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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ebola seems to have fallen off the radar, with Ferguson and then Robin Williams' death.[/quote]

That's true.  Canada is still paying attention.

[b]Raid sparks new Ebola fears as patients flee, bloody sheets stolen[/b] | Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/17/raid_sparks_new_ebola_fears_as_patients_flee_bloody_sheets_stolen.html

Sunday, August 17, 2014

[quote]MONROVIA, LIBERIA—Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum after [b]residents raided a quarantine centre for suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses[/b].

The violence in the West Point slum occurred late Saturday and was led by residents angry that patients were brought to the holding centre from other parts of Monrovia, Tolbert Nyenswah, assistant health minister, said Sunday.

Up to 30 patients were staying at the centre and [b]many of them fled at the time of the raid[/b], said Nyenswah. Once they are located they will be transferred to the Ebola centre at Monrovia’s largest hospital, he said.

West Point residents went on a “looting spree,” stealing items from the clinic that were likely infected, said a senior police official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the press. [b]The residents took medical equipment and mattresses and sheets that had bloodstains[/b], he said. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids including blood, vomit, feces and sweat.

“All between the houses you could see people fleeing with items looted from the patients,” the official said, adding that he now feared “the whole of West Point will be infected.”

Some of the looted items were visibly stained with blood, vomit and excrement, said Richard Kieh, who lives in the area. [/quote]
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