as this rare and deadly disease
continues to ravage West Africa how safe
are we welcome to watchmojo.com in this
installment we’re counting down ten
crucial facts you should know about
Ebola number ten what is it
officially known as Ebola hemorrhagic
fever this is a highly infectious
disease caused by the Ebola virus first
discovered in Africa in 1976 during
simultaneous outbreaks in two African
countries this disease has since taken
the lives of thousands there are five
separate species of the virus all with
varying degrees of deadliness the strain
responsible for the 2014 outbreak called
zaire ebolavirus is the most deadly and
that basically means you develop
symptoms of flu then he developed joint
pain and eventually start to have
bleeding and that’s ultimately what
leads to death knees patients so it’s
it’s very concerning death rates can be
as high as 90% sometimes with Ebola
number 9 where did it come from humans
are not the natural hosts of the Ebola
virus it’s believed that the first
person in any of the outbreaks becomes
infected through contact with an
infected animal scientists now believe
that bats are the natural reservoir for
the virus and that it’s transmitted to
apes and humans through food or contact
with surfaces that have been drilled or
defecated on by infected animals
according to Doctors Without Borders the
2014 outbreak originated in a village in
gaeke du prefecture in Guinea where bat
hunting is a common activity number 8
how many are infected the United Nations
called the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus
outbreak a crisis unparalleled in modern
times after the first case was reported
in March 2014 five West African
countries and the United States were
next to report instances of Ebola with
thousands having already contracted the
virus Ebola is now an epidemic of the
likes that we have not seen before it’s
spiraling out of control it is getting
worse
it’s spreading faster and exponentially
this made the 2014 outbreak the largest
and most complex one since the disease’s
discovery in fact according to the World
Health Organization the sheer size of
the outbreak in terms of cases and
deaths out numbers all previous
outbreaks combined number seven how
contagious is it the incubation period
for the Ebola virus can run between two
and 21 days meaning it can take that
period of time for a person to develop
symptoms at which point they become
infectious in order to prevent
transmission avoid contact with an
infected persons or animals bodily
fluids like blood saliva urine or semen
transmission can occur through infected
medical equipment like needles
hospital beds or sheets traditional
burial rites and more it’s really only
in the African setting in these resource
poor rural areas of Africa and where
there’s very little water or soap
hygiene practices that you really see
efficient transmission of this virus
number six how will I die no I started
out with a fever and I felt really weak
and achy had a headache and I thought I
had malaria Ebola first manifests as a
common flu with symptoms like headache
fever aches and pains at that point
approximately 50% of cases take a turn
for the worse as victims can begin to
bleed internally and externally possibly
causing them to vomit blood and bleed
from their eyes
however death typically occurs when the
blood vessels deep in the body begin to
leak fluid thereby causing blood
pressure to plummet and triggering heart
kidney liver and other organs fail yer
number five is there a cure there is
presently no cure for Ebola and
therefore sufferers are treated with
only supportive therapy this includes
balancing their fluids and maintaining
their oxygen levels and blood pressure
currently the United States and Canadian
governments are in the process of fast
tracking the production of several
vaccines including zmapp which has shown
promising results in patient
with Ebola it’s difficult to produce
these particular types of antibody
cocktails and it’s not at the level of
being able to mass-produce number four
how quickly will I die once symptoms
appear the course of the illness is very
quick it typically only lasts between
six to ten days that being said the
prognosis for those infected with Ebola
is grim by October 2014
the death rate of that year’s outbreak
hovered around 48 percent however while
this number may seem high it’s
relatively low compared to previous
occurrences when death rates soared as
high as ninety percent number three how
do we contain it the Ebola virus is
spreading at alarming speed standard
control procedures for limiting Ebola
transmission include basic hygiene
quarantine the sick or suspected Ebola
victims enforcing proper burial methods
and engaging the community
however the 2014 epidemic grew so fast
containment efforts were unable to keep
up according to Doctors Without Borders
it will take months before government
and health care workers in Africa will
successfully overtake the virus
additionally in some parts of West
Africa the population is superstitious
of doctors and instead turns to witch
doctors for treatment this has also led
to an increase of transmission of the
virus if you look back in time MSF have
been able to cope without fix that have
been going on from year to year because
they have been small but at the moment
we are done on our knees so who else is
there number two who is contracting it
amid all the Ebola stories there are a
few notable cases the first is the death
of Sheikh Omar Khan Sierra Leone’s
only specialized doctor dr. Khan was a
hero in his country as he led the fight
against Ebola and other viruses in July
2014 dr. Khan became ill his colleagues
debated the merits of giving him the
highly experimental zmapp vaccine but
finally decided against it and consoled
to the virus you die for Humanity for
this country
later that month two American
missionaries sick with Ebola work
in the experimental vaccine and
thankfully made a full recovery
on October 6th 2014 Spanish nurse Maria
Teresa Romero Ramos became the first
person to contract Ebola outside of West
Africa it’s believed that she contracted
the virus by touching her face after
tending to a sick missionary in Spain
number one how will the world overcome
Ebola we are not moving fast enough we
are not doing enough according to the US
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in a worst case scenario if
nothing changes its course
Ebola could infect up to 1.4 million
people by the end of January 2015
due to the incubation period many
countries have set up checkpoints at
airports to test travelers for symptoms
with certain Airlines suspending all
flights from affected countries certain
countries have even gone so far as to
close their airports to travelers from
Ebola ravaged countries on the upside
the 2014 outbreak has seen a large surge
in donations of money and resources as
more than a dozen countries pledged
troops and supplies to build vital
medical treatment centers everybody’s
got to move fast in order for us to make
a difference and if we do we’ll save
hundreds of thousands of lives did these
facts surprise you to vote for which
news story is covered next
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continues to ravage West Africa how safe
