenger traffic into and also out of the country’s airports has been sustained, despite the outbreak of the disease in July.

The disease has however crippled air travel business in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, where a total of about 1,400 deaths have been recorded since the recent outbreak, leading to the cancellation of as much as 216 of the 590 monthly international flights scheduled to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Official Airline Guide (OAG), an airline data provider says.

However, with only five deaths recorded in Nigeria, including the late Patrick Sawyer (the index case) who imported the deadly disease into the country, analysts observe that inbound passenger traffic has been sustained, indication confidence from the international community, regarding the country’s prompt and proper response to the EVD incident.

“We are yet to feel any significant impact of the dreaded Ebola disease in the industry,” the country manager of a popular international airline, who preferred anonymity, told to our reporter. He further said that though many airlines have suspended operations to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which are much more afflicted by EVD, the flow of passengers into Nigeria has remained unaltered.

Despite warnings and explanations by WHO and other health experts, that the risk of travellers in the same flight contracting the deadly EVD remains very low because it can only be transferred through body fluids or secretions such as blood, sweat, urine and saliva and is not airborne, about one-third of international flights to the three most hit West African countries have been cancelled in the past one month.

Kola Olayinka, country commercial manager, British Airways, in response to questions from BusinessDay, doused any apprehension of flight cancellation to Nigeria, stating that the country is yet to be referred to as an Ebola-nation, considering the aggressive approach of the Federal Government to contain the disease.

Olayinka said that after the late Sawyer gained access into the country through the airport, all hands have been on deck to ensure such a scenario is not repeated.

This he explained, has led to the installation of scanning equipment at some sections of the airports, to allow officials thoroughly examine passengers coming into the country.

Just last week, the government of the United States donated equipment worth $5,000 to help boost screening capacity at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.

The new items include infrared non-contact thermometers and face shields. An infrared thermometer is a portable handheld device with the ability to measure body temperature of in and out- bound passengers.

Joff Hawkins, US Consul-General in Nigeria, presenting the equipment, expressed satisfaction with the timely response of the Nigerian Government to the contagious disease, since its importation into the country by Patrick Sawyer about a month ago.

Meanwhile, South Africa Airways is set to increase its flight frequency between Lagos and Johannesburg from seven to eight times per week.

This, the firm explained, is a direct response to increasing demand from passengers for its services, and also in line with its mandate to draw the footprint of integrating Africans within the continent.

Aaron Munetsi, regional general manager for Africa & Middle East, South Africa Airways, countered any notion of the carrier suspending its services to Nigeria, explaining that the airline remains pleased with efforts of the government to contain the disease.

On the efforts of the airline to ensure it does not in anyway help spread the virus, Munetsi confirmed that the carrier does not currently fly to any of the countries seriously hit by Ebola.

He also revealed that since the disease broke out, the airline has engaged its staff in several training programmes on how best to ensure passengers are adequately protected while on board.

“Our staff have been trained to ensure passengers do not transit when they are sick, infact they have been mandated to report any sick person trying to board the flight to appropriate authorities,” he said, adding that as part of the carrier’s protective measures, staff in direct contact with passengers from the severely hit countries use protective measures such as gloves to protect themselves from any possible infection.

ODINAKA MBONU

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/nigerias-in-bound-air-passenger-traffic-sustained-on-ebola-containment

Story a lot of foreign company staff r running from west Africa in general especially the 4 countries including Nigeria. Western media news always used bad news as their headline. U will never hear that a person who was suspected tested negative. What u will hear is another Ebola case in Nigeria.

The effect of this Ebola is a very huge blow to Nigeria and if not contained to zero will affect a lot of business.

A lot of ppl will not be coming to Nigeria this year because of Ebola

What if another 10 Liberians sneak into the country from Cotonou what will happen

youngelder: Guy.. Private universities even produce 3rd class. Bt nonetheless.. Lukin at our society, is ur certificates a tru proof of your intellect? Rememba Soyinka who was a failure here bt now a prof ??
Dont judge pple.. Some 3rd class can compete very well wit first class students in external exams

Most of the guys who have good degrees end up doing well in most cases esp of u go to a good sch. If u have 3rdy u will have to get professional and recognized certication to progress or have a lot of experience but without a good degree nobody will give u experience and the cycle continues

However the truth is if u pick a trade and ur v good in it like programming, building or being a good business manager etc u can be v successful

Dey there Many fish in the river, this one don JA from u....she don taste beta rod than urs so my bro find another fish for now and thank ur stars. Many girls go to nysc to nack even though bf or hubby.

i can guarantee she don see person wey dey beta rod

when i served many girls will be collecting recharge card from bf and aristo in lag while banging corpers and any local sugar daddy

Their is a need to prepare for worst case scenario what if like OP side we have a hundred ebola ppl from liberia find there way into the north or south.

Are we preapring our systems for worst case scenario..

This is a very serious matter and this is the only way the diesase can be contained.

This dicussion needs to be raised to ppl in govt if u know any

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You people should stop telling lies online and written useless book to make money.. And deceiving people.. alafian of oyo and the ooni of ile ife are both children of akanbi, the third child of oduduwa, that why you find the 3 mark on the face of alafin of oyo, there is the soun of ogbomosho just less than 1 hour from oyo town. where the alafin is oba.



Adeyemi Great grand father was install as the alafin of oyo town by my great grand father Ademusiwa. My great grand father install the ooni of ile ife in Ile ife, and the Awujale of Egbaland, and install the Oba of Benin etc. My great grand father was the Emperor of Yoruba people and Western nigeria. the ooni of ile ife was only a spoke person ..



If you look at the face of Alafin of Oyo. You will find the tribal mark of three on his face, that he is the son of Akanbi. the third child. Alafin of oyo, Oba of Benin and Nana of itsekiri were found to be involve in slave trade. they reported their activities to my great grand father, which by Culture was Emperor and he now set up a panel to investigate their activities and They were found guilt and punish.because it was abomination to sell people. My great grand father replaced Alafin of oyo, Oba of Benin and Nana of itsekiri because of their involvement in selling people into slavery.

This is how my great grnd father install adeyemi great grand father as the new alafin of Oyo. and my grand father install the olu of ibadan because in Yoruba culture my family is the Emperor, And the installation of an Oba is done by my family.. because initially Yoruba use to use the crown of Oduduwa , which is the property of my family to install an oba in a town. The story that ooni of ile ife was the Emperor of Yoruba people was not correct. My family had always been the Emperor of the whole of the Yoruba people.

That why my name is AdeMusiwa. Pictures dont lie

If you dont believe, look at the face of the alafin of oyo. you will find the mark 3 , which mean the third child [/size][/b]

U don smoke that thing again this guy

Lie lie 2 much. Chibok kidnap is not a lie but that they were given admission . Ppl don't know the reAl us is full of facist and racist.

Facist is hatred towards ppl who r not their countrymen and u know the meaning of racist.