Sierra Leone Releases Its Last Ebola Patient From Hospital

[Zippyjuan]

http://www.newsweek.com/ebola-sierra-leone-over-365489

The World Health Organization and health officials in Sierra Leone reached a major milestone in the fight against the spread of Ebola in West Africa. The BBC and other outlets reported Monday morning that health authorities discharged the last known Ebola patient in Sierra Leone.

According to the standards of the WHO, the nation now enters a 42-day countdown, after which it could be declared Ebola-free. Since the outbreak of the disease, 4,000 people have died in Sierra Leone. The country still has 28 patients in quarantine, while neighboring Guinea reported three new infections in the past two weeks, according to the Associated Press. If Sierra Leone passes the 42-day test, then Guinea will be the last nation left with the epidemic.

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Remember how panicked everybody was when the first outbreak occurred?

[tangent4ronpaul]

The community, lead by the medics were dancing and singing. When I first saw a bunch of people in bunny suites dancing my first thought was: How did the TV switch channels to SNL???

The survivor added her hand print to a special wall for Ebola survivors in blue. There were not that many hand prints on that wall. Maybe a dozen.

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[LibertyEagle]

http://www.newsweek.com/ebola-sierra-leone-over-365489



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Remember how panicked everybody was when the first outbreak occurred?

Uh, yes.

It always recedes back, only to reappear again in the future. Since my understanding is that it is thought that the virus is carried by certain bush animals, I can't say as I'd want it over here, carried by some of our animals and the virus peaking out every few years and killing a few thousand or maybe even more. Would you?