The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now grown to 635 suspected and confirmed cases in three countries, including 399 deaths.  And some of the doctors and health workers fighting the outbreak are blasting the government for making hopeful pronouncements that might have made things worse.

The majority of infections have occurred in Guinea; more than 400 infections and 280 deaths.  Back in April, Guinean President Alpha Conde visited the WHO headquarters in Geneva and declared, “For the moment the situation is well in hand, and we touch wood that there won't be any new cases.”  Within days, he was welcoming regional leaders to the capital Conracky, “despite all the noise about Ebola”.

A few weeks later, the epidemic came back with a vengeance and became the worst Ebola outbreak in history.  Guinea has at least 60 Ebola hotspots.

“They lied, so our partners, and even the local population, put down their guard,” said Dr. Alphadio (who goes by one name), one of the medics on the front line of the battle against a seemingly unstoppable killer.  “And this is the result – the epidemic has spread throughout the country. https://www.viw.com.au/index.php/lifestyle/entertainment/31682-choosing-australian-online-casino-through-reddit”

Like the fictional Mayor Larry Vaughan from the 1975 movie “Jaws”, health workers are now accusing President Conde of effectively placing money before human lives.

The president didn’t want to tell people “the truth out of fear of scaring away investors,” said Dr. Kankah Marah.

And religious leaders are getting involved, such as Imam Thierno Ousmane Camara who called on President Conde “not to play down this disease, which, sadly, is causing so much grief to families”.

Ebola has no vaccine and no cure.  It is fatal in up to 90 percent of infections.  It causes a hemorrhagic fever that basically liquefies the patient, causing internal and external bleeding.  It’s transferred from patient to patient via bodily fluids – all of them – meaning that health care workers are often among the fatalities.