Worth looking at the way we responded to SARS vs. what is happening with Ebola<\/p>\n
SARS timeline<\/strong> http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_SARS_outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n The first cases of SARS in humans probably occurred in November 2002 but the WHO was not notified until February 2003.\u00a0 Within a year, we had:<\/p>\n By May of 2004, a little over a year after the WHO was first notified, the epidemic was completely controlled and there have been no new cases since.\u00a0 Note that SARS is a respiratory pathogen transmitted by aerosol.\u00a0 It is far more contagious than Ebola and the epidemic rapidly spread to major urban centers.\u00a0 From a public health perspective, SARS was an extraordinarily challenging threat and yet under 1,000 people worldwide died of SARS.<\/p>\n Ebola timeline<\/strong> http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n The first case of the 2014 Ebola epidemic probably occurred in November 2013 and the WHO was notified in March of 2014.<\/p>\n The point is that if we devoted anything close to the resources that were deployed in containing SARS, we could shutdown the Ebola epidemic in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Worth looking at the way we responded to SARS vs. what is happening with Ebola SARS timeline http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_SARS_outbreak The first cases of SARS in humans probably occurred in November 2002 but the WHO was not notified until February 2003.\u00a0 Within a year, we had: Identified a previously unknown pathogen Obtained a complete genome sequence Developed … Continue reading Ebola versus SARS<\/span> \n
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