8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (5)
#6266208 at 2019-04-21 21:55:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8012: Phone Calls And Trade Deals Edition
Would love to hear what Q and Anons have to say about this.
Congo's Ebola response threatened by conspiracy theories, rumors
April 20, 2019, 3:00 AM EDT
People who have contracted Ebola are opting to die at home rather than seek treatment as conspiracy theories fuel distrust of the government and of health workers grappling with the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the workers and aid groups.
Nearly 20 new cases of the deadly illness are being identified daily in two northeast provinces of the country. Both areas are opposition strongholds where political tensions run high.
Many of the victims are being discovered outside treatment centers after they refuse to seek help, officials said. The epidemic has left more than 700 dead and affected more than 1,000 people.
In addition to combating a lethal virus, health workers are having to dispel rumors that the disease is manufactured and that the millions of dollars spent on the response are part of a money-making scheme derisively referred to as the "Ebola business."
"We have lost the trust of the community," Tariq Riebl of the nonprofit International Rescue Committee told NBC News from Goma.
A study conducted in September, less than two months into the outbreak, found that 25 percent of people surveyed in the affected areas did not believe Ebola was real, while 36 percent thought it was fabricated to destabilize the region.
"It's all about money, that we're getting bonuses for cases we find, that prolonging the response helps the business side," Riebl said, listing some of the lies that have been spreading among local communities.
Anifa Vahavi is a demographic researcher working in Butembo, which is one of the worst-affected areas.
She has encountered skepticism about Ebola's existence and origins, and questions about why aid workers take extra precautions when treating it compared to malaria or cholera.
Ebola treatment centers established by the central government in conjunction with international aid groups have been met with suspicion. Designed to isolate and treat suspected cases of Ebola and staffed by health workers wearing bulky "space suits," the centers come with an increased presence of police and military forces.
Some people in Butembo even believe that "when you go there they inject you with the disease," according to Vahavi, 30, who collects data for a Congolese nonprofit.
The Ebola outbreak is also taking place in a part of the country that has suffered regular violence at the hands of armed groups. Health workers have increasingly come under threat, causing further setbacks to the emergency response.
On Friday, the World Health Organization said an Ebola doctor was killed in an attack on Butembo University Hospital.
Hours later attackers armed with machetes tried to burn down another treatment center, the city's deputy mayor said Saturday.
Two centers run by Doctors Without Borders, along with the Ministry of Health, were attacked three days apart in February, forcing health workers to suspend operations.
Speaking after the second attack, Doctors Without Borders President Joanne Liu described the "great hostility" against the Ebola response, adding "the use of security forces and police only deepens the suspicion of those who believe Ebola is being used as a political tool."
Deeply entrenched opposition to the government in the areas affected by the epidemic means that even the arrival of foreign aid is treated with apprehension.
"The government is seen as profoundly untrustworthy," said Phil Clark, a political scientist at SOAS University of London.
He described the timing and location of the outbreak as an "unfortunate coincidence."
Ebola was confirmed by the World Health Organization on Aug. 1, months before the country was set to head to the polls. Former President Joseph Kabila, who intended to step down after two terms in office, announced in December that he would postpone voting in the Ebola-hit communities to prevent the spread of the disease.
That has triggered rumors that the government was behind the outbreak - either infecting opposition communities with the virus or exaggerating its spread - to allow Kabila's choice of a successor to win at the polls, Clark said.
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga recently returned from a visit to the affected area of Butembo and told NBC News that "community mistrust" had even been fueled by candidates running for office.
"When the outbreak started in August, it was during the electoral period, so unfortunately some local politicians deliberately spread lies to boost popularity ahead of election
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-threatened-conspiracy-theories-rumors-n994156
#3964252 at 2018-11-19 22:48:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5043: Rules for Jim Acosta Edition
Ebola kills more than 200 in Democratic Republic of Congo while violence kills health workers
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak for months, which has taken the lives of 214 people and infected another 366.
Efforts to stop the disease have been hindered by violent attacks on health care workers, who have been threatened and even killed trying to access some of the hardest-hit areas.
What are the details?
The outbreak - which started on Aug. 1 - is the 10th and worst the country has seen since Ebola was discovered 42 years ago. KSAT-TV reported that those who have died from the disease include pregnant and breastfeeding women, newborns and infants.
More than 30 health care workers have been infected, but the only deaths of medical aides have reportedly been caused by violence. Armed militants have kidnapped and murdered people responding to the outbreak.
