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Who believes Barbados is ready to treat Ebola?
Who believes Barbados is ready to treat Ebola?

It is interesting to observe how Barbados has reacted to the Ebola threat. In spite of the assurance from the Barbados government that surveillance measures are in place at the airport and the seaport, in real terms, we know the surveillance is NOT a robust method to screen Ebola affected travellers seeking to enter Barbados.

Given the importance of tourism to Barbados and service economies in the region, a decision to ban incoming non Barbadians who have visited Africa in the last 30 days should have been axiomatic. The region should have acted in concert given our vulnerability as a tourism destination. The fact that St. Lucia, St. Vincent and a few neighbouring islands have banned travellers from visiting who have visited Africa means nothing if the region is perceived by the outside world as one space.

BU is of the view  individuals who have visited Africa in the last 30 days should not be permitted to enter Barbados (and the Caribbean space). The embargo should also extend to imports vulnerable to the virus.

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355 responses to “Impose Ban on Travellers from Africa NOW!”

  1. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; Re your 8:33 am post;

    Agreed in toto. Arrogance of the highest order but it seems to be his style.

  2. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; I forgot to mention above. That the announcement of that policy by a mere line minister and one not obviously directly responsible for the management of any putative proactive or reactive response to Ebola, seems to concretize the communications style of this Government.

    Freundelitis is alive and well and we like it so. He in de garden hiding.

  3. ac Avatar
    ac

    David referencing your comment @6.24am

    another piece of good news with intent to stop the world wide spread of hysteria and fearmongering ..also in referance to the doctor,s comment another goodmessage sent to countries who sat back and did not lift a finger to help africa in the earliest onset of the virus.

  4. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    It looks like Operation Ebola is on the way to eliminate ISIS once and for all. And the CIA is planning to utilize the use of Drones to target the ISIS terrorists with virus.

  5. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    Dompey; Where did you get that from? Think! Such a strategy would be totally stupid in the extreme. Do you or they realise what the reaction of the survivors will be?

    And there are always survivors!

    Stupse!!!!!!

  6. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Dompey | October 22, 2014 at 9:53 AM |

    It looks like Operation Ebola is on the way to eliminate ISIS once and for all. And the CIA is planning to utilize the use of Drones to target the ISIS terrorists with virus..
    ……………………………………………………………………………………
    The US, UK and most European ‘fighting’ nations have in their arsenal a pleutoria of Nuclear Biological and Chemical weapons. Mustard gas was first used,with deadly effects, in WW1 on the battlefields in France , but Iraq was invaded by these same western stockholders of chemical weapons,in the Gulf War, to arrest the used of such WMD’s by Iraq.

  7. St George's Dragon Avatar
    St George’s Dragon

    @ Colonel Buggy
    “The US, UK and most European ‘fighting’ nations have in their arsenal a pleutoria (should that be plethora?) of Nuclear Biological and Chemical weapons.”
    No they don’t.
    Apart from the UK, the only other European nation that has nuclear weapons is France.
    No European nation has biological weapons.
    No European nation has chemical weapons.

  8. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Technically no European nation has biological or chemical weapons,on their individual inventory. But they, the NATO members ,have access to NATO’s stockpile, which is shared among alliance members. Six is half a dozen.

  9. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-there-yet

    A couple observations: the USA has tweaked entry protocol by distributing Ebola kits to individuals entering their border from Ebola affected countries. The kit includes a thermometer for example to enable self monitoring of temperature, script to follow etc.

    The other observation, the Liberia camera and Amber Nurse declared Ebola free, why? Early intervention which contrasts starkly with how Duncan was treated.

  10. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    The other observation, the Liberia camera and Amber Nurse declared Ebola free, why? Early intervention which contrasts starkly with how Duncan was treated.

    Simply because the hospital had no clue. This is why protocols and training are relevant.

    For all first line clinics too.

    Which we have none of.

    But, we are supposed to be ready. What a joke.

  11. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    We see that T&T dockers are refusing to off load a ship that came from Africa, and our Minister of Tourism has informed us that a ship out of Africa with some crewmen exhibiting symptoms of ebola has been turned away.
    But what guarantees have we got that some unscrupulous ship’s captain . in order to get his cargo offloaded, will not hide, or even throw such affected crewmen overboard in Barbados waters, to be recovered later by fishermen, coast guard or washed ashore.
    What measures ,also, have we got in place to deal with a similar situation, where a boatload of African boat people corpses,drifted into our waters some years ago.

