A map of the outbreak. -Yahoo News
Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, the lead doctor in Sierra Leon, has died from the very disease he was fighting. Yahoo/AP The doctor has been called a nation hero for his efforts. Health workers have been especially vulnerable to catching Ebola due to prolonged contact with carriers. In related news Liberia and certain airlines are taking more measures to contain the disease after an american citizen died after flying to Nigeria.
My Comment:
Not a whole lot of new info in this article that i haven't already covered but the death of Khan is tragic. I posted about him before and I was pulling for him. He truly was heroic and the doctors and nurses risking their lives to fight this disease should be commended.
As for the other major news in this story, the new restrictions seems more like a public relations stunt that anything else. Yes they should be stopping people that have obvious symptoms, but Ebola has a long incubation period. The American that took the disease with him to Nigeria had no symptoms until he was already in the air. These new polices won't stop cases like that. Only a full quarantine will. And that is not going to happen until it's too late since as of right now the breakout isn't threatening enough to wreck the African economy.
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