WoF 2014: Team Guinea

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Why Guinea, They need our support I urge every player in the game to join and or support this team to help the world get rid of Ebola virus. This team was made to generate awareness and along the way give information about the Ebola virus. Forget the Ice Bucket Challenge, if we don't bring awareness to this soon Ebola will be at our doorsteps guaranteed. I especially call out to African nation players to join this venture.

An epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) is ongoing in certain West African countries. It began in Guinea in December 2013 then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Much smaller subsidiary outbreaks have occurred in Senegal and Nigeria, with individual cases in the United States and Spain. As of October 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local governments reported a total of 8,399 suspected cases and 4,033 deaths (4,633 cases and 2,423 deaths having been laboratory confirmed),[2] though the WHO believes that this substantially understates the magnitude of the outbreak with possibly 2.5 times as many cases as have been reported.

The current epidemic of EVD, caused by Ebola virus, is the most severe outbreak of Ebola since the discovery of ebolaviruses in 1976, and by September 2014 cases of EVD from this single outbreak exceeded the sum of all previously identified cases. The epidemic has caused significant mortality, with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) reported as 71%.

Affected countries have encountered many difficulties in their control efforts. The WHO has estimated that region's capacity for treating EVD is insufficient by the equivalent of 2,122 beds. In some areas, people have become suspicious of both the government and hospitals; some hospitals have been attacked by angry protestors who believe that the disease is a hoax or that the hospitals are responsible for the disease. Many of the areas that are seriously affected with the outbreak are areas of extreme poverty with limited access to soap or running water to help control the spread of disease. Other factors include belief in traditional folk remedies, and cultural practices that involve physical contact with the deceased, especially death customs such as washing the body of the deceased. Some hospitals lack basic supplies and are understaffed. This has increased the chance of staff catching the virus themselves. In August, the WHO reported that ten percent of the dead have been health care workers.

By the end of August, the WHO reported that the loss of so many health workers was making it difficult for them to provide sufficient numbers of foreign medical staff. By September 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières, the largest NGO working in the affected regions, had grown increasingly critical of the international response. Speaking on 3 September, the international president spoke out concerning the lack of assistance from the United Nations member countries saying, "Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it."A United Nations spokesperson stated "they could stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 6 to 9 months, but only if a 'massive' global response is implemented."The Director-General of the WHO, Margaret Chan, called the outbreak "the largest, most complex and most severe we've ever seen" and said that it "is racing ahead of control efforts". In a 26 September statement, the WHO said, "The Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa is the most severe acute public health emergency seen in modern times."

Now that the "why join" is out of the way please post up if you would like to join and lets KICK SOME A$$.

To join the private group: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/group.php?groupid=538

Team Members So Far Are:
Captain - Lokia - Scorekeeper


If I left anyone out please let me know, this team is building up.






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ENTROPIAS MOST WANTED!! I love the WHO!!
 
One week left before we start shooting show your support for this cause!
 
Think I've got it though! I sneezed earlier in the week and my girlfriend has a slight rash on her back?
 
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But anyway let's keep this real and on topic!!
 
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Edit: WOF ftw! :)
 
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Come on peeps we need help for this cause, just like Ebola it comes when you least expect it. WoF least expected us that is for sure.
 
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We Guineas are a proud nation!
 
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This isn't going to be an easy team to form, looking for all the bleeding heart ubers and new players alike that haven't formed under a flag yet due to principal of WoF or just don't want to join WoF. Guinea will also accept players that jump team for the cause. We aren't trying to win this as a nation but be a world united for all and off set the balance of WoF!

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I am in!

I am here to put my gun in the pile, for the elimination of Ebola.
 
Lets raise awareness for Ebola, if this is not a pissing contest we can possibly make a small difference. how about getting over who is pissed off at who and make a real effort to combat this real threat to everyone.
 
Why Guinea, They need our support I urge every player in the game to join and or support this team to help the world get rid of Ebola virus. This team was made to generate awareness and along the way give information about the Ebola virus.
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Think it´s a cool thing you´re trying to do here mate, raising awareness about this terrible terrible disease! I wish you Best of luck in WoF ´14 :beerchug:
 
All the bickering aside, it's worth mentioning that Ebola is no longer just a Guinean problem, in fact it's no longer the worst affected country by a long shot.

Team Africa would welcome the extra guns, just sayin ...
 
All the bickering aside, it's worth mentioning that Ebola is no longer just a Guinean problem, in fact it's no longer the worst affected country by a long shot.

Team Africa would welcome the extra guns, just sayin ...

I know they would, and I was looking for Team Africa's thread to inform that team of us after Hurricane asked me to. If you read my whole 1st post were well aware it is not just a Guinea problem any longer but the current outbreak started in Guinea Dec 2013, is why we chose Guinea.

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Possible recruits come on lets kill stuff this year one of the easier teams to make it on a main team.

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Clearly I'm the main shooter, not EMW.
 
All welcome at any level! Let's do this people!;)
 
The online in game recruiting is going well, Welcome to the team NoReMoRsE, Papa Smurf, Liara Luna and Sonny.

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The online in game recruiting is going well, Welcome to the team NoReMoRsE, Papa Smurf, Liara Luna and Sonny.

