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Nigeria didn't actually do an awesome job: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/10/15/nigeria_and_senegal_on_the_verge_of_being_declared_ebola_free_can_we

by bvrlt 12y ago

Nigeria didn't actually do an awesome job: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/10/15/nigeria_and_senegal_on_the_verge_of_being_declared_ebola_free_can_we_learn.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/10/15/nigeria_and... (published 3 hours after BI)

NearAP 12y ago
1) Interesting.., that is the only article so far that I've seen that is actually playing down what was achieved by the Nigerian Government and its citizens. 2) The article says '....A single Liberian man, who traveled to Nigeria in July, infected 11 hospital staff in the time between his admission to a hospital and when his test results were received...' What that statement failed to point out was that a) Nobody initially knew the guy had been in contact with an Ebola patient because the guy lied serially about it - [1]. Because of this, the man had initially been treated for Malaria and so the hospital staff did not wear protective gear. When they finally discovered he was from Liberia and suspected Ebola, his diagnosis came fairly quickly. b) The article also failed to say that the man once yanked out his 'drip tubes' spilling his blood, and peed in the room forcing the health workers to flee [2]. 3) WHO says on their website [3] - '...In a piece of world-class epidemiological detective work, all confirmed cases in Nigeria were eventually linked back to the Liberian air traveller who introduced the virus into the country on 20 July. [1] http://allafrica.com/stories/201408261017.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201408261017.html [2] http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2506-sawyer-s-final-hours-in-lagos-indiscipline-rage-strange http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2506-saw... [3] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en...

by bvrlt 12y ago

NearAP 12y ago

1) Interesting.., that is the only article so far that I've seen that is actually playing down what was achieved by the Nigerian Government and its citizens. 2) The article says '....A single Liberian man, who traveled to Nigeria in July, infected 11 hospital staff in the time between his admission to a hospital and when his test results were received...' What that statement failed to point out was that a) Nobody initially knew the guy had been in contact with an Ebola patient because the guy lied serially about it - [1]. Because of this, the man had initially been treated for Malaria and so the hospital staff did not wear protective gear. When they finally discovered he was from Liberia and suspected Ebola, his diagnosis came fairly quickly. b) The article also failed to say that the man once yanked out his 'drip tubes' spilling his blood, and peed in the room forcing the health workers to flee [2]. 3) WHO says on their website [3] - '...In a piece of world-class epidemiological detective work, all confirmed cases in Nigeria were eventually linked back to the Liberian air traveller who introduced the virus into the country on 20 July. [1] http://allafrica.com/stories/201408261017.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201408261017.html [2] http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2506-sawyer-s-final-hours-in-lagos-indiscipline-rage-strange http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2506-saw... [3] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en...