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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The $4.27 billion WHO are to blame for Ebola spreading - at last, reports
2014-10-19
The World Health Organisation botched early efforts to halt the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, according to a drafted internal report leaked late yesterday night.
would have been relatively easy to isolate a few African villages. And why didn't they?
"It's the regional office in Africa that's the front line," said Dr Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, interviewed by AP at his office in London.

"And they didn't do anything. That office is really not competent," he claimed said.

The report also found that the heads of its country offices in Africa are "politically motivated appointments" made by the WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, who does not answer to Dr Margaret Chan, the agency’s chief in Geneva.
Posted by:anon1

#6  political appointments... who probably didn't want to impose travel bans for political reasons!

WHO refused to recommend travel bans until way past even June from memory - while it spread through 5 nations
Posted by: anon1   2014-10-19 11:54  

#5  heads of its country offices in Africa are “politically motivated appointments”

Just like The Winner's latest "ebola czar" pick!
Posted by: AlmostAnonuymous5839   2014-10-19 10:56  

#4  A fine children's book series, no longer available for purchase. For those not old enuf to remember.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-19 08:05  

#3  Agenda 21?

Dr. Louis Sambo. LOL!
Posted by: Injun Ulomoque8628   2014-10-19 07:46  

#2  Assigning blame, however accurate, leads to a rather shallow analysis. Lets drill a bit deeper.

If you are having difficulty [as do some], understanding the underlying causes of African poverty, corruption, tribalism, illness, and misery in general, think of a cluster of nations all led by individual Congressional Black Caucuses. You'll not be far off.

Our tiny experiment in democracy is some 300 years old. Thank you Christopher Columbus, Vikings, Prisoners of Mother England, oppressed Europeans, hard working Amigos, and enterprising Asians. Africa on the other hand, has had by some estimates, a 40,000 head start on us.

In those accumulated 40,000 years on the Continent of Africa, experiments such as our have come and gone, most failing miserably, or in the process of failing miserably. Causative realities may go a bit deeper than climate and resources. I'll leave it at that.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-19 06:37  

#1  And why didn't they?

Racism!!!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-19 04:00  

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