Thursday, November 6, 2014
Is This Why the World Health Organization Said There Would Be 10,000 New Cases of Ebola a Week by December?
Ebola is not the only haemorrhagic fever that stalks West Africa. The Lassa season is about to begin. This year, like every year, around 20,000 people will succumb to the disease in the region.
The symptoms are identical to those of Ebola. Fever, vomiting and bleeding all occur. Lassa, unlike Ebola is spread by infected rats, but once it has infected people human to human transmission begins. Like Ebola patients, those suffering from Lassa need to be treated in strict isolation.
Lassa fever is spread by contact with bodily secretions of infected people as well as by inhalation of the dust from dried rat faeces. There is some evidence that supports the sporadic spread of the disease via infected rat bites.
Like Ebola, not everyone dies from Lassa. Usually, the death rate is much lower than it is with Ebola, but there have been sporadic outbreaks where the death rate has reached 70%, albeit rarely.
Every year medics and scientists struggle to contain Lassa; it’s a major focus for what health services there are in the region. This year however that focus has been taken by Ebola. Wards and medical facilities usually set aside for Lassa patients have been overwhelmed by those suffering from Ebola. Dr. Sheik Umar Khan head of the Lassa programme at Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone died of Ebola in September. Six nurses and a lab technician have also been lost to the disease leaving the specialist unit direly understaffed.
This situation causes two major problems. Firstly, cases of Lassa will go untreated causing a surge in deaths from the disease. Secondly, people may assume they are suffering from Lassa because of its prevalence at this time of year, when in fact they are suffering from and spreading, Ebola.
At this point in the Ebola epidemic there is little point waiting for laboratory confirmation of the disease. The fact is that with both Lassa and Ebola showing the same symptoms, and with both diseases requiring treatment in isolation, the tipping point has arrived.
There is no way the already overwhelmed medical facilities are going to be able to cope with the extra case load. The countries worst hit by Ebola are the same countries that suffer the worst outbreaks of Lassa Fever.
Ribavirin is used to treat Lassa, but is useless against Ebola. Giving every patient Ribavirin and waiting to see what happens is not an option. On average there are 300,000-500,000 cases of Lassa Fever every year in West Africa, all of them presenting with the same symptoms as Ebola. (source)
There is no possibility whatever that all of these people, or even half of them can be treated, let alone isolated. The toll that Lassa takes on West Africa this year remains to be seen, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if it’s worse than usual given the lack of facilities for patients. Every coin, though, has two sides, and if Lassa patients aren’t being treated, then neither are Ebola patients. It’s inevitable that there will be confusion amongst medical staff about who has what condition.
One has to wonder if it was the pending Lassa season that made the World Health Organization suggest that the death rate ‘from Ebola’ would massively increase in the latter part of this year. They predicted up to 10,000 cases a week by December. If you add Lassa Fever cases to the current rate of Ebola cases being reported that would be about right.
With the projected number of isolation beds available in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea coming in at 4,500 by December 1st, which disease patients are suffering from is a moot point…They can’t be isolated regardless of what it is.
Nigeria, declared Ebola free just last week, is reporting an outbreak of Lassa in Oyo State. Medeciens Sans Frontieres (MSF) has already lost one doctor to Lassa according to Dr Geraldine O’Hara, an infectious diseases specialist from Huddersfield, UK.
It would be insane to think that these diseases are just Africa’s problem – it isn’t. As we saw with Thomas Duncan, it only takes one infected person to slip through the net and the chain of infection starts all over again in a new place. Luckily, this time it was contained; next time who knows?
Take Care
Liz
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Ukraine Begins "Large-Scale" Offensive In Donetsk; "War Has Resumed" Rebel Leader Warns; Russian Stocks, Currency Crashing
Ebola is solved. Oil price drops are "unequivocally good news". The US election is positive. Draghi promised to do whatever it takes again. And Ukraine is in ceasefire.So why is it that Donetsk's Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Purgin claims Ukrainian security officials have started full-scale fighting, clashing 26 times today according to Ukraine military.y. With tanks advancing, Purgin exclaims, "now there is a full-scale war... attacking us, we are defending."