The city of Beni is the epicenter of the outbreak, but it's also been the target of heavy attacks from a Muslim rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces. The ADF is battling the Congolese military.
Congo's health minister Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga told The Daily Mail, "Since their arrival in the [Beni] region, the response teams have faced threats, physical assaults, repeated destruction of their equipment, and kidnapping."
"Two of our colleagues in the Rapid Response Medical Unit even lost their lives in an attack," Dr. Kalenga continued.
On Saturday, vaccinations were suspended, and the Ebola Emergency Operations Center was closed following an armed attack on U.N. peacekeepers the day before. Medical workers resumed all activities on Sunday, according to a statement from the World Health Organization.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was quoted as saying, "WHO will continue to work side-by-side with the ministry and our partners to bring this Ebola outbreak to an end.
"We honor the memory of those who have died battling this outbreak, and deplore the continuing threats on the security of those still working to end it," he added.
Early last week, seven peacekeepers were killed and another 10 were wounded in an attack on the rebel forces. The ADF has killed hundreds of people since 2014, according to AFP.
Anything else?
With Congo sharing borders with nine nations, U.N. officials fear the epidemic could spread to other countries. KSAT reported that South Sudan is particularly vulnerable, because Congolese refugees are pouring into the country.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/19/ebola-kills-more-than-200-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-while-violence-kills-health-workers
BAD SHIT HAPPENS & THE WORDS DEMOCRATIC & UN ARE ALWAYS PRESENT!!! HMMM
#3841811 at 2018-11-11 01:00:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4883: We March On Edition
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/democratic-republic-congos-current-ebola-outbreak-worst-countrys-155206412–abc-news-topstories.html
Ebola virus disease, which causes an often-fatal type of hemorrhagic fever, is endemic to the region. It's the 10th outbreak the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen since 1976, the year that scientists first identified the deadly virus near the eponymous Ebola River.
"No other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing," the country's health minister, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga, said in a statement late on Friday.
The outbreak is also the third most severe in the recorded history of the African continent, following 28,652 cases in the 2013-2016 outbreak in multiple West African nations and 425 cases in the 2000 outbreak in Uganda, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Among the total amount of people who have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever since the country's latest outbreak began Aug. 1, at least 291 of them have tested positive for Ebola virus disease. More than 28,000 people have been vaccinated in the outbreak zone since Aug. 8, according to the health ministry's daily bulletin on Saturday.
#3841096 at 2018-11-11 00:03:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4882: Dey See Us Maga'in' Dey be Hatin' Edition
here we go again…Agenda 21 depop or child grab- take your pick.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/democratic-republic-congos-current-ebola-outbreak-worst-countrys-155206412–abc-news-topstories.html
Ebola virus disease, which causes an often-fatal type of hemorrhagic fever, is endemic to the region. It's the 10th outbreak the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen since 1976, the year that scientists first identified the deadly virus near the eponymous Ebola River.
"No other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing," the country's health minister, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga, said in a statement late on Friday.
The outbreak is also the third most severe in the recorded history of the African continent, following 28,652 cases in the 2013-2016 outbreak in multiple West African nations and 425 cases in the 2000 outbreak in Uganda, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Among the total amount of people who have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever since the country's latest outbreak began Aug. 1, at least 291 of them have tested positive for Ebola virus disease. More than 28,000 people have been vaccinated in the outbreak zone since Aug. 8, according to the health ministry's daily bulletin on Saturday.
#2927347 at 2018-09-07 23:40:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3703: The World Is WatchinQ
The First Urban Case of Ebola in the Congo Is a 'Game Changer'
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has thus far been confined to remote rural areas, but one case has now been confirmed in Mbandaka, a city of almost 1.2 million people. "We are moving to a new phase of the epidemic, and we are putting all the means in place to respond to it in a quick and effective way," said Oly Ilunga, the DRC's minister of health, on Wednesday evening.
The outbreak initially hit the northwestern town of Bikoro and a nearby village called Ikoko-Impenge that is 30 kilometers away. Both are small and hard to reach, especially in the current rainy season, when roads become pockmarked with gullies and potholes. Mbandaka's larger population, and its location on the Congo River, provides new opportunities for the virus to spread. And, at around 150 kilometers from Bikoro, it significantly widens the area affected by the outbreak. "Confirmation of urban Ebola in DRC is a game changer," Peter Salama, from the World Health Organization, tweeted. "The challenge just got much, much tougher."
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/game-changer-in-the-congo-as-first-urban-case-of-ebola-is-confirmed/560651/