are we welcome to watchmojo.com in this
installment we’re counting down ten
crucial facts you should know about
Ebola number ten what is it
officially known as Ebola hemorrhagic
fever this is a highly infectious
disease caused by the Ebola virus first
discovered in Africa in 1976 during
simultaneous outbreaks in two African
countries this disease has since taken
the lives of thousands there are five
separate species of the virus all with
varying degrees of deadliness the strain
responsible for the 2014 outbreak called
zaire ebolavirus is the most deadly and
that basically means you develop
symptoms of flu then he developed joint
pain and eventually start to have
bleeding and that’s ultimately what
leads to death knees patients so it’s
it’s very concerning death rates can be
as high as 90% sometimes with Ebola
number 9 where did it come from humans
are not the natural hosts of the Ebola
virus it’s believed that the first
person in any of the outbreaks becomes
infected through contact with an
infected animal scientists now believe
that bats are the natural reservoir for
the virus and that it’s transmitted to
apes and humans through food or contact
with surfaces that have been drilled or
defecated on by infected animals
according to Doctors Without Borders the
2014 outbreak originated in a village in
gaeke du prefecture in Guinea where bat
hunting is a common activity number 8
how many are infected the United Nations
called the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus
outbreak a crisis unparalleled in modern
times after the first case was reported
in March 2014 five West African
countries and the United States were
next to report instances of Ebola with
thousands having already contracted the
virus Ebola is now an epidemic of the
likes that we have not seen before it’s
spiraling out of control it is getting
worse
it’s spreading faster and exponentially
this made the 2014 outbreak the largest
and most complex one since the disease’s
discovery in fact according to the World
Health Organization the sheer size of
the outbreak in terms of cases and
deaths out numbers all previous
outbreaks combined number seven how
contagious is it the incubation period
for the Ebola virus can run between two
and 21 days meaning it can take that
period of time for a person to develop
symptoms at which point they become
infectious in order to prevent
transmission avoid contact with an
infected persons or animals bodily
fluids like blood saliva urine or semen
transmission can occur through infected
medical equipment like needles
hospital beds or sheets traditional
burial rites and more it’s really only
in the African setting in these resource
poor rural areas of Africa and where
there’s very little water or soap
hygiene practices that you really see
efficient transmission of this virus
number six how will I die no I started
out with a fever and I felt really weak
and achy had a headache and I thought I
had malaria Ebola first manifests as a
common flu with symptoms like headache
fever aches and pains at that point
approximately 50% of cases take a turn
for the worse as victims can begin to
bleed internally and externally possibly
causing them to vomit blood and bleed
from their eyes
however death typically occurs when the
blood vessels deep in the body begin to
leak fluid thereby causing blood
pressure to plummet and triggering heart
kidney liver and other organs fail yer
number five is there a cure there is
presently no cure for Ebola and
therefore sufferers are treated with
only supportive therapy this includes
balancing their fluids and maintaining
their oxygen levels and blood pressure
currently the United States and Canadian
governments are in the process of fast
tracking the production of several
vaccines including zmapp which has shown
promising results in patient
with Ebola it’s difficult to produce
these particular types of antibody
cocktails and it’s not at the level of
being able to mass-produce number four
how quickly will I die once symptoms
appear the course of the illness is very
quick it typically only lasts between
six to ten days that being said the
prognosis for those infected with Ebola
is grim by October 2014
the death rate of that year’s outbreak
hovered around 48 percent however while
this number may seem high it’s
relatively low compared to previous
occurrences when death rates soared as
high as ninety percent number three how
do we contain it the Ebola virus is
spreading at alarming speed standard
control procedures for limiting Ebola
transmission include basic hygiene
quarantine the sick or suspected Ebola
victims enforcing proper burial methods
and engaging the community
however the 2014 epidemic grew so fast
containment efforts were unable to keep
up according to Doctors Without Borders
it will take months before government
and health care workers in Africa will
successfully overtake the virus
additionally in some parts of West
Africa the population is superstitious
of doctors and instead turns to witch
doctors for treatment this has also led
to an increase of transmission of the
virus if you look back in time MSF have
been able to cope without fix that have
been going on from year to year because
they have been small but at the moment
we are done on our knees so who else is
there number two who is contracting it
amid all the Ebola stories there are a
few notable cases the first is the death
of Sheikh Omar Khan Sierra Leone’s
only specialized doctor dr. Khan was a
hero in his country as he led the fight
against Ebola and other viruses in July
2014 dr. Khan became ill his colleagues
debated the merits of giving him the
highly experimental zmapp vaccine but
finally decided against it and consoled
to the virus you die for Humanity for
this country
later that month two American
missionaries sick with Ebola work
in the experimental vaccine and
thankfully made a full recovery
on October 6th 2014 Spanish nurse Maria
Teresa Romero Ramos became the first
person to contract Ebola outside of West
Africa it’s believed that she contracted
the virus by touching her face after
tending to a sick missionary in Spain
number one how will the world overcome
Ebola we are not moving fast enough we
are not doing enough according to the US
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in a worst case scenario if
nothing changes its course
Ebola could infect up to 1.4 million
people by the end of January 2015
due to the incubation period many
countries have set up checkpoints at
airports to test travelers for symptoms
with certain Airlines suspending all
flights from affected countries certain
countries have even gone so far as to
close their airports to travelers from
Ebola ravaged countries on the upside
the 2014 outbreak has seen a large surge
in donations of money and resources as
more than a dozen countries pledged
troops and supplies to build vital
medical treatment centers everybody’s
got to move fast in order for us to make
a difference and if we do we’ll save
hundreds of thousands of lives did these
facts surprise you to vote for which
news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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