The information I’m about
to present here is frightening. There’s really no way around that. However, I
request that you do your very best to maintain a calm state of mind.
Right now in West Africa the worst
Ebola outbreak in history is in full swing and is jumping borders at an alarming rate.
Already it has spread to four countries, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and now
Nigeria. This latest jump into Nigeria is particularly serious since the
infected individual carried the virus by plane to Lagos Nigeria, a city with a
population of over 21 million. Doctors without borders has referred to the
outbreak as “out of
control”.
To make matters worse, there is something very, very
important that the corporate media and public health officials are not telling
you regarding this crisis.
You’ll notice if you read virtually any mainstream
article on the topic that they make a point of insisting that Ebola is only
transferred by physical contact with bodily fluids. This is not true, at all.
A study
conducted in 2012 showed
that Ebola was able to travel between pigs and monkeys that were in separate
cages and were never placed in direct contact.
Though the method of
transmission in the study was not officially determined, one of the scientists
involved, Dr. Gary Kobinger, from the National Microbiology Laboratory at the
Public Health Agency of Canada, told BBC News that he believed that the infection was spread
through large droplets that were suspended in the air.
“What we suspect is happening is large droplets; they can stay in the
air, but not long; they don’t go far,” he explained. “But they can be absorbed
in the airway, and this is how the infection starts, and this is what we think,
because we saw a lot of evidence in the lungs of the non-human primates that
the virus got in that way.”
Translation: Ebola IS an airborne virus.
Now I’m not going to
speculate as to whether these so called “journalist” and public health agencies
who keep repeating the official line regarding the means of transmission are
lying, or are just participating in some massive display of synchronized
incompetence, but what I will say, is that this shoddy reporting is most likely
getting people killed right now, and may in fact put all of humanity in danger.
How so?
By convincing people that the virus cannot travel
through air, important precautions that could reduce the spread of the virus
are not being taken. For example the other passengers on the plane that
traveled to Lagos, Nigeria were not quarantined.
To put this into context, Ebola kills between 50% and
90% of its victims, so the stakes are very, very high here.
This particular strain of Ebola is
not Ebola Zaire. This is a new
strain, and it may in
fact be more dangerous than the Zaire variety. Not because of any difference in
the symptoms (the symptoms are identical), but because this new virus seems to
be harder to contain. Whether this is due to some characteristic of the virus
itself or merely dumb luck is uncertain at this time, but the rate at which
this outbreak has extended its range is unprecedented.
Right now the question on
everyone’s minds is whether this
virus will spread outside of Africa. Considering the fact that Ebola has a three week incubation period,
can travel through the air, and has already hitchhiked onto an international
flight, this is a very real possibility. There are some that are downplaying
the probability of this outcome, and to be honest, I hope that they are right,
but the simple fact of the matter is that these people are basing their
assessment on the faulty premise that Ebola is not an airborne virus.
Now the first thing you might be feeling when looking
at this situation is a sense of fear and helplessness, and while that’s a
perfectly normal reaction it’s really not helpful. Instead we should be
thinking in terms of practical steps we can take to influence the outcome.
One thing we can all do is to start confronting
journalists and public officials who keep making false statements regarding the
way Ebola spreads. Use the links to the original
study, the BBC
report from 2012 and this video to put them in their place.
We also need to confront the fact that there isn’t a
full out, coordinated, international effort to contain this. This is being
treated like a sideshow but it has the very real potential to become a main
event.
The doctors on the ground in West Africa don’t have
enough staff or resources to deal with this situation. It is absolutely inexcusable for the U.S. and the
E.U. to be investing billions of tax payer dollars into their little power
games inUkraine and Syria (which are both in the process of escalating
right now by the way) while Ebola is getting a foothold in Africa. Every
available resource should be shifted to West Africa in order to contain and
extinguish this epidemic right now.
This is serious. Call them, write
them, heckle them in the streets if you have to, but don’t allow them to ignore
this issue.
Now whether or not
official policy towards the Ebola crisis changes there are some precautions
that you should take right now for yourself and your family.
1. Know
where you would go if you needed to leave your home on short notice. If Ebola escapes Africa the last place you want
to be is in a densely populated metropolitan area. It may be that the most
practical destination for your family would be a rural area near your current
home, but if you already have concerns about the government you are living under,
and how they may handle a crisis like this, then you might want to start
looking at alternatives. Finding an alternative location that suits your
family’s needs is something that requires a lot of time and research, so don’t
put this off. The primary characteristics you should be examining in an
alternative destination are geography , political environment, climate,
population density and visa terms and requirements. Ideally you would want to
end up somewhere that is geographically isolated to some degree.
2. If
you don’t have passports for yourself and each of your dependents, get them now. This is not to say that you should leave your
country, but you should have the means to do so. In countries where the Ebola
outbreak is underway it is getting harder and harder to exit. Borders are
being closed down. Flights are being cut off. This didn’t happen right away, but you
definitely don’t want to be waiting for your passport to show up if Ebola
arrives in your city.
3. Know
what you would carry with you if you had to leave on short notice. Have those
items ready, and have the luggage to carry them. It would be wise to consider buying a pack of
surgical masks as part of this.
Now if you think about it, these preparations are wise
steps to take regardless of whether the Ebola situation deteriorates or not.
Knowing where you would go in an emergency, and having the means to get there
on short notice is important for a wide variety of situations. The civilian
population of Iraq, Syria, east Ukraine, and Gaza can attest to that.
Whatever you do don’t let fear take control of your
mind. Take the steps you can take now, monitor the situation calmly, and be
prepared to adapt if necessary.
http://consciousmedianews.com/ebola-what-youre-not-being-told/
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