Interestingly,
at this Press Conference held on Thursday August 7th 2014 by the
Ministry of Health and chaired by the Minister of Health Dr. Fenton Ferguson, made
a passing reference was about the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa as reported in
the article “Health
ministry advise against non-essential travel to Ebola affected countries”
Published Friday August 8, 2014 3:35 pm, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
This
I’ve confirmed from the horse’s mouth the Jamaica
Information Service in the article “Jamaica Not in High
Risk Category for Ebola”, published August 7, 2014 By Latonya Linton, The Jamaica Information Service.
Folks
this ain’t no joking matter; the Ebola Virus is serious and has no cure. And in
this age of Global Travel, it can easily spread anywhere, no matter the
precautions taken by the countries where it comes from. The countries currently
most affected by the Ebola Virus are:
1.
Guinea
2.
Liberia
3.
Sierra Leone
4.
Nigeria
The
Ministry of Health merely advised against travel to any African countries and
for travelers from those countries to report whether or not they’ve been there.
Unlike
the Chikungunya Virus which is a mosquito borne disease, the Ebola Virus is
transmitted through direct contact with the following bodily fluids:
1.
Blood
2.
Saliva
3.
Semen
4.
Stool
5.
Sweat
6.
Urine
I’ve
been keeping my eye on this develpement via Twitter and Google Alerts as
described in my Geezam blog article
entitled “Google
Alerts Diamond in the Rough coming to Google+ to deliver Technology News”
and the various news agencies that I follow. It’s scary as unlike the Chikungunya
Virus, there is no known cure for the Ebola Virus, which causes the victim to
experience the following symptoms after 21 days:
1.
Diarrhoea
2.
Headache
3.
Intense weakness
4.
Muscle pain
5.
Rash
6.
Sore throat
7.
Sudden onset of fever
8.
Vomiting
The
Ebola Virus eventually results in kidney and liver damage, as the dead Red
Blood cells overwhelm both organs whose functions is the excretion of waste
from the body. Eventually, the persons begin to hemorrhage from all their external
body cavities as well as experience internal bleeding as their body’s cells get
attacked by the Virus.
Death
is certain with this disease unlike the Chikungunya Virus which has a cure as
detailed in my blog
article entitled “How
to fight Illness including Chikungunya Virus using Spices - US$40 Joseph Joseph
SpiceStore Carousel helps you organize”; 90% is the mortality rate with
survivors surviving because of regular Blood Transfusions.
ZMapp and Ebola – How a
Three-Mouse Monoclonal Antibody cured Americans of Ebola
Then
again, it appears that I might be wrong about the presence of a cure and
survival….luckily. And yes, if case you’re reading this, this idea for an Ebola
Virus Cure is indeed my idea!
ZMapp,
according to the article is a three-mouse monoclonal antibody, which in my eyes
makes the nine (9) employees, who are most likely all scientists at biotech
firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc, geniuses. What this basically means is that
they took the Ebola Virus, killed it, most likely via irradiation with Gamma
Rays or intense heat (Pasteurization) and then denatured the Ebola Virus into a
soup cocktail made up purely of its constituent proteins using Hydrochloric
Acid.
Thus
the Ebola Virus was reduced to nothing more than a mixture of its constitution
proteins, the main thing our immune system cannot defend itself against. It's a
lot like inoculation, except via using the proteins that make up a dead Virus
that can't replicate instead of a weakened Virus. This cocktail of proteins is
then injected into the mice and their immune system then puts up a fight and
develops antibodies to the protein fragments of the Ebola Virus.
Then
in test trials on mice, three sets of mice are deliberately fed this Ebola Virus
Protein cocktail:
1.
A Control Group of Mice is given a
placebo injection
2.
An Experiment Group of Mice is given the
fragments of Ebola Virus
3.
A Third Group of Mice is given the live
Ebola Virus
As
should be expected, the Third Group of Mice infected with the live Ebola Virus
displayed symptoms of the Ebola Virus during the observation period and
subsequently died. The Experiment Group of Mice will also fall ill, but will
recover, as the Fragments of Ebola Virus are much weaker than the live Virus
and put up a fight, thus allowing them to recover more quickly.
The
blood of the Experiment Group of Mice is then removed and centrifuged so as to
separate it into layers, one of which is the Blood Plasma, within which lies
the White Blood cells of the Mice or T-Cells. These would have begun to develop
antibodies in reaction to the fragments of the Ebola Virus Proteins.
Because
these tests were produced via the use of three Groups of Mice, the extracted
antibodies are called a three-mouse monoclonal antibody. Tests with the live Ebola Virus on mice were
conducted and these antibodies were used on other mice and even higher order
animals such a chimpanzees.
According
to the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc it worked, with the animals
recovering remarkably. Thus, it was with the consent of American missionary
worker Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol that this experimental drug was
administered.
ZMapp and the FDA –
Jamaica as a Guinea Pig for Ebola Inoculations like Catherine the Great
ZMapp
has been administered to American missionary worker for Samaritan’s Purse Dr.
Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol at their consent under the USFDA (U.S. Food and
Drug Administration) “compassionate use” regulation, which allows for the
Guinea-pig testing of Experimental Drugs on human patients without
investigative exhaustive trials via the consent of the persons in question.
So
far has showed promising signs, even though it’s an untested drug and hasn’t
undergone Clinical Trials. Thus when Ebola comes to the Caribbean and Jamaica,
given our lackluster Medical Facilities, it would be nice if biotech firm Mapp
Biopharmaceutical Inc were to come to Jamaica. They could use our population to
do experimental trials of their ZMapp inoculation in the spirit of Catherine
the Great, Tsaurina of Russia who became the first persons in her Country to be
inoculated against Smallpox.
Also
any dead from the Ebola Virus in Jamaica has to be burned or cremated
immediately via Morgue without cleaning or touching the body. Care has to be
taken in handling body fluids and workers around Ebola Victims will have to
wear full Body BioHazard Suits and disinfect themselves each time they enter
and leave the quarantine facility. This isn’t the worse Epidemic and we should
be thankful it hasn’t become a Global Pandemic as a little under 2000 persons
have died thus far.
Beyond
that, all we can do in Jamaica is hope and pray, as like Chikungunya Virus,
Ebola will eventually be in the island, given our Medical Facilities that are
ill-equipped to even handle the current Water Shortage that is STILL ongoing.
And along with Haitian people carrying the Chikungunya Virus, avoid all persons
with an African Accent as they may be carriers of the Ebola Virus.
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