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The @WHO DG @DrTedros addressed @UN Security Council today abt #Ebola in #DRCongo. Highlights:
"First, the security situation. Even when I was in Beni at the beginning of the outbreak, there was an attack just 15 kms frm the town. Since then there has been an increase.."
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"First, the security situation. Even when I was in Beni at the beginning of the outbreak, there was an attack just 15 kms frm the town. Since then there has been an increase.."
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"...in the frequency & intensity of attacks by armed groups in very close vicinity to Beni. These include a full-scale attack on the #DRC armed forces base on 24Aug, ambushes on MONUSCO on Sept 3 & 9, a rocket explosion in the centre of Beni on Sept11 & an..."
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"...in the frequency & intensity of attacks by armed groups in very close vicinity to Beni. These include a full-scale attack on the #DRC armed forces base on 24Aug, ambushes on MONUSCO on Sept 3 & 9, a rocket explosion in the centre of Beni on Sept11 & an..."
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"...indiscriminate attack on Beni town just 10 dys ago, Sept22.
As a result of the most recent attacks, which killed 21 people, our operations were in lockdown for several dys. But when we’re in lockdown, you know
#Ebola is not. Ebola gets an advantage."
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"...indiscriminate attack on Beni town just 10 dys ago, Sept22.
As a result of the most recent attacks, which killed 21 people, our operations were in lockdown for several dys. But when we’re in lockdown, you know
#Ebola is not. Ebola gets an advantage."
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Meanwhile...the Trump administration’s White America program proceeds. From @itscaitlinhd
Meanwhile (part 2)... Yemen bleeds, and starves, and it’s getting worse.
Meanwhile (part 3)...Baltimore is suffering a period of intense gun violence, with more people shot than some larger cities. Why? Per @AlecMacGillis
This #Ebola outbreak is like no other. Why? Because it's in an active war zone:
"@UNHCR is particularly worried about the deteriorating situation in the
Ebola-hit northern territory of Beni. The area is home to some 1.3
million people. Spiralling conflict [MORE]
"@UNHCR is particularly worried about the deteriorating situation in the
Ebola-hit northern territory of Beni. The area is home to some 1.3
million people. Spiralling conflict [MORE]
[cont2] "...has left the population living there virtually in a state of siege since October 2017. Reports of increased human rights violations & restrictions of humanitarian access are frequent. Estimates are that more than 100 armed groups are active in the province..." [more]
[cont3] "...continually terrorizing the population. Despite a large-scale military offensive of the Congolese Army against one of the main rebel groups, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) since January [2018], there has been no let-up in the violence."
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The moment an unverified news report emerges on #NipahVirus , well-manicured @WhatsApp messages begin circulating. Is all of this linked to @BillGates so-called warning, which actually is his push for his next #Vaccine product
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Look at these well-made images circulated immediately after the news report on the #NipahVirus
@MoHFW_INDIA must watch out for this new game that @BillGates is playing.
@ashwani_mahajan I hope you are watching!
@MoHFW_INDIA must watch out for this new game that @BillGates is playing.
@ashwani_mahajan I hope you are watching!
Same story played out with #Ebola and #Zika
Stage 1 - Few cases reported
Stage 2 - Scare amplified by @BillGates PR machine
Stage 3 - Amplify fear with "There Is No Vaccine" PR
The next few stages will be:
Stage 1 - Few cases reported
Stage 2 - Scare amplified by @BillGates PR machine
Stage 3 - Amplify fear with "There Is No Vaccine" PR
The next few stages will be:
1. #Ebola: Big thing to watch in the DRC outbreak is whether #Merck's experimental vaccine gets used. It's the one that was shown effective in a ring trial in West Africa. (And yes, made at Canada's national lab. 🇨🇦)
🛑UPDATE🛑
Sergei #Skripal & his daughter remain in CRITICAL condition, but the police officer now is "stable & conscious."
My read: the Russians likely had respiratory compromise due to the NERVE AGENT and suffered anoxic brain injury.😳 1/
bbc.com/news/uk-433267…
Sergei #Skripal & his daughter remain in CRITICAL condition, but the police officer now is "stable & conscious."
My read: the Russians likely had respiratory compromise due to the NERVE AGENT and suffered anoxic brain injury.😳 1/
bbc.com/news/uk-433267…
BBC reports the nerve agent was not VX and likely is "rarer" than Sarin. Making & delivering nerve agents requires CONSIDERABLE infrastructure, so the more rare the agent, the easier to confirm which country (#Russia), even which laboratory, made it.🤔
If the NERVE AGENT blocks signals to muscles, the victim stops breathing (respiratory arrest), which won’t allow enough oxygen to get to vital organs (“anoxic” brain injury).
Unless resuscitated quickly, the victim can suffer CATASTROPHIC brain injury.😳
Unless resuscitated quickly, the victim can suffer CATASTROPHIC brain injury.😳