- *UKRAINE TROOPS, REBELS CLASHED 26 TIMES TODAY, MILITARY SAYS
- *DONETSK REBELS ON DEFENSIVE AGAINST UKRAINE MILITARY MOVE: RIA
- *UKRAINE ATTEMPTS TANK ADVANCE TO REACH DONETSK AIRPORT: IFX
- *UKRAINE TROOPS STAY IN POSITIONS, ADHERE TO TRUCE: MILITARY
- *UKRAINE MOVING HEAVY ARMOR IN AREA NEAR PISKY: IFX CITES REBELS
- *DONETSK REBELS ON DEFENSIVE AGAINST UKRAINE MILITARY MOVE: RIA
Ukrainian security officials actually started full-scale fighting, fighters breakaway Donetsk People's Republic defense, told RIA Novosti Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Purgin DNI."Now there is a full-scale war ... attacking us, we are defending," -he said, noting that the ceasefire is broken Kiev siloviki.Purgin said that the ceasefire was not observed at 75% of the contact line, but "now at war where no war before that."Earlier Thursday, the militia DNR reported that in a suburb of Donetsk Yasinovataya tank column entered Ukrainian security officials, the surrounding areas of Donetsk were fired.Get damaged kindergarten building in the street and the building Aristova Chamber of Commerce at the Kiev Avenue, and a number of houses on the avenue of the Kremlin. Data on victimsare specified, reported three wounded.Militias reported that clashed, was destroyed at least five armored vehicles (tanks andAPCs). At this time the attack was repelled.
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Shelling continues...
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The Ruble has been crushed to new record lows over 46 to the USDollar and Russian stocks are tumbling.
The Defense Department Is Censoring Steve Quayle, Doug Hagmann & Dave Hodges
There is a plot designed to hide the truth from the general public and preserve the veil of secrecy and censorship which permeates the mainstream media and I think you have a right to know about this.
Alternative Media Under Attack
There is an ongoing conspiracy between the money interests behind the mainstream media, the Department of Defense (DoD) and several intelligence agencies which are working together to falsely and artificially inflate the numbers of the mainstream media (i.e. Hannity) and whose purpose it is to obfuscate the true Internet ratings of the alternative media and even block traffic to alternative media sites (e.g. Steve Quayle, Doug Hagmann, Dave Hodges, et al).
Google, Yahoo, Bing, the Internet rating site of Alexa and a plethora of other website controlling “traffic cops” are conspiring to lessen the influence of the alternative media. The six corporations that control 98% of the media determine, in large part, what you see, hear and think. They are not about to let an upstart media group change their stranglehold over their control over of the public and their perceptions.
Statistical Irregularities
For about year, my news director, Annie DeRiso, and I have noticed several statistical anomalies coming from our Google inspired traffic and the corresponding Alexa ratings. For example, during the late September to late October 2014 period where Ebola was dominating both the dinosaur mainstream and alternative, truthful media, The Common Sense Show was averaging about 12,000-16,000 hits on the website per day, just from Google alone. As soon as the mainstream media stopped covering Ebola as its top story, the Google hits to The Common Sense Show dipped below 2,000 hits and the change matched and was just as instantaneous as the mainstream media. On a typical “bad day” Google still averages 6,000-9,000 hits on the website per day. And let’s not forget that Alexa showed nearly alternative media website dropping by the same percentage in September of 2014. How many coincidences does it take to make a conspiracy?
By the way, these statistical anomalies only transpire during periods high drama and controversial news events where the corporate controlled media seeks to exert its maximum influence. These statistical anomalies have occurred at the height of the illegal immigration invasion of the United States this past summer. As soon as the switch was flipped and the MSM stopped covering the Ebola story, the Google hits on The Common Sense Show took a corresponding dive. The same “anomalies” have occurred during the Syrian (2013) crisis and the Ukrainian crisis.
