- 47 health workers at Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone conducted comprehensive study of Ebola patients
- Seven of the team died during study - six from the virus
- They found age is a key factor establishing the fatality rate for over 45s is 94% while for those aged up to 21 is 57%
- Study is significant because it adds new knowledge of the virus
- From Ebola's discovery in 1976 there were just 25 outbreaks in 37 years, killing around 1,500 people (source: Mail Online.com)
Mission Statement: This blog reviews the news of the day in light of 242 years of American history. "Nationalism," a modern day pejorative, has been our country's politic throughout history, until 2008. Obama changed that narrative. Trump is seeking a return to our historical roots. Midknight Review supports this return to normality.
Ebola has been around for more than 37 years, and we - in the US - are still not ready for a mass epidemic.
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