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Nice one mate and welcome you guys!!:yay::wtg:
 
Keep the hype going, team is forming get the word out there....Were working on some good recruits atm.
 
Welcome Major, visit 1st post and join our private forum.

Ebola update:
(CNN) -- The deadly Ebola virus appears to have been contracted by someone inside the United States for the first time.

A nurse who had worn protective gear during her "extensive contact" at a Dallas hospital with an Ebola patient who died has tested positive during a preliminary blood test, officials said Sunday. The woman had on a gown, gloves, mask and a shield during her multiple visits with Thomas Eric Duncan, but there was a breach in protocol, health officials said. The patient is a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, an official who is familiar with the case told CNN.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is conducting confirmatory testing on the blood sample, and its results are expected to be announced later in the day. CDC: Protocol 'breach' led to infection
Hospital: Worker wore protective gear

Are U.S. hospitals prepared for Ebola?

Second confirmed Ebola case in U.S.

If confirmed by the CDC, the nurse's case would mark the first known transmission of Ebola in the United States and the second-ever diagnosis in the country. She was involved in Duncan's care after he was placed in isolation -- his second trip to the hospital after coming to the United States from Liberia -- said Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the CDC. The nurse is in stable condition, Texas Health Resources chief clinical officer Dan Varga said. Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died Wednesday. The nurse had "extensive contact" on "multiple occasions" with Duncan, Frieden said.

"At some point, there was a breach in protocol, and that breach in protocol resulted in this infection," he said at a news conference Sunday. "The (Ebola treatment) protocols work. ... But we know that even a single lapse or breach can result in infection."

Also, Varga said that someone who is a "close contact" of the nurse has been "proactively" placed in isolation.

The hazardous materials unit of the Dallas Fire Department has cleaned up and decontaminated the public areas of the health worker's apartment complex, Mayor Mike Rawlings said. Police are keeping people out of the area and are talking to residents nearby.

"We have knocked on every door on that block," the mayor said.

Hazardous materials units have also cleaned out the nurse's car and will work on her apartment Sunday.

Case was anticipated

"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said in a statement Sunday morning.

"We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."

The nurse reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was isolated, the health department said. The preliminary test result came in late Saturday. This is the messy truth about Ebola as U.S. airports start Ebola screenings

Are U.S. hospitals ready for Ebola?

President Obama received two briefings Sunday on the second Dallas Ebola case, including one from Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. According to a White House statement, the President wants federal authorities to immediately take further measures to ensure health care professionals are able to follow protocols for treating Ebola patients.

CDC corroboration expected

David Sanders, associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, said he thinks the CDC testing will probably support the preliminary results.

"It sounds likely that it's positive, and it's going to stay positive."

The news that a health care worker might have the disease is not completely unexpected, an infectious disease specialist told CNN's "New Day."

"I think we've always expected that there may be another individual who will come down with the Ebola from the transmission of this one particular person, and we always felt that it was going to likely be one of his close contacts or one of the health care workers, because that's the way this virus works," Dr. Frank Esper said.

Esper said Texas officials have been keeping a close eye on people who had contact with Duncan.

"I will tell you that the fact that we identified this individual so quickly is actually to me a sign that the system is working," he added.

Globally, the disease has wrought catastrophic consequences.

The World Health Organization estimates more than 8,300 people have contracted Ebola during this year's outbreak. Of those, more than 4,000 have died.

Ebola not very contagious

Ebola is actually difficult to catch. People are at risk if they come into very close contact with the blood, saliva, sweat, feces, semen, vomit or soiled clothing of an Ebola patient, or if they travel to affected areas in West Africa and come into contact with someone who has Ebola.

Those stricken with Ebola suffer ghastly symptoms, including vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, fever and unexplained bleeding.

Three countries -- Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia -- have been hardest hit. And many of those who care for the ill have also come down with the disease.

The World Health Organization estimates at least 416 health care workers have contracted Ebola, and at least 233 have died.

In Liberia, health care workers are threatening to strike if their work conditions don't improve.

The first infection outside of Africa happened in a nurse's aide in Spain, Teresa Romero Ramos. She became sick after she helped treat an Ebola-stricken Spanish missionary.

Her case has prompted questions from fellow medical professionals about whether they are properly equipped to safely treat Ebola patients.

Spanish Ebola patient's condition worsens, doctor says

Another search begins

For weeks, health officials have been monitoring those who had contact with Duncan before he was hospitalized and isolated.

Duncan left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in Dallas on September 20. Four days later, he began feeling ill; the following night, he went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

But despite telling a hospital worker that he had arrived from Liberia, Duncan was sent home with antibiotics. He returned a few days later and tested positive for Ebola.

And now, the search begins for all the contacts whom the nurse came in contact with.

"We need a whole new crew of people to do contact tracing," said Elizabeth Cohen, CNN senior medical correspondent.

Because Ebola's incubation period can last up to 21 days, the health nurse's contacts will have to be monitored for three weeks.

The Texas health department said officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures.

"This is not an easy thing," Cohen said. "Keeping track of large numbers of people, taking their temperature twice a day, making sure they don't ... leave town, all of that is a lot of work."

CNN's Holly Yan, Cassie Spodak and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.
More to follow...
 
Now that I've talked to Azzah, I'm officially with team Guinea now. :yay:
 
Time to bump it up, got some promising acquisitions come to main team.
 
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