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Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by anonymous6(f): 11:07pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
[b] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola could drain billions of dollars from economies in West Africa by the end of next year if the epidemic is not contained, the World Bank said in an analysis on Wednesday. The global development lender predicted that slow containment of the deadly virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone could lead to broader regional contagion, particularly through tourism and trade. Under the worst-case scenario, Guinea's economic growth could be reduced by 2.3 percentage points next year while Sierra Leone's growth would be cut by 8.9 percentage points. Liberia would be hardest hit, with a reduction of 11.7 percentage points next year. "We really need to scale up our response and what we have learned from this study is that time is of the essence," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told reporters. Even under the best-case scenario, countries would need a "massive" scaling up of their response to contain the disease in the next four to six months, the bank said. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the outbreak requires a $1 billion expenditure to limit its spread. "The ($1 billion) is something we need right now, and it could go up rapidly if we do not respond," Kim said. The United States announced on Tuesday it would send 3,000 troops to help tackle the Ebola outbreak. The bank itself has pledged about $200 million in emergency assistance to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries most affected. HARDEST-HIT ECONOMIES The World Bank predicted the three West African countries so far affected by the virus would lose $359 million in economic output this year. All three also have significant funding gaps, totaling nearly $300 million. Inflation and food prices were also starting to rise due to shortages, panic buying and speculation, the bank said. Failure to contain the virus quickly could also affect business in neighboring countries, including Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal. "The analysis finds that the largest economic effects of the crisis are not as a result of the direct costs ... but rather those resulting from aversion behavior driven by fear of contagion," the bank said in a statement. The worst Ebola outbreak since the disease was identified in 1976 has already killed nearly 2,500 people, half of the number infected by the virus. The bank said agreeing on a standardized Ebola treatment and prevention protocol, endorsed by the WHO, was critical and would significantly reduce the virus's death rate, now at 53 percent. The outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which causes fever and uncontrolled bleeding, was first confirmed in the remote forests of southeastern Guinea in March.[/b] http://news.yahoo.com/world-bank-sees-possible-ebola-hit-billions-dollars-141429010--business.html |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by AfroBlue(m): 2:45am On Sep 26, 2014 |
new post... Africans Know Ebola and AIDS are Bio Weapons Thursday, September 25, 2014 16:33 Image: Scientists allege deadly diseases such as Ebola and AIDS are bio weapons being tested on Africans. Other reports have linked the Ebola virus outbreak to an attempt to reduce Africa’s population. Liberia happens to be the continents’s fastest growing population. Scientist in Largest Liberian Newspaper: Ebola, AIDS Manufactured by Western Pharmaceuticals, US DoD? Scientists allege deadly diseases such as Ebola and AIDS are bio weapons being tested on Africans. Other reports have linked the Ebola virus outbreak to an attempt to reduce Africa’s population. Liberia happens to be the continents’s fastest growing population. by Dr. Cyril Broderick, Professor of Plant Pathology Copyright: Liberian Observer Corporation published on Daily Observer 25 Sep 2014 republished here under the term of Fair Use Dear World Citizens: I have read a number of articles from your Internet outreach as well as articles from other sources about the casualties in Liberia and other West African countries about the human devastation caused by the Ebola virus. About a week ago, I read an article published in the Internet news summary publication of the Friends of Liberia that said that there was an agreement that the initiation of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was due to the contact of a two-year old child with bats that had flown in from the Congo. That report made me disconcerted with the reporting about Ebola, and it stimulated a response to the “Friends of Liberia,” saying that African people are not ignorant and gullible, as is being implicated. A response from Dr. Verlon Stone said that the article was not theirs, and that “Friends of Liberia” was simply providing a service. He then asked if he could publish my letter in their Internet forum. I gave my permission, but I have not seen it published. Because of the widespread loss of life, fear, physiological trauma, and despair among Liberians and other West African citizens, it is incumbent that I make a contribution to the resolution of this devastating situation, which may continue to recur, if it is not properly and adequately confronted. I will address the situation in five (5) points: 1. EBOLA IS A GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO) Horowitz (1998) was deliberate and unambiguous when he explained the threat of new diseases in his text, Emerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola – Nature, Accident or Intentional. In his interview with Dr. Robert Strecker in Chapter 7, the discussion, in the early 1970s, made it obvious that the war was between countries that hosted the KGB and the CIA, and the ‘manufacture’ of ‘AIDS-Like Viruses’ was clearly directed at the other. In passing during the Interview, mention was made of Fort Detrick, “the Ebola Building,” and ‘a lot of problems with strange illnesses’ in “Frederick [Maryland].” By Chapter 12 in his text, he had confirmed the existence of an American Military-Medical-Industry that conducts biological weapons tests under the guise of administering vaccinations to control diseases and improve the health of “black Africans overseas.” The book is an excellent text, and all leaders plus anyone who has interest in science, health, people, and intrigue should study it. I am amazed that African leaders are making no acknowledgements or reference to these documents. 