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U.S. cuts resources for project involved in Ebola battle in Sierra Leone

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'(Reuters) - The U.S. government will not renew funding for a major research project into Lassa fever, a decision that will, in turn, cut resources for a facility in Sierra Leone that is at the forefront of the current battle against the Ebola virus.

The National Institutes of Health rejected a proposal from New Orleans-based Tulane University to renew the five-year contract which expires in November, according to a July 30 letter from NIH reviewed by Reuters. The expiring contract is worth $15 million.

NIH declined to comment on the decision, citing "federal government procurement integrity rules."

The facility, at Kenema Government Hospital, was set up a decade ago to test and treat Lassa fever. Now it is being used to treat patients stricken with Ebola. Both are hemorrhagic fevers caused by distinct families of viruses. Ebola is the most lethal, leading to death in up to 90 percent of cases.'

Exclusive: U.S. cuts resources for project involved in Ebola battle in Sierra Leone | Reuters



Ummm...okaaaaay.

Multi-trillion dollar budget and you won't spend $15 million (with an 'm') to help stop an extremely deadly illness?

Strange.
 
It is strange, but I suspect that funding will be granted due to this Reuters article.
 
I presume other avenues of funding will be utilized or another project will be funded. Just because one project is discontinued does not mean other projects are not beginning.
 
'(Reuters) - The U.S. government will not renew funding for a major research project into Lassa fever, a decision that will, in turn, cut resources for a facility in Sierra Leone that is at the forefront of the current battle against the Ebola virus.

The National Institutes of Health rejected a proposal from New Orleans-based Tulane University to renew the five-year contract which expires in November, according to a July 30 letter from NIH reviewed by Reuters. The expiring contract is worth $15 million.

NIH declined to comment on the decision, citing "federal government procurement integrity rules."

The facility, at Kenema Government Hospital, was set up a decade ago to test and treat Lassa fever. Now it is being used to treat patients stricken with Ebola. Both are hemorrhagic fevers caused by distinct families of viruses. Ebola is the most lethal, leading to death in up to 90 percent of cases.'

Exclusive: U.S. cuts resources for project involved in Ebola battle in Sierra Leone | Reuters



Ummm...okaaaaay.

Multi-trillion dollar budget and you won't spend $15 million (with an 'm') to help stop an extremely deadly illness?

Strange.

Keep the powder dry for Social Security and ACA. We have lots of debt to pay back and every little bit helps.
 
It is strange, but I suspect that funding will be granted due to this Reuters article.

Or the medication they treated the American Doctors with is as good as it seems and further research is not, what it takes.
 
Or the medication they treated the American Doctors with is as good as it seems and further research is not, what it takes.

Which underscores a fundamental problem: we're "left in the dark" all too often about things going on around