Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola By Marc Santora - OCT. 23, 2014 A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him. The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center and placed in[...]
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Nassim Taleb: Here’s What People Don’t Understand About Ebola
Shane Ferro Oct. 17, 2014, 4:43 PM Multiplication — that’s what people don’t understand about Ebola, according to Nassim Taleb, the author of "Fooled by Randomness" and "The Black Swan." More specifically, Taleb explained to Business Insider that many people talking about the disease don’t "have a grasp of the severity of the multiplicative process." The argument that the US should be[...]
Ebola In Context: Liberia Needs 80,000 Body Bags & 1 Million HazMat Suits
As appears at Zero Hedge.... Presented with no comment... Excerpted from Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's Ebola SitRep October 10th 2014 [...]
Second Ebola-Infected Nurse ID’d; Flew Domestic Flight Day Before Diagnosis
Reported by Fox News October 15, 2014 The second nurse infected with Ebola at a Texas hospital was identified Wednesday as 29-year-old Amber Vinson, while authorities expressed concern that she took a domestic flight — reportedly to prepare for her wedding in Cleveland — just one day before coming down with symptoms of the deadly disease. "The second health care worker should not have been [...]