April Drop Dead Date

[l apprenti de forgeron]

It seems the Ukraine situation might be more 'in-line' with the drop-date topic, but this Ebola issue looks like it may come into play, as well:
_http://www.sott.net/article/277778-Report-Ebola-suspected-in-Europe-Broken-through-all-containment-efforts.

"Drop-dead", indeed...

Yes. Very worrying thing.

 

[Mikey]

It seems the Ukraine situation might be more 'in-line' with the drop-date topic, but this Ebola issue looks like it may come into play, as well:
_http://www.sott.net/article/277778-Report-Ebola-suspected-in-Europe-Broken-through-all-containment-efforts.

"Drop-dead", indeed...

Yes. Very worrying thing.

Yes. Wikipedia has now a short entry on it: _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak#Italy

But I could only find 2 'original' sources for it:

_http://www.vnews24.it/2014/04/19/ebola-epidemia-italia/
_http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/438-pat

Maybe an Italian speaking member could dig out more?

 

[Anthony]

Astronauts on new mission to warn of asteroid 'cosmic roulette'

_http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=11241852

"We are literally in a shooting gallery," said Schweickart.
"That's the message we want people to understand. It's happening,
it's ongoing, and the big ones will come. It's just a matter of when."

 

[Laura]

Astronauts on new mission to warn of asteroid 'cosmic roulette'

_http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=11241852

"We are literally in a shooting gallery," said Schweickart.
"That's the message we want people to understand. It's happening,
it's ongoing, and the big ones will come. It's just a matter of when."

Well, hell's bells, we've been saying it for YEARS.

 

[Gaby]

Maybe an Italian speaking member could dig out more?

I did a search on mainstream media yesterday when I read the news on Sott. The Italian Health Ministry is concerned, although they are trying to keep things on perspective.

Mainstream reports about security measures and FAQ from the Italian Health Ministry website:

Ebola, l'allerta del Ministero della Salute
_http://espresso.repubblica.it/attualita/2014/04/11/news/ebola-l-allerta-del-ministero-della-salute-1.160690

FAQ - Malattia da virus Ebola (EVD)
_http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/p5_1_1.jsp?lingua=italiano&id=184

Ebola, l'Italia attiva le misure di "sicurezza"
_http://www.repubblica.it/salute/2014/04/11/news/ebola_l_italia_attiva_le_misure_di_sicurezza-83359106/

Some people I knew from Italy are concerned (health staff), although it is said that there is no risk of infection, still the security measures and signs for the disease are being passed around. So I guess we'll see.

 

[Andromeda]

Some people I knew from Italy are concerned (health staff), although it is said that there is no risk of infection, still the security measures and signs for the disease are being passed around. So I guess we'll see.

Things are really heating up. With everything taken together, I can almost hear the other shoe dropping already.

 

[luke wilson]

Some people I knew from Italy are concerned (health staff), although it is said that there is no risk of infection, still the security measures and signs for the disease are being passed around. So I guess we'll see.

Things are really heating up. With everything taken together, I can almost hear the other shoe dropping already.

What I find interesting about this story is that the PTB are trying their best to downplay it in terms of risk to Europe. That's not to say that it is/isn't serious. However, compared to other public health scares (e.g. swine flu) or even general terrorist threats that have not amounted to anything, they take the opportunity to max up the fear.

To me this by itself means something...

 

[Vic]

Some people I knew from Italy are concerned (health staff), although it is said that there is no risk of infection, still the security measures and signs for the disease are being passed around. So I guess we'll see.

Things are really heating up. With everything taken together, I can almost hear the other shoe dropping already.

What I find interesting about this story is that the PTB are trying their best to downplay it in terms of risk to Europe. That's not to say that it is/isn't serious. However, compared to other public health scares (e.g. swine flu) or even general terrorist threats that have not amounted to anything, they take the opportunity to max up the fear.

To me this by itself means something...

It probably means that the virus broke out of Africa before they intended, and they are now rushing out a new vaccine for it, ready to save us all. A nice little earner for the PTB, and a good few suffering humans with negative energy their masters can feed on.

 

[Laura]

It probably means that the virus broke out of Africa before they intended, and they are now rushing out a new vaccine for it, ready to save us all. A nice little earner for the PTB, and a good few suffering humans with negative energy their masters can feed on.

I doubt this is one of theirs.

 

[Windmill knight]

What I find interesting about this story is that the PTB are trying their best to downplay it in terms of risk to Europe. That's not to say that it is/isn't serious. However, compared to other public health scares (e.g. swine flu) or even general terrorist threats that have not amounted to anything, they take the opportunity to max up the fear.

To me this by itself means something...

