My ebola break is over..

I am simply going to toss out three things concerning ebola today, as I am under time pressure.

The WHO may have a hand in understimating the CFR in the current West African outbreak. The WHO is moving towards a more accurate methodology of measuring the CFR...although given all of the health crises around this blue rock, it may be some time before a more accurate model is effectively used.

Ebola in Liberis is far worse than yet reported, and--if you can believe this--far worse than imagined. When officials at the WHO use phrasing like "exponential increase"(of future cases) and "intense virus transmission" things are likely very grim. Even more grim news about Liberia's likely future ebola caseload here.

Obama finally sorta kinda makes the right call on ebola. As I previously posted, I was pretty sure that the US would not take a leading role until after the mid-term elections in the US. As part of Obama's pledge to combat The Outbreak he oddly quipped this: "If we don't make that effort now, and this spreads not just through Africa, but other parts of the world, there's the prospect then that the virus mutates, it becomes more easily transmittable, and then it could be a serious danger to the United States." So, it seems like a mid-term election ploy after all.

Obama's statement about the threat to the US requires a lot more comment, but I have to be off. Oh, there are lots of good quotes in the Obama piece. It is definitely worth one's time to watch, listen, and read.