Ebolavirus 2014 Outbreak
May 5, 2015
Update #6
Paul Herscu, ND, DHANP, MPH
Herscu Laboratory
VERY NEARLY THERE
Well, it is my birthday today and I decided
to treat myself to the birthday gift of writing this update. I am going to keep
this short. Back in September, and again in October I wrote that by May 2015 we
are going to have Ebola free countries in West Africa, assuming that there are
no major cuts in funding. Elsewhere, in webinars on epidemics, I highlighted
the different treatment protocols in the different countries, and that all
things being equal some countries are going to fare better than other countries.
The bottom line though was that by the start of 2015 the disease would become
localized and that with all resources effectively brought to bear, Guinea
should be clear except for some localized areas and Liberia would be Ebola free
sometime in May. Well, if my math is right, by
the end of the week, Liberia will be announced as being Ebola free,
crossing our fingers still. This leaves two countries with local outbreaks.
