The numbers of infected individuals is rising and the epidemic has spread to large West African urban centers, whose health infrastructures are becoming overwhelmed (also by panic and fear) and are increasingly on the verge of collapse. This is not just “their” problem; it has the potential to become everybody’s problem.
It would seem to very much be in the world’s collective interest to contain and roll back this epidemic before it breaks out and becomes a pandemic with global impact. -Chris Ebola deaths pass 2,000 as Liberia shuts down contaminated police station and Sierra Leone's capital 'crumbles' Total number of probable, confirmed, and suspected cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as at today (source: WHO) <http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/05/1409944183500_wps_2_Deaths_5_september_2014_e.jpg> Total number of probable, confirmed, and suspected cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as at today (source: WHO) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.