Ebola Virus and its potential destruction of Western African Economies.

[Lyrebird]

Firstly

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Seriously though.

Secondly
- World Bank States that the countries will be hard hit.
- 2000+ people have died from it
- Damage 8 times. Guinea expected 2.3 decrease, Sierra Leone with 8.9 and Liberia is 11.7% decrease.

According to BBC.

 

[CrackFox]

The consensus seems to be very much about will it or wont it hit the UK, that's what most of our news reports were getting at. Extreme measures have been taken to stop suspected infectious people from being let loose in society. Richer countries will likely be able to keep themselves safe with lots of medical care and decent quarantine zones made available. I don't think it's going to wipe us all out by any means. I heard a few weeks ago that some scientist in America had the disease and injected himself with an experimental vaccine. It said he made a full recovery so surely that's just around the corner as well. Obviously vaccines have to be studied and tested usually but for a disease that has a 90% death rate anyway, what is there to lose...

I heard about that on the news roughly a month ago, I haven't really heard anything else since, the whole epidemic has been reported on much less recently, I assumed it was running its course and the situation was improving like the outbreaks before it, but if that's not the case, it's probably just being swept under the rug.

 

[Lyrebird]

I wouldn't say swept under the rug. I mean if you were watching British news or American news, you wouldn't have a lot of it focused on West Africa because it is about viewership and ratings. Also there are a lot more to just shipping a vaccine to West Africa. There are economics and political factors that make a massive different and those countries are somewhat known for their political instability and corruption. Then comes in patents and the company that ships it out. There are several factors that take place rather than giving everyone the drug.

 

[lavachickens]

I'm surprised it hasn't hit the west, even though there's been one suspected case of it in Ireland (Later proven to be negative, thankfully)

 

[Lyrebird]

Progress somewhat has been made.

 

[Almonds]

I hope they complete the medicine soon and save the people from Ebola ;_;