That's a good observation. It seems that the crazy general rule is that if it's fake, overblown or fabricated, they'll give us a ready-made story so we can go hysterical and accept whichever plans they have. If it's real, serious, unexpected or out of their control, they'll pretend nothing is happening, or will come up with the clumsiest half-baked explanations. And that is how we know that the missing Malaysian airplane situation, for one example, is out of their hands completely, because otherwise they would have had a plausible story to tell us a long time ago involving some previously unknown Malaysian al-Qaeda cell or weather conditions, and they would produce chunks of the plane for people to see. Instead, it's been more than a month and they are still running around like headless chickens. Compare to 9/11; we already had a guilty party and a plan to retaliate within a day or two!

What a world to live in!!

 

[Alana]

It probably means that the virus broke out of Africa before they intended, and they are now rushing out a new vaccine for it, ready to save us all. A nice little earner for the PTB, and a good few suffering humans with negative energy their masters can feed on.

I doubt this is one of theirs.

That's what I am thinking too. And they are facing something that they don't have a clue how to deal with. Virological analysis shows that the Ebola which started in Guinea and is now spreading, is a new type of the Ebola virus encountered before: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-scientists-variant-ebola-virus-guinea.html

Scientists identify a new variant of Ebola virus in Guinea

In an article which appeared in The New England journal of Medicine on 16 April, researchers from Inserm (Jean Mérieux-Inserm BSL-4 Laboratory, Lyon) and the Institut Pasteur have published their initial findings on the characteristics of the Ebola virus discovered in Guinea. Initial virological investigations enabled them to identify Zaire ebolavirus as the pathogen responsible for this epidemic.

Performed in less than a month, sequencing of the complete genome and subsequent phylogenetic analysis show that the virus present in Guinea forms a clade (variant) that is distinct from strains previously identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Gabon. Epidemiological investigations also linked the laboratory confirmed cases with the initial deaths recorded during the December 2013 outbreak.

Ebola virus is a lethal, highly contagious virus for which there is presently no treatment. The symptoms are somewhat non-specific, and include fever, severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Between 30 and 90% of those infected with this organism die as a result.

On 2 April 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in a communiqué published by the UN, reported that it had recorded 5 new cases of Ebola fever in Guinea. Since January, the total number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola fever in the present outbreak in Guinea is 127, with 83 deaths, according to WHO, which states that 35 cases were confirmed by laboratory testing.

The initial samples were analysed in Lyon in the Jean Mérieux-Inserm BSL-4 Laboratory directed by Hervé Raoul, Inserm Research Director, by the French National Reference Centre for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (attached to the Biology of Viral Emerging Infections Unit at the Institut Pasteur, directed by Sylvain Baize). A positive diagnosis was made.

A mobile BSL-4 laboratory was deployed in Guinea to provide assistance with diagnosis in the field. This mobile laboratory was developed as part of a European project, "EMP4," coordinated by German researchers, and in which the Jean Mérieux-Inserm BSL-4 Laboratory is the French partner.

The researchers were able to analyse blood samples from 20 patients. Various tests were conducted by the scientists in order to establish a specific identity card for the virus.

Viral RNA was extracted from the blood samples, and then amplified and sequenced. These sequences were finally compared to 48 already known complete Ebola virus genomes. According to results, the analysis showed 97% identity with strains identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 and 2007, and in Gabon in 1994 and 1996.

"These results demonstrate that we are facing the emergence of a new "form" of this virus in Guinea," explains Hervé Raoul, Director of the BSL-4 Laboratory. This form is common to cases discovered since the month of December.

It would appear that the epidemic originated from a single introduction from animal to human.

Apart from the present epidemic, these results show that the endemic area for Ebola virus is greater than previously known, and that as a consequence, West Africa should henceforth be considered an area of risk for Ebola virus. Measures aimed at preventing transmission from wild fauna to humans and quickly identifying such events if there is a recurrence must be put in place in Guinea, as well as in neighbouring countries.

 

[Vic]

It probably means that the virus broke out of Africa before they intended, and they are now rushing out a new vaccine for it, ready to save us all. A nice little earner for the PTB, and a good few suffering humans with negative energy their masters can feed on.

I doubt this is one of theirs.

That's what I am thinking too. And they are facing something that they don't have a clue how to deal with. Virological analysis shows that the Ebola which started in Guinea and is now spreading, is a new type of the Ebola virus encountered before: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-scientists-variant-ebola-virus-guinea.html

That makes more sense I suppose. The PTB seem to be messing up a lot lately. I think they'll take advantage of the situation though (or try to) and have their people on overtime knocking out those new vaccines.

 

[SeekinTruth]

I agree that there's a concerted downplaying and very little reporting in the world's mainstream media. Europe being at risk, as well as Africa, is worrying.

 

[axj]

I agree that there's a concerted downplaying and very little reporting in the world's mainstream media. Europe being at risk, as well as Africa, is worrying.

It's almost like they do not want this to interfere with the "Russia is bad" narrative that gets all the focus now. If there is an even bigger story people might actually stop caring about the push against Russia.

 

[Windmill knight]

Europe being at risk, as well as Africa, is worrying.

Plus, if Europe is at risk, so is the rest of the world, given that it is so well connected.