THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE US VANISHES AND THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW TO HELP THE WESTERN AFRICA NATIONS AS THE US PROVIDES $1 BILLION IN ALLOCATION THUS FAR–THE CALL IS FOR AN ADDITION $6.2 BILLION FROM THE POTUS BHO
Now that the American public has had a chance to see that the very few cases of Ebola in this country have little chance of leading to a dangerous outbreak, it's time to return our attention to the three West African nations where the virus is a daily and deadly threat.
President Barack Obama has proposed doing just that with a call to allocate $6.2 billion, on top of the $1 billion the U.S. government already has committed, to fight Ebola. Some of that money would be for better monitoring and tracking within the United States, but the bulk of it would go toward escalating the battle in West Africa, both for treatment now and for the development of future vaccines or treatments.
It's frustrating that many countries have not been as generous as the United States and, relative to its size, Cuba in offering aid to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Australia, for instance, banned many travelers from the three Africa countries from obtaining Australian visas without offering any real assistance to contain the disease in Africa. Only last week ― after withering criticism from the Australian news media ― did the government ramp up its effort. And even now it isn't sending any of its desperately needed medical personnel to help in the anti-Ebola effort, but rather will contract with a private provider to run a 100-bed facility. Last week, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim lambasted the many Asian nations that have contributed little or nothing.
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