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2014-06-22 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve White 2014-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Hell they got something better than Ebola TW, they got Holy Mens, Automatic Weapons, they got Jihad!

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-22 03:55|| 2014-06-22 03:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Hell, just pray to Allah for health, course you know, you won't get it, not that you would want GOOD health.

Just take what Allah sends you.

Posted by Redeck Jim 2014-06-22 04:30|| 2014-06-22 04:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I blame poverty, lack of job opportunity, and the secondary effects of a 300 year period of western colonial oppression. Prior to the modern era, the region enjoyed 40,000 to 60,000 yeas of unparalleled progress and growth.

Roundel or pondok [hut] circa 40,000 B.C.

Modern pondok.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-22 06:33|| 2014-06-22 06:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Then there were the dark ages after 40,000BC, when the art of photography remained lost.

Snark of the day.

Posted by KBK 2014-06-22 07:57|| 2014-06-22 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 But ... how is this related to Global Man-made Climate Modification?

"Change", you know, might allow for natural causes, whereas "modification" suggests a conscious intent.

Posted by Bobby 2014-06-22 10:42|| 2014-06-22 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Gentlemen, people are suffering from a hellacious disease, and all you want to do is snark about it?

There are people I know personally and care about in Liberia. People with good sense, love for their neighbors, and the drive and guts to fight the ignorance that causes so much suffering.

I dare you to take the two minutes you would ordinarily use to make a snotty comment, and go look up a way to help improve health in Africa. Here are a few:

Tostan, http://www.tostan.org/ Fights against Female Genital Mutilation throughout Africa. Grassroots women's efforts begun in Senegal

Dignity Liberia
http://www.dignityliberia.org/
Provides medical treatment for women with obstetric fistula. Some women suffer from complications for years without treatment.

Compassion International,
Compassion.com
and
Vision Trust
visiontrust.org

Both organizations specialize in children's health, education, and nutrition through child sponsorship.

Posted by mom 2014-06-22 11:43|| 2014-06-22 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Genital Mutilation is a disease? How about an insane barbaric cultural norm? Washing dead bodies with Ebola is a known transmission vector, yet their "Culture" compels them to do it.

Yes their conditions are hellacious at times, but I see too few going beyond tribalism and ignorance to help themselves rise above. See: the next tribal militia attack

Posted by Frank G 2014-06-22 12:07|| 2014-06-22 12:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Washingdead bodies with Ebola is a known transmission vector, yet their "Culture" compels them to do it.

Are cultures eligible to receive Darwin awards?

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-22 12:13|| 2014-06-22 12:13|| Front Page Top

#9 It is my understanding that the causes of the virus are unknown but it appears to be a zoonotic, that is finding it's origin in non-human primates.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-22 12:20|| 2014-06-22 12:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Frank, one of the problems has been getting the word out about washing the bodies. In a big area you focus your efforts on places you know have the disease nearby. Then the disease pops up someplace unexpected.

Posted by James 2014-06-22 14:56|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2014-06-22 14:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Squinty asks, Are cultures eligible to receive Darwin awards?

Of course they are. Some even elect Obama, downhill all the way.

Posted by AlanC 2014-06-22 15:00|| 2014-06-22 15:00|| Front Page Top

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