Yet Another Marker of “Obama Success”

The death rate has gone from 50% to 70%

Global health officials said Tuesday that the death rate in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 70 percent, up from 50 percent.

The World Health Organization (WHO) made the announcement at a news conference in Geneva, where officials said there could be up to 10,000 new cases of the virus every week within two months.

A total of 4,447 people have died from Ebola this year, the WHO said, while 8,914 have been sickened. Experts believe the real number of Ebola victims is much bigger than the official figures due to difficulties in reporting the cases.
WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Bruce Aylward underscored the need for a more robust international response to Ebola with a timetable.

If the effort to fight Ebola is not intensified within 60 days, he said, deaths will mount and the virus will become even harder to control.

The news comes as U.S. health officials try to understand how a nurse caring for an Ebola patient in Dallas contracted the virus herself.

The case, confirmed over the weekend, is the first ever transmission of Ebola in the United States and raises questions about hospitals’ preparedness to cope with infectious diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday it would “rethink” its strategy on Ebola, but warned reporters that it has little authority to enforce best practices at hospitals.

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2 Responses to “Yet Another Marker of “Obama Success””

1. Gary from Jersey says:

   October 15, 2014 at 9:20 am

   Meanwhile, kids with Tb, AIDS and God knows what else are pouring across the border and being placed in schools and elsewhere. Cloward and Piven must be so proud of their pupil.

2. aelfheld says:

   October 15, 2014 at 1:03 pm

   Funny how the only numbers on the rise under this administration are those measuring bad things.