WHO: Ebola death toll tops 1,900, surpassing all previous outbreaks combined

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WHO: Ebola death toll tops 1,900, surpassing all previous outbreaks combined

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has surpassed 1,900 people, the World Health Organization’s chief said Wednesday.

Less than a week ago the death toll stood at 1,552 people. More people have now died in the 2014 Ebola epidemic than in all previous outbreaks combined (1,590, according to the WHO).

WHO’s director general Margaret Chan, speaking at a special UN press briefing on the outbreak, said Wednesday that the “Ebola epidemic is the largest, and most severe, and most complex we have ever seen in the nearly 40-year history of this disease.” She added: “No one, even outbreak responders, (has) ever seen anything like it.”

According to the WHO, more than 3,500 people have been infected with the deadly virus as of this week in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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The big thing about Ebola isn't how many deaths it has caused but the rate it kills. 50%+. A simple mutation at this kill rate could turn into a nightmare.

 

[Rozman]

WHO: Ebola death toll tops 1,900, surpassing all previous outbreaks combined

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has surpassed 1,900 people, the World Health Organization’s chief said Wednesday.

Less than a week ago the death toll stood at 1,552 people. More people have now died in the 2014 Ebola epidemic than in all previous outbreaks combined (1,590, according to the WHO).

WHO’s director general Margaret Chan, speaking at a special UN press briefing on the outbreak, said Wednesday that the “Ebola epidemic is the largest, and most severe, and most complex we have ever seen in the nearly 40-year history of this disease.” She added: “No one, even outbreak responders, (has) ever seen anything like it.”

According to the WHO, more than 3,500 people have been infected with the deadly virus as of this week in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

...more

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...eaks-combined/


The big thing about Ebola isn't how many deaths it has caused but the rate it kills. 50%+. A simple mutation at this kill rate could turn into a nightmare.

I said a while back that if this thing mutates it would be a disaster....
Then people said Ebola doesn't work that way.
Then I head a scientist say Ebola is a virus and they mutate.....

WTF?