2. EBOLA HAS A TERRIBLE HISTORY, AND TESTING HAS BEEN SECRETLY TAKING PLACE IN AFRICA I am now reading The Hot Zone, a novel, by Richard Preston (copyrighted 1989 and 1994); it is heart-rending. The prolific and prominent writer, Steven King, is quoted as saying that the book is “One of the most horrifying things I have ever read. What a remarkable piece of work.” As a New York Times bestseller, The Hot Zone is presented as “A terrifying true story.” Terrifying, yes, because the pathological description of what was found in animals killed by the Ebola virus is what the virus has been doing to citizens of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in its most recent outbreak: Ebola virus destroys peoples’ internal organs and the body deteriorates rapidly after death. It softens and the tissues turn into jelly, even if it is refrigerated to keep it cold. Spontaneous liquefaction is what happens to the body of people killed by the Ebola virus! The author noted in Point 1, Dr. Horowitz, chides The Hot Zone for writing to be politically correct; I understand because his book makes every effort to be very factual. The 1976 Ebola incident in Zaire, during President Mobutu Sese Seko, was the introduction of the GMO Ebola to Africa. 3. SITES AROUND AFRICA, AND IN WEST AFRICA, HAVE OVER THE YEARS BEEN SET UP FOR TESTING EMERGING DISEASES, ESPECIALLY EBOLA The World Health Organization (WHO) and several other UN Agencies have been implicated in selecting and enticing African countries to participate in the testing events, promoting vaccinations, but pursuing various testing regiments. The August 2, 2014 article, West Africa: What are US Biological Warfare Researchers Doing in the Ebola Zone? by Jon Rappoport of Global Research pinpoints the problem that is facing African governments. Obvious in this and other reports are, among others: (a) The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), a well-known centre for bio-war research, located at Fort Detrick, Maryland; (b) Tulane University, in New Orleans, USA, winner of research grants, including a grant of more than $7 million the National Institute of Health (NIH) to fund research with the Lassa viral hemorrhagic fever; (c) the US Center for Disease Control (CDC); (d) Doctors Without Borders (also known by its French name, Medicins Sans Frontiers); (e) Tekmira, a Canadian pharmaceutical company; (f) The UK’s GlaxoSmithKline; and (g) the Kenema Government Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Reports narrate stories of the US Department of Defense (DoD) funding Ebola trials on humans, trials which started just weeks before the Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The reports continue and state that the DoD gave a contract worth $140 million dollars to Tekmira, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, to conduct Ebola research. This research work involved injecting and infusing healthy humans with the deadly Ebola virus. Hence, the DoD is listed as a collaborator in a “First in Human” Ebola clinical trial (NCT02041715, which started in January 2014 shortly before an Ebola epidemic was declared in West Africa in March. Disturbingly, many reports also conclude that the US government has a viral fever bioterrorism research laboratory in Kenema, a town at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The only relevant positive and ethical olive-branch seen in all of my reading is that Theguardian.com reported, “The US government funding of Ebola trials on healthy humans comes amid warnings by top scientists in Harvard and Yale that such virus experiments risk triggering a worldwide pandemic.” That threat still persists. 4. THE NEED FOR LEGAL ACTION TO OBTAIN REDRESS FOR DAMAGES INCURRED DUE TO THE PERPETUATION OF INJUSTICE IN THE DEATH, INJURY AND TRAUMA IMPOSED ON LIBERIANS AND OTHER AFRICANS BY THE EBOLA AND OTHER DISEASE AGENTS. The U. S., Canada, France, and the U. K. are all implicated in the detestable and devilish deeds that these Ebola tests are. There is the need to pursue criminal and civil redress for damages, and African countries and people should secure legal representation to seek damages from these countries, some corporations, and the United Nations. Evidence seems abundant against Tulane University, and suits should start there. Yoichi Shimatsu’s article, The Ebola Breakout Coincided with UN Vaccine Campaigns, as published on August 18, 2014, in the Liberty Beacon. 5. AFRICAN LEADERS AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN DEFENDING BABIES, CHILDREN, AFRICAN WOMEN, AFRICAN MEN, AND THE ELDERLY. THESE CITIZENS DO NOT DESERVE TO BE USED AS GUINEA PIGS! Africa must not relegate the Continent to become the locality for disposal and the deposition of hazardous chemicals, dangerous drugs, and chemical or biological agents of emerging diseases. There is urgent need for affirmative action in protecting the less affluent of poorer countries, especially African citizens, whose countries are not as scientifically and industrially endowed as the United States and most Western countries, sources of most viral or bacterial GMOs that are strategically designed as biological weapons. It is most disturbing that the U. S. Government has been operating a viral hemorrhagic fever bioterrorism research laboratory in Sierra Leone. Are there others? Wherever they exist, it is time to terminate them. If any other sites exist, it is advisable to follow the delayed but essential step: Sierra Leone closed the US bioweapons lab and stopped Tulane University for further testing. The world must be alarmed. All Africans, Americans, Europeans, Middle Easterners, Asians, and people from every conclave on Earth should be astonished. African people, notably citizens more particularly of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are victimized and are dying every day. Listen to the people who distrust the hospitals, who cannot shake hands, hug their relatives and friends. Innocent people are dying, and they need our help. The countries are poor and cannot afford the whole lot of personal protection equipment (PPE) that the situation requires. The threat is real, and it is larger than a few African countries. The challenge is global, and we request assistance from everywhere, including China, Japan, Australia, India, Germany, Italy, and even kind-hearted people in the U.S., France, the U.K., Russia, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and anywhere else whose desire is to help. The situation is bleaker than we on the outside can imagine, and we must provide assistance however we can. To ensure a future that has less of this kind of drama, it is important that we now demand that our leaders and governments be honest, transparent, fair, and productively engaged. They must answer to the people. Please stand up to stop Ebola testing and the spread of this dastardly disease. