Report: ISIS Fighters Getting Ebola (WHO investigating outbreak in Mosul)

[big_dog]

Source: Tampa Bay 10 News.com

The World Health Organization is investigating reports that ISIS militants have been showing up at an Iraq hospital with Ebola.

Iraq's pro-government newspaper, al Sabaah, says the disease was brought to Mosul by militants arriving from several African countries.

The reports are not confirmed, but the World Health Organization is trying to reach out to officials in ISIS held areas.

Read more: http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/health/2015/01/02/report-isis-fighters-getting-ebola/21199249/

[PeoViejo]

1. Perhaps they were trying to weaponize it

and got a bit sloppy.

[big_dog]

3. the reports say the hospitals in Mosul can't deal with the illness

not surprising at all, maybe send in the Red Cresent

[freshwest]

10. That was suspected earlier this year, when PBO sent aid to Africa, so that it'd be contained.

GOP didn't want that money going over there. Because...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. "The reports are not confirmed"

Meaning: FOX "News" is already claiming this is a fact and it's Obama's fault.

[randys1]

4. Jesus, I hope you are kidding but I bet you arent

Fox news is blocked on my tv so I cant watch...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. They've had "experts" on there claiming Obama wants America to get Ebola as revenge for colonialism.

[Iliyah]

12. No worries, someone here will have "its Obama's fault for Ebola"

soon on DU with 1 million rec'ds

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Yeah,...those Hillary supporters sure hold a grudge....

[treestar]

14. . . .

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. ...

[McCamy Taylor]

31. Neither the OP nor the source mention Obama, so why did you bring him up?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. I like to mock the Right Wing....

Even though they are often unintentionally self-mocking.

[PeteSelman]

5. Is it ok to not feel bad about this?

Because, really, fuck those guys.

[Eugene]

6. The militants won't be the only ones to get it

if this outbreak is real. Civilians, especially medical people, will be at risk.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Knowing how ISIS works, I wouldn't be surprised if they dug a pit

and shot the militants that come down with eBola. One thing's for sure, there won't be any beheadings if they understand how it's spread.

[christx30]

25. Don't count on it.

We can warn people time and time again how the virus is spread, but their cultures will take precedence over not dying.
During the middle days of this latest Ebola outbreak, there were stories of Red Cross workers being attacked by the locals over attacks on their culture. Nevermind that over 7,000 people have died.
And somehow, we are the bad guys for pointing that out.

[Cayenne]

34. Ebola Islamakazis can't be good

[Burf-_-]

11. It's a bad thing becuase ISIS is that arrogant and stupid.

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Ebola doesn't give a damn what your religion or politics are. I wonder if these fools actually tried importing people with ebola into their ranks honestly believing that they would somehow could contain and weaponize it ? If so, did they even care that they too would be exposed ? Was the intention fully aimed at death and destruction for their enemies ?.....you decide.

[jwirr]

16. The influenza epidenic of 1918 was spread because of the war. This threatens more than ISIS.

[uppityperson]

24. no, because diseases like this do not respect politics or borders

[George II]

8. Maybe we can get them all to sneeze on each other? And this:

"the World Health Organization is trying to reach out to officials in ISIS held areas."

may well be the most comical - officials in ISIS held areas?

[MADem]

13. Stories like this go back as far as October (from a quick google, that's what I got). Also the

sites carrying these stories are mostly of the "right-ish" persuasion--Daily Mail, Newsmax, Breitbart, Forbes, etc.

[drm604]

15. I hope this isn't true.

Ebola in a war zone controlled by religious fanatics could spread like wildfire. The medical infrastructure is crippled and ISIS won't cooperate with western medical personnel, or even let them into the area.

The Daily Mail is reporting that ISIS has executed 11 Mosul doctors in past few weeks.

[SheilaT]

18. I am highly skeptical that this is actually true.

Given how hard it is to get Ebola, given that ISIS isn't operating where Ebola is, the basic question then becomes, How would these people have gotten it? And of course, it's an unconfirmed report.

[Kingofalldems]

19. More crap rerouted from the Daily Mail.

Not fooled.

[Sunlei]

20. weird I can't even load the "pro Iraq gov" newspaper and the facebook site is a blur/pics and files.

I wanted to see if ebola at Iraq hospitals was "News" in Iraq. Can anyone else load the newspaper? The facebook site is useless with pics blurred. Are USA people banned from internet access.

Newspaper- http://www.alsabaah.iq/

Facebook https://ar-ar.facebook.com/alsabaahnewspaper

[bananas]

27. "Flu Trackers .com" is following this with translations of all these news articles

including al sabaah, which won't load for me either.
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/ebola-outbreak-2014/719996-iraq-unconfirmed-reports-regarding-ebola-cases-in-mosul

[Mojorabbit]

29. Flu trackers and flu wiki forum are my go to sites for this type of info. nt

[Sunlei]

30. Thank you, that messageboard bypassed what I guess is a USA internet ban. Looks to me like its AIDS

that the Iraq paper is 'concerned' about "Two Ebola and 26 HIV AIDS cases were registered" registered? does the Iraq gov. require an AIDS test?

If there was really an "outbreak" of Ebola like that usa media is reporting, there would be piles of sick people and major panic headlines.

[William Seger]

21. "Reports Isis fighters have contracted Ebola are 'incorrect', says Iraqi health ministry"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/reports-isis-fighters-have-contracted-ebola-are-incorrect-says-iraqi-health-ministry-9954055.html

[Posteritatis]

22. Let's count the levels of hearsay here

Some local news affiliate

publishes an article in which

The Daily Mail

reports(sic that

An Iraqi pro-government newspaper

is referring to

"reports"

that the WHO is investigating claims happening at an unnamed hospital and town.

...

There's at least two points in that chain where the sources are known to freely make stuff up out of whole cloth.

[Scootaloo]

26. With a layover in Benghazi on Malaysia Flight 370?

[Depaysement]

28. From the Daily Mail article

"The symptoms of Ebola, which include nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding and bruising, are similar to those of other diseases including malaria and yellow fever meaning it could easily have have been misdiagnosed.

In addition, very few ISIS fighters are believed to have travelled up from West Africa where the Ebola outbreak originated with most coming from areas where there have been no reports of the disease."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2894154/ISIS-fighters-contracted-Ebola-World-Health-Organisation-investigating-reports-Islamist-militants-disease-showed-Iraqi-hospital.html#ixzz3Nj3Uq4Wn

[McCamy Taylor]

32. Every West African with malaria and fever probably has the Big E until proven otherwise in Iraq.

That said, there is no reason that someone from West Africa could not develop an infection after leaving the country. It happened here in Dallas.

[leftyladyfrommo]

35. This is probably wishful thinking. n/t