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Originally Posted by Jebstuart
It is some good news, and we have learned a lot from the few cases here. But the news remains grim for west Africa. The poverty and government distrust has helped this awful disease roar on.
WHO | Ebola in West Africa: heading for catastrophe?
Instead of relying on news reports (even the BBC seems less newsworthy and more opinionatedto me) I find very helpful and factual info from the CDC and World Health Organization. |
The last paragraph in this article gives understanding about how poverty and misuse of the land in other countries affects us all:
"Scientists and epidemiologists know enough now to issue a clear warning. The risk of future Ebola outbreaks will persist as long as pervasive poverty forces large numbers of people, who depend on bushmeat for their very physical and economic survival, to hunt ever deeper in the region’s degraded and rapidly diminishing forests."
I believe first-world countries cannot afford to be isolationists, at least where world health is concerned.