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Dr. Cyril E. Broderick, Sr. About the Author: Dr. Broderick is a former professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Liberia’s College of Agriculture and Forestry. He is also the former Observer Farmer in the 1980s. It was from this column in our newspaper, the Daily Observer, that Firestone spotted him and offered him the position of Director of Research in the late 1980s. In addition, he is a scientist, who has taught for many years at the Agricultural College of the University of Delaware. The post Africans Know Ebola and AIDS are Bio Weapons appeared first on Zen Gardner. http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/09/africans-know-ebola-and-aids-are-bio-weapons-3035104.html |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by Nobody: 11:24am On Sep 26, 2014 |
This may be one of the possible real reasons to behind the Ebola propaganda - To justify World Bank /IMF involvement in the region which would help USA take over the resources in the region. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCdOkf4NxQ Ebola probably does not exist at all and all the fake hysteria is to psychological manipulation of Africans to terrorise them and justify IMF and World bank criminal involvement to exploit the region. anonymous6: [b] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola could drain billions of dollars from economies in West Africa by the end of next year if the epidemic is not contained, the World Bank said in an analysis on Wednesday. |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by gatiano(m): 11:51am On Sep 26, 2014 |
if broke ass white man needs some bailouts, he should just beg for it (money). then we will raise a committee within the african chiefs to determine whether to borrow them or not just for the fun of it. broke ass white people want to fool us with ebola, if not for the corrupt brains of the african leaders, na pkasco e fo be (the raising of the shoulder). broke ass junkies need money to build them bunkers and space ships, Mother Earth is spinning them out of place. |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by anonymous6(f): 4:05pm On Sep 26, 2014 |
GenBuhari: This may be one of the possible real reasons to behind the Ebola propaganda - To justify World Bank /IMF involvement in the region which would help USA take over the resources in the region. well when it comes to Ebola I believe it exist, however I am not naive to the fact that there are organizations and etc that don't have the best interest for Africans and use certain ways to do that but when it comes Ebola I don't think it's the case. |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by Nobody: 8:49pm On Sep 26, 2014 |
why do you believe it exists? anonymous6: |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 10:17pm On Sep 26, 2014 |
Ebola and terrorism all western funded are draining African economies |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by anonymous6(f): 11:38am On Oct 04, 2014 |
GenBuhari: It's obvious in the news especially in Liberia |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by Nobody: 3:06pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
But all the media are control by the hoaxers, other than the media you have no independent evidence of the existence of Ebola right? Think about it. anonymous6: |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by anonymous6(f): 11:48am On Oct 05, 2014 |
GenBuhari: No I don't have evidence beside the Medical staff and doctors of both Liberia and America(including scientist) who actually proved first hand accounts that it exist. |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by Nobody: 12:45pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
All the people in all the countries involved are all part of the hoax. Because the news media are controlled by the hoaxers, they will never show those people that want to tell the truth. Even ISIS terrorist group is hoaxed to give excuse for NATO to get into Syria, this why you would not get anybody interviewing the Syrian leader at this time. Have heard that Africans who have died of Ebola are now being reported as resurrecting from death? Do you believe that also?; if not why not? anonymous6: |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by anonymous6(f): 12:28am On Oct 06, 2014 |
GenBuhari: I guess you and me have to agree to disagree if you believe ISIS is a hoax, lol |
Re: Ebola Could Drain Billions Of Dollars From African Economies: World Bank by Nobody: 12:43am On Oct 06, 2014 |
You do not have to agree to disagree so soon as you have not fully considered all the evidence. You are getting your news from CNN, Fox, BBC etc right? These news organisations are all controlled to provide propaganda on order of their western governments. Mark my word. The purpose of ISIS is just to give NATO an excuse to get into Syria and overthrow President Assad. The ISIS beheadings never actually happened there just show actors pretending to behead people and then the video fades to black. I know it is hard to believe that news media can do such audacious deception, but that is why they do it because the average Joe will not believe that they can attempt such act of deception. So you see Ebola deception is just that. anonymous6: |
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