The Ebola Outbreak Shows Why the Global Health System Is Broken - Businessweek:
"At the end of last week,
the World Health Organization declared the West African Ebola outbreak an international health emergency.
The move was largely symbolic, however; the organization did not suggest trade and travel restrictions, a reflection of the slim chances of a global epidemic.
Even in the West African countries where the disease has spread, it’s still far down the list of killers.
Over the past few months infections such as malaria and tuberculosis have caused far more deaths in the region than Ebola.
At the same time, the Ebola outbreak is a wake-up call to governments everywhere:
The international health system is broken.
Preventing a recurrence of this tragedy will require more money and attention on global progress against infectious disease and epidemics.
As of Aug. 6, 1,779 cases of Ebola had been reported to the WHO, including 961 deaths.
Of the four countries affected, Sierra Leone (with 717 cases) has suffered the worst.
The country’s first reported Ebola deaths were in April this year.
In approximately four months, Sierra Leone suffered a total of 298 deaths.
More are surely to come."
Here’s the Picture Involving Two Children That Atheists Are Demanding Officials Remove From a School — and the District’s Bold Response | TheBlaze.com:
Liberals May Be Panicking After This Welfare Secret That They Never Wanted Out Was Exposed: "Colorado welfare recipients have withdrawn millions of dollars from ATMs outside the state in the past two years, even outside the contiguous United States. This finding comes after reports that Colorado welfare recipients withdrew hundreds of thousands from ATMs in liquor stores, casinos, and marijuana shops in the state, all illegal under federal law."
“Meet The Press” panelist Joe Scarborough slammed the White House Sunday, saying simply that no one believes them regarding the recent Ebola scare after a man in Dallas was diagnosed with the virus."
"Ben Affleck fans may find themselves scratching their heads over not only his emotional response in defending Islam, following the beheading of three Americans by Muslims terrorists, but even more so by the words that he uttered in defense of Islam."
"Having crossed just feet into Mexico with these firearms has cost the veteran nearly eight months of his life as he has lingered in a Mexican jail cell as his combat-induced PTSD has worsened while President Obama has done nothing to secure the release of the Marine. "
"Larry Klayman, a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney, who also founded Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, as well as being the first attorney in history to have obtained a court ruling that a President of the United States (Bill Clinton) had committed a crime, is suing to get Barack Obama deported from the United States."
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Obama Praises the Mosque of the Oklahoma Beheader? Yes, He Did:
This is meant as a deterrent,” Anna Simo, of the leftist Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), was quoted as saying in El Pais.
"Their flimsy narrative is threatened each and every time a good guy with a gun saves lives and advanced when a bad guy with a gun takes lives unnecessarily.