  12. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    According to the latest BBC news ,Ebola has now entered Mali.

  13. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    …and also NY

  14. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; re your 6:39 am post;

    You said
    “the USA has tweaked entry protocol by distributing Ebola kits to individuals entering their border from Ebola affected countries. The kit includes a thermometer for example to enable self monitoring of temperature, script to follow etc.”

    At first glance it might appear that we can’t possibly have the resources to match the great USA re. its innovations for the screening process but consider this:

    Since the new system of routing all travellers from the 3 west african countries to 5 airports in the USA began last week I think I read that something like a total of 150 persons or thereabouts per day were being screened at the 5 airports. That works out to about 30 persons at each airport. Compare that situation with Barbados; I suspect that we should expect, on average, no more than 2 persons per day from the affected countries at our lone airport therefore the logistics become times less onerous for us. Thus the persons who pass our screening process can theoretically be easily individually monitored for the 21 day incubation period by Ministry of Health personnel, who could make up the requisite kits and would know where they are staying on the Island.

    The problem in Barbados will revolve around how to treat with the people who failed the screening process or developed Ebola symptoms later and might therefore be possibly infected with Ebola. The Minister of Health made a statement on Barbados’ readiness re Ebola tonight on CBC TV in which he indicated that trained personnel equipped with the necessary protocols would be stationed at each port of entry and that adequate facilities now exists at each port for safely interviewing such persons and determining if they should be sent to our Isolation facility at Enmore for treatment. He didn’t say what would happen if people who were confirmed with Ebola exceeded 4 at any one time.

    There are lots of areas for discussion in what he said. He never said, as far as I recall, “Cabinet has agreed …..” although presumably that could be taken for granted.

    I for one, think the current approach is one which can work quite well if Ebola only becomes infective when a patient is near to death or dying and which seems to be borne out in the majority of case histories in the current outbreak . If it becomes infective at an early stage right after the initial symptoms are apparent it becomes a different matter.

    I was just told that there is a new Ebola case in New York, a Doctor who returned there 10 days ago from treating Ebola patients in West Africa. There is no connection between this new case and the Duncan one.

  15. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    Here is NY Times report on new Ebola case;

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-ebola-virus-at-bellevue-hospital-in-new-york-city.html?partner=msft_msn&_r=0

  16. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    I think the question was asked why a Canadian entity was involved in testing of a potential drug for Ebola, well here is the answer as the Canadian Gov’t holds the patent for a possible vaccine that sat on the shelf for 10 years. The article from NYT also goes into limited detail why drug companies are reluctant to manufacture drugs that benefit poor countries.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/health/without-lucrative-market-potential-ebola-vaccine-was-shelved-for-years.html?_r=0

  17. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-we-there-yet

    There is the screening at the Port where one assumes there must be interaction with ships offloading arrived from African calls.

  18. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Only a matter of time before Ebola runs rampant. It WILL mutate further.

    There will be a rush to get the vaccine to human trials. Hopefully one strain will give some immunity vs others?

    Dr.GP?

  19. David Avatar
    David

    Ebola epidemic will ‘explode’ by mid-December, scientists warn

  20. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; Yes! The danger posed by cargo ships visiting here after visiting a West African infected country is likely to be more problematic than Airplanes or Cruise ships.

    I wonder if our Government could modify the screening protocol (if it is not already included) by mandating airlines and cruise lines NOT to bring people to Barbados who had resided in or visited any of the affected West African countries over the previous 21 or 42 days (whichever is more scientifically and logistically sound). If that is possible it could remove a large proportion of potential carriers even if not actual numbers.

    The very recent new cases in New York and Mali do not change the overall epidemiological picture of the current outbreak. It still does not appear to be spread by casual contact, it still is primarily a disease of caregivers, it still seems to be almost exclusively spread (in terms of from Africa to other countries) by Doctors and Nurses and other health professionals. Future mutations that could change these patterns are a slim possibility judging from the internet accessible literature.

  21. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    How come we are always hearing so much about religion, Christianity, Islam, Judiasm, Rastafari, and yet in this epidemic, Cuba the country with NO RELIGION has the most health care workers on the ground.

    What has happened to love thy neighbor which all religions claim to teach?

  22. David Avatar
    David

    There is the religious dogma, then there is the practical application.

  23. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    Simple Simon …they have all gone silent especially when I asked if there were any volunteers. They say empty vessels make most noise when they feel they can impress and convert. As I have said before if their Jesus was to come in from Africa he would be stoned and crucified all over again.

  24. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    As you have already heard, Ebola has found its way into New York City.

  25. David Avatar
    David

    @Dompey

    And you felt the pressing need to repeat?

  26. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Simple Simon | October 24, 2014 at 7:06 AM |

    So Simple Simon you too are onto the religious motor-mouths and hypocrites?

    Where are the many Islamic doctors and nurses that live in the West enjoying all the material comforts? Why are they not doing their Islamic duty to their fellow Muslim brothers and sisters in West Africa? Is it because those Muslims are black and not of true Arabian stock?

    We wonder what he MistaBlack and his groupies ac and Donkey Dompey have to say about this lack of enthusiasm by the Islamic countries to help their West African brothers and sister in Muhammad.

    Remember when MistaBlack told us that those West Africans who were enslaved and brought to the new World by the evil white man were Muslims?

    But then they (the Moslems) can leave it all up to the evil white race headed by atheists carrying the rod of Asclepius instead of the red crescent moon.

  27. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; Looks like the WHO committee that met 2 days ago have passed the buck back to the Governments. A short aside in your link above states:-

    The news comes as the World Health Organization’s emergency committee decided screening passengers for Ebola may have a ‘limited effect’ in stopping the spread of the virus. The committee warned that ‘resource demands may be significant’ when screening incoming passengers, but that it is up to individual Governments to decide whether the measure is necessary. 

    Looks like a case of “The Devil takes the hindmost”

  28. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-we-there-yet

    Thanks, it is what we stated all along, Ebola roulette. Pray!

  29. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David;

    Here’s the full statement of WHO coming out of the emergency meeting:

    http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-3rd-ihr-meeting/en/

    Banning not recommended, Screening may have limited effect.

    Looks like not only russian roulette, which is a very apt description of where we now are, but a need for prayer by those who wish to escape the possible biological apocalypse, not Bushtea nor GP, nor Zoe, who from my analysis of their writings on BU, will actually welcome such a situation.

  30. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-We-There-Yet

    Don’t worry, the BBC is reporting millions of Ebola vaccine will be available from next year. Now that Ebola has entered the Whiteman’s world resources will be tossed at it.

    On Friday, 24 October 2014, Barbados Underground wrote:

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  31. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    islandgal246 | October 24, 2014 at 7:13 AM |
    As I have said before if their Jesus was to come in from Africa he would be stoned and crucified all over again.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    What make you think that he would fare any better in Barbados, if he turns up without the following : No American Accent, No William Westmancott bespoke suit, No Mercedes or Beamer ,or no older secondary school tie.

  32. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David;

    Below is a summary of a recent paper published in the Lancet e-Journal on 21st October. The paper looked at the potential for international spread of Ebola based on volumes of air travellers from the infected West African countries to other countries. The Caribbean volume was too small to figure in the overall analysis.

    I’ve extracted the summary below:

    Assessment of the potential for international dissemination of Ebola virus via commercial air travel during the 2014 west African outbreak

    Isaac I Bogoch MD a b, Maria I Creatore PhD c, Martin S Cetron MD d, John S Brownstein PhD e f, Nicki Pesik MD g, Jennifer Miniota MSc c, Theresa Tam MD h, Wei Hu MSA c, Adriano Nicolucci MSA c, Saad Ahmed BSc i, James W Yoon MISt c, Isha Berry c, Prof Simon Hay DSc j k, Aranka Anema PhD f l, Andrew J Tatem PhD j m n, Derek MacFadden MD a, Matthew German MSc c, Dr Kamran Khan MD a c Corresponding AuthorEmail Address

    Summary

    Background
    The WHO declared the 2014 west African Ebola epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in view of its potential for further international spread. Decision makers worldwide are in need of empirical data to inform and implement emergency response measures. Our aim was to assess the potential for Ebola virus to spread across international borders via commercial air travel and assess the relative efficiency of exit versus entry screening of travellers at commercial airports.

    Methods
    We analysed International Air Transport Association data for worldwide flight schedules between Sept 1, 2014, and Dec 31, 2014, and historic traveller flight itinerary data from 2013 to describe expected global population movements via commercial air travel out of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Coupled with Ebola virus surveillance data, we modelled the expected number of internationally exported Ebola virus infections, the potential effect of air travel restrictions, and the efficiency of airport-based traveller screening at international ports of entry and exit. We deemed individuals initiating travel from any domestic or international airport within these three countries to have possible exposure to Ebola virus. We deemed all other travellers to have no significant risk of exposure to Ebola virus.

    Findings
    Based on epidemic conditions and international flight restrictions to and from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as of Sept 1, 2014 (reductions in passenger seats by 51% for Liberia, 66% for Guinea, and 85% for Sierra Leone), our model projects 2·8 travellers infected with Ebola virus departing the above three countries via commercial flights, on average, every month. 91 547 (64%) of all air travellers departing Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone had expected destinations in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. Screening international travellers departing three airports would enable health assessments of all travellers at highest risk of exposure to Ebola virus infection.

    Interpretation
    Decision makers must carefully balance the potential harms from travel restrictions imposed on countries that have Ebola virus activity against any potential reductions in risk from Ebola virus importations. Exit screening of travellers at airports in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone would be the most efficient frontier at which to assess the health status of travellers at risk of Ebola virus exposure, however, this intervention might require international support to implement effectively.

    Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

  33. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-we-there-yet

    We are back to risk mitigation tactics. What are the benefits to Barbados of allowing travellers from West Africa when weighed against the downside risk associated with an Ebola case.

  34. Exclaimer Avatar
    Exclaimer

    The latest from the BBC:
    Ebola crisis: ‘Many exposed’ to infected Mali girl
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29755443

  35. ac Avatar
    ac

    A very important piece of information/recommendation for countries by WHO and also should include those in social media who insist on pressing the panic button and raising the EBOLA red flag of FEAR

    All countries should strengthen education and communication efforts to combat stigma, disproportionate fear, and inappropriate measures and reactions associated with Ebola. Such efforts may also encourage self-reporting and early presentation for diagnosis and care.

  36. ac Avatar
    ac

    i am appalled at the lengths some would go to push the Ebola political goal post to the breaking point now in the most recent WHO meetings i am reading some comments submitted by some here who have embellished and grossly misrepresented the Who recommendations to gain political advantage and to continue to advocate a tidal wave of fear and political spin, what i have read in the WHO recommendations has little to do with the altering of what WHO had previously recommended for all states except in the area of cargo ships and mass groups entering a country but in circumstances where there is a potential for high risk each case should be evaluated on a case by case basis and not for a call on for total banning of the group or others

    Recommendations for all States
    The Committee reiterated its recommendation that there should be no general ban on international travel or trade. A general travel ban is likely to cause economic hardship, and could consequently increase the uncontrolled migration of people from affected countries, raising the risk of international spread of Ebola. The Committee emphasized the importance of normalizing air travel and the movement of ships, including the handling of cargo and goods, to and from the affected areas, to reduce the isolation and economic hardship of the affected countries. Any necessary medical treatment should be available ashore for seafarers and passengers.
    Previous recommendations regarding the travel of EVD cases and contacts should continue to be implemented.

    WHO has reinforced its commitment to helping states and has not retracted or suggest that govts should use the banning approach ,WHO however said that the process was complex and suggested that each case should be handled individually without the need for outright banning of a country,

  37. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    The focus for Barbados is to have a micro managed process to deal with an ebola infected person.

    A person can be in Barbados for a week without symptoms and suddenly become ill.

    The critical thing is to stop that person from infecting others.

    It is important to educate all Barbadians especially those in the Tourist Industry.

  38. David Avatar
    David

    @Hants

    The challenge for Barbados and service economies is just that, we are service economies. The US, Canada and the developed world can withstand the stigmatization of an Ebola report, not Barbados and the other islands. The WHO report/conclusion is a wholesale position that we must customize to fit our risks.

  39. ac Avatar
    ac

    David | October 24, 2014 at 6:36 PM |

    The WHO report/conclusion is a wholesale position that we must customize to fit our risks.
    That is your conclusion
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
    ..no where in the WHO report does it stray away from the rules and guidelines which it has recommended inclusive of All state , furthermore Who reinforces it guidelines specifically outlining that :if there are complex issues these issues must be handled individually in avoidance to stigmatize and draw upon unfounded fear making the virus much harder to track.,
    more likely than not to customize would involve a retraction of the some of the rules and recommendations by WHO to keep this virus in check, and most likely lead to the compounding and stagnation of issues surrounding the virus that involve immediacy,

  40. FrankTalk Avatar
    FrankTalk

    Mark my words and remember them: THERE WILL BE NO EPIDEMIC OR PANDEMIC OF “EBOLA” in the USA, Europe or the West. the propaganda that is propagated by eloquently spoken broadcasters will disappear when it serves the purpose it was created to do i.e: Destabilize, Devalue and entrench Africa into ‘Debt-bondage’ that will take SIXTY – EIGHTY-YEARS to repay with her wealth which the culprits badly needs for their anemic economy

  41. FrankTalk Avatar
    FrankTalk

    Mark my words and remember them well: THERE WILL BE NO EPIDEMIC OR PANDEMIC OF “EBOLA” in the USA, Europe or the West. The propaganda that is propagated by eloquently spoken Broadcasters will disappear when it serves the purposes it was created to do i.e: Destabilize, Devalue and entrench Africa into ‘Debt-bondage’ that will take SIXTY – EIGHTY-YEARS to repay with her wealth which the culprits badly needs for their anemic economy

  42. ac Avatar
    ac

    the role of the govt is to be proactive,not to be bully or pressed into making politically opportunist recommendations “just” to gain favor with uneducated misinformed political spin misters in the media,whose agenda is a continuation of the doom and gloom prophesy with serpentine glee attached piggy backed style on the misery of a country and the people of africa whose lives has been thrown into total despair,

  43. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @David October 24, 2014 at 7:11 AM “There is the religious dogma, then there is the practical application.”

    But David “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”John 15:13King James Version (KJV)

    Maybe one of the religious people can explain in real simple language that a simple simon can understan exactly what this passage means.

  44. are-we-there-yet Avatar
    are-we-there-yet

    David; re. your 4:49 pm question;

    @Are-we-there-yet; We are back to risk mitigation tactics. What are the benefits to Barbados of allowing travellers from West Africa when weighed against the downside risk associated with an Ebola case.

    That’s a difficult one. But it all depends on the spread potential of the pest, its infectivity, etc.

    eg. If the Virus were airborne and could spread through the air the answer to the question would be a no brainer. The downside health risks associated with Ebola would swamp any putative benefit of allowing travellers from West Africa free un-screened entry. However, in such a case the benefit of banning would be just a postponement of the inevitable entry by a few days or months. Such a delay might well allow us to develop and test better systems for surveillance as well as for quickly identifying possible cases and treating such cases effectively when they eventually arrive here and effecting quick control of the outbreaks.

    If, as practically all the scientific and case-study data suggests, the virus only spreads by direct contact between body fluids from an infected patient at a late stage of expressing symptoms and an unprotected person then the answer is not that clear cut.

    The study that I linked to earlier that was published in the e-Lancet journal, used mathematical models to determine times of likely international 1st spread of the disease from the 3 primary infected countries as at 21st September. At that time the total number of active cases were 2736 as compared with nearly 5,000 now.

    For the three West African countries taken together they estimated that it would take between 0-14 months for the first export of the virus if there was unrestricted travel while it would take 0-35 months if there was restricted air travel. For liberia alone the figures were 0-2 months and 0-4 months for unrestricted and restricted travel respectively. Bear in mind that these are mathematical models with a fairly large margin of error. But they did make a good prediction of an international export within 0-2 months from Liberia.

    The Barbados situation is a fairly complex or simple one depending on how one chooses to view it. The small numbers of potential travellers between Barbados and the infected countries makes it statistically likely that the disease might take a longer time to reach these shores than it would to reach America or Europe whether travel were restricted or not, but that it would take somewhat longer if travel from the source country were restricted.

    The primary reason that the UN bodies generally eschew banning of countries is the deleterious effect of banning on trade on the economies of the trading partners. Where there is no significant trade between the countries or if the ban fulfills a different purpose, as In Barbados’ case where banning might merely give us a short breathing space before the disease turns up and thereby should not put our Tourist Industry, Health and economy at any premature risk during that time, then the institution of a ban becomes a no-brainer. But our situation is complicated by the fact that we are in a situation where the Caribbean is generally viewed as one destination by our visitors and an outbreak in one country could spell ruination for all of us. There would therefore generally be a need for us to have coordinated plans, protocols and actions to face the threat and quickly eliminate any outbreaks of Ebola on a coordinated Caribbean wide basis. But, of course, some of our neighbours have largely instituted bans or similar restrictions on travel from West Africa while it seems we have taken a different tack even though there were high level Caribbean meetings before such actions were taken that should have resulted in concerted proactive and reactive actions.

    But a collaborative and concerted effort in all phases of the Ebola project is essential for the Caribbean. Perhaps it is not too late to go back to the drawing board on this one..

    A decision not to ban is one that follows the advice of WHO and most likely PAHO as well. Their advice and assistance would have been followed to the letter over the years and would have assisted our Health services tremendously and there would therefore have been significant pressure for that advice to have been accepted by our health authorities. In the case of Ebola, that advice appears not to offer any overweening significant benefits to small countries such as Barbados since it marginally increases the risk of the disease getting here relatively quickly but does not address the problems that an outbreak of the disease in the Region will pose for our Tourism and Service based Economies and even basic Trade.

    On the other hand, It is my expectation that any importation of Ebola in Barbados will be quickly brought under control. The US example will stand us in good stead to ensure that all systems are in place to deal with any incursion. The MoH’s statement last night covered all the bases and I have faith in the ability of our Health Professionals to safely handle a small incursion of Ebola but hope that it never happens. But, for the peace of mind and safety of the Schools and other close neighbours of the new Isolation facility at Enmore, that facility should be relocated asap to a remote area.

  45. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    ss somebody throws a grenade into a foxhole and one fella jumps on it

    frank talk so you are saying Obama is an oreo?

  46. David Avatar
    David

    @Are-we-there-yet

    On the other hand, It is my expectation that any importation of Ebola in Barbados will be quickly brought under control. The US example will stand us in good stead to ensure that all systems are in place to deal with any incursion. The MoH’s statement last night covered all the bases and I have faith in the ability of our Health Professionals to safely handle a small incursion of Ebola but hope that it never happens. But, for the peace of mind and safety of the Schools and other close neighbours of the new Isolation facility at Enmore, that facility should be relocated asap to a remote area

    It is good you have confidence in the authority to bring Ebola under control should it appear on Barbados shores BUT what about fallout? Note banning remains a topical discussion in the US and other countries. BU anticipates if New York gets 3 or 4 more cases we will see a ban.

  47. ac Avatar
    ac

    And YES america will get more cases , reason being that they have field workers and doctors working in the hot zones who are susceptible, but the fall out itself would be limited and contain reducing any cause for barbados to implement measures for banning
    what you DAVID needs to get in your thick skull is that The issue of banning is a ‘Political” one but not a sensible one, as it all but closes down “the hands on” information from direct interaction with victims , necessary! vital and important in how to treat the virus , as bad as it may appear on the surface the virus reaching america was “a god send” as it opened up a forward and progressive approach by interaction (with) and patients response in the aid control and treatment of the virus limiting the virus to america shores where equipped and accessible treatment is available
    david instead of pushing FEAR and political agenda it would best or better yet serve YOUR purpose to be fair minded and more analytical in your comment instead of being a meddlesome peddle pusher for DOOM! and Fear mongering amongst the populace.A real SPECKLE FOWL you are Indeed

  48. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ ac | October 25, 2014 at 6:47 AM |
    “And YES america will get more cases , reason being that they have field workers and doctors working in the hot zones who are susceptible, but the fall out itself would be limited and contain reducing any cause for barbados to implement measures for banning”

    Based on your argument about field workers and doctors being a highly probable medium of transmission for the virus can we conclude a similar high risk situation can arise in Cuba?

  49. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ ac
    Ignorance has no bounds……
    Unfortunately, it has Internet…

  50. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    Yes Cuba is leading the Ebola charge with medical personnel along with doctors without borders.All if the narrative by countries against a ban is based on the disruption to trade more so than the probability of the Ebola spread and impact on small tourism based countries.

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