Steve Quayle Receives Corresponding & Confirming Information
Steve Quayle was recently sent a memo from a high ranking military officer which addresses this topic. According to Quayle, the source is completely reliable and he verbalized the fact that Steve Quayle, Dave Hodges (The Common Sense Show) and Doug and Joe Hagmann (The Hagmann and Hagmann Report radio show) are being blocked by the DoD. Further, a certain percentage of direct and Google based web traffic to these websites are being blocked from being able to access these sites according to other sources as well.
Google operates off of an algorithm which is presently limiting searches on the topics of “Obama, Ebola, Military firings…” according to Quayle’s source. Steve Quayle’s military source went on to say that this is not an outright ban (that would be too obvious), but that “This has happened with greater frequency and is about half of the articles you post”.
Censorship
Steve Quayle has also told me that he has been contacted by military personnel who would access his former broadcasts, by satellite in Afghanistan. These military personnel were told that they “would be court-martialed ” for accessing Quayle’s broadcasts.
From a leaked DoD document sent to Steve Quayle, if a D0D employee tries to access a flagged website, such as Quayle’s, Hodges’ and Hagmann’s website/radio shows, this is a message that one is going to see.
You have attempted to access a website with possible security risks. As such, we advise against further access. However, if a MISSION ESSENTIAL access requirement exists, click on the link below and proceed with caution. This is a DoD enterprise-level protection system intended to reduce risk to DoD users and protect DoD systems from intrusion. It will block access to high-risk websites and filter high-risk web content. You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only. By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions: o The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.o At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.o Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG authorized purpose.o This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests–not for your personal benefit or privacy.o Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details. Click
Globalists such as Soros and Brzezinski have bemoaned the fact that the public is waking up. This begs a couple of questions. First, what percentage does Hagmann, Quayle, Hodges, Before Its News, et al. have to reach before their collective efforts will totally consume the country? The answer according to most sociologists and marketing experts is about 10% and when that number is reached exponential growth takes place. We are almost there. The second question has to do with how long will the purveyors of the status quo of the New World Order continue to allow this unchecked growth, which threatens to greatly lessen their power and influence? The answer to the question is, not much longer.
The Net Effect
I am among a growing number of journalists who believe that when medical martial law is fully implemented as a result of the Ebola crisis, Internet sites such as Quayle, Hodges and Hagmann are going to be permanently taken down and we will return to one version of the truth and the people behind that version don’t have your best interests at heart.
My readers and listeners will undoubtedly ask me what we can do about this blatant attempt at censoring the news. The answer is simple, take a few moments and write a form letter, and include a hard copy of this article, and mail it to one sponsor for every mainstream media outlet that you participate in. Simply tell the sponsor that you will not be using their service or product because of their indirect complicity in this latest attempt at censoring the news. If America was to do this, the ripple effect would be felt all the way back to the White House. George Noory would be working at Walmart and Wolf Blitzer would master the phrase “Do you want fries with this burger, sir?”
Credit to Common Sense
French MPs call for vote on recognition of Palestine
French Socialist lawmakers are preparing a parliamentary motion calling on the government to recognize Palestine as a state, according to sources quoted by AFP.
British MPs passed a similar vote last month and Sweden officially recognized Palestine last week.
"The [National] Assembly asks the French government to use recognition of the state of Palestine as an instrument to obtain a final settlement of the conflict," reads the provisional motion seen by AFP.
While approval of the motion it is unlikely to change government policy in the short term, it would be of great symbolic significance. The vote in the lower house could take place within weeks, according to the sources.
The proposal is due to be discussed next week at a meeting with Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Socialist senators who are working on a similar initiative.
Fabius acknowledged last month that Paris would eventually have to recognize Palestine, but wanted to choose the best moment to do so for the move to have a real impact.
Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden after that country voted to recognize the Palestinian state. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called Sweden's move a "very unfortunate decision" that only strengthens "radical and intransigent" Palestinian elements".
Credit to Haaretz
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