{"id":45655,"date":"2014-08-28T18:20:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T18:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/more_alarming_ebola_headlines\/"},"modified":"2014-08-28T18:20:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T18:20:58","slug":"more_alarming_ebola_headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=45655","title":{"rendered":"More alarming Ebola headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news of the Ebola outbreak continues to be very grim:<\/p>\n<p>CNN:  <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/28\/world\/africa\/ebola-outbreak\" title=\"Death toll passes 1,550 as Ebola outbreak accelerates, officials say\">Death toll passes 1,550 as Ebola outbreak accelerates, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Ebola outbreak &#8220;continues to accelerate&#8221; in West Africa and has killed 1,552 people so far, the World Health Organization said Thursday.  <b>The total number of cases stands at 3,069, with 40% occurring in the past three weeks.<\/b> &#8220;However, most cases are concentrated in only a few localities,&#8221; the WHO said.  The outbreak, the deadliest ever, has been centered in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, with a handful of cases in Nigeria. The overall fatality rate is 52%, the WHO said, ranging from 42% in Sierra Leone to 66% in Guinea.  (emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bloomberg: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-08-28\/ebola-cases-may-surpass-20-000-who-says-in-updated-plan.html\" title=\"Ebola Cases May Surpass 20,000, WHO Says in Updated Plan\">Ebola Cases May Surpass 20,000, WHO Says in Updated Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More than 20,000 people may be infected with the Ebola virus before the outbreak in West Africa is controlled and curbing the epidemic will cost at least $490 million, according to a World Health Organization plan. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news of the Ebola outbreak continues to be very grim: CNN: Death toll passes 1,550 as Ebola outbreak accelerates, officials say The Ebola outbreak &#8220;continues to accelerate&#8221; in West Africa and has killed 1,552 people so far, the World<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=45655\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}