29 Quarantined EBOLA Patients Liberated from Liberian Hospital by Locals

[presence]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-armed-men-attack-liberia-ebola-clinic-freeing-patients/

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital's largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses.

The violence in the West Point slum occurred late Saturday and was led by residents angry that patients were brought to the holding center from other parts of Monrovia, Tolbert Nyenswah, assistant health minister, said Sunday.

Local witnesses told Agence France Presse that there were armed men among the group that attacked the clinic.
"They broke down the doors and looted the place. The patients all fled," said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the attack and whose report was confirmed by residents and the head of Health Workers Association of Liberian, George Williams.

Up to 30 patients were staying at the center and many of them fled at the time of the raid, said Nyenswah.

The residents took medical equipment and mattresses and sheets that had bloodstains, he said. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids including blood, vomit, feces and sweat. "All between the houses you could see people fleeing with items looted from the patients," the official said, adding that he now feared "the whole of West Point will be infected."

There have been numerous reports of locals attacking those trying to stop the disease by throwing stones at aid workers, blocking aid convoys and forcibly removing patients from clinics. Many locals blame foreigners for bringing the disease, saying it had never been there before they arrived.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

OH SHIT!

Is there a time when bombing becomes an acceptable public health measure...



-t

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point,_Monrovia

West Point is a township (the administrative equivalent of a city ward) of the Liberian capital city of Monrovia, located on a peninsula which juts out into the Atlantic Ocean between the Mesurado and Saint Paul rivers. Home to approximately 75,000 people, it is one of Monrovia's most densely populated neighorhoods, and environmental degradation has gradually caused part of the peninsula to erode into the ocean. Endemic problems include overpopulation and diseases such as tuberculosis.[1]

Sanitation[edit]
The area lacks proper sanitation.[2] The area lacks public toilets[3] and a report by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that there are four public toilets in the area.[4] Pay toilets exist, but residents cannot afford them, and thus public defecation is common.[4] The beach surrounding West Point is often used a lavatory which creates health hazards as the water is used for drinking and fish from the water are consumed.[2][4]

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[TaftFan]

Some people are just too stupid for words.

 

[presence]

Home to approximately 75,000 people, it is one of Monrovia's most densely populated neighorhoods,

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Dang! - that looks like a landfill, not a neighborhood...

-t

 

[KCIndy]

Home to approximately 75,000 people, it is one of Monrovia's most densely populated neighorhoods

Home to approximately 75,000 people

Home to approximately 75,000 people
Home to approximately 60,000 people
Home to approximately 45,000 people
Home to approximately 30,000 people
Home to approximately 20,000 people
Home to....

This particular strain of Ebola has a 90% fatality rate in patients receiving minimal care. The math isn't looking pretty.

 

[presence]

Home to approximately 75,000 people

Note: 1 doctor per 100,000 in Liberia

 

[alucard13mm]

lol... still blaming foreigners (white people) for their issues. Hell, under the British rule, Hong Kong did pretty well and is one of the jewels of Asia. Sure the british brutally took land from China, but it turned out moderately fine for the people. Of course, when given the chance these Liberians will immigrate into a white neighborhood or white country.

The people gotta better themselves and stop blaming others, especially if the supposedly wrong doing to the people occurred 100s of years ago.

 

[James Madison]

Guinea had a shot at containing this outbreak back in May/June. If this is as bad as it sounds, the cat may be out of the bag for good. Thirty patients + hundreds of other people entering a quarantined hospital and stealing hot materials and then giving said hot materials to their family members = disaster. The central government of Liberia may well implode if these projections hold. We're talking thousands of cases popping-up within a few days.

 

[Dr.3D]

Looks like proof that natural selection works.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Looks like proof that natural selection works.

In this case, it looks like the actions of idiots can be very effective at taking out lots of ppl that are not idiots.

evolutionary virology doesn't fall into the idiot category. More like over population control...



-t

 

[Dr.3D]

In this case, it looks like the actions of idiots can be very effective at taking out lots of ppl that are not idiots.

evolutionary virology doesn't fall into the idiot category. More like over population control...



-t

Hey, they are taking those sheets home to their family. What can I say. It's like rats taking home rat poison.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Looks like proof that natural selection works.

The ten percent that survive will be immune...

 

[Dr.3D]

The ten percent that survive will be immune...

And I bet they tell their offspring about not bringing home sheets from a quarantine hospital.

 

[idiom]

The ten percent that survive will be immune...

They will also be incredibly wealthy.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

OH SHIT!

Is there a time when bombing becomes an acceptable public health measure...

No. But a strictly enforced quarantine zone is a scientifically valid option.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

No. But a strictly enforced quarantine zone is a scientifically valid option.

I agree and disagree. I'm fine with a strictly enforced quarantine. Let those that pass, pass. If it gets out of hand, well, there are over 7 billion of us living on this planet. It 75 thousand of us are threatening to take out all of us. Um, sorry - you guys are toast...

NUCLEAR OPTION!!!!

-t

 

[James Madison]

Liberia has now confirmed that they have no idea where Ebola patients are, after denying initial reports.

Following earlier denials, Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a health centre in the capital was looted.

The government had sought to reassure people, saying all the patients had been moved to another health facility.

But Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC that 17 inmates had gone "back into their communities".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28841040

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

But on Monday, the information minister said 17 of the 37 patients were unaccounted for. <== 2 short from earlier reports

Blood-stained mattresses, bedding and medical equipment were taken from the centre, a senior police officer told BBC News, on condition of anonymity.

"This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen in my life," he said. "All between the houses you could see people fleeing with items looted from the patients."

The looting spree, he added, could spread the virus to the whole of the West Point area. <== with the horrid sanitation, I expect it will spread a lot farther than that.


The death toll of 1,145 was announced on Friday after the WHO said 76 new deaths had been reported in the two days to 13 August. There have been 2,127 cases reported in total. <== A MSF spokesperson said they thought the real numbers are at least 50% higher as people were hiding their sick and burying the bodies.

This is pretty much guaranteed to start looking like the Black Plague, at least in Liberia.

And the CDC is saying it's guaranteed to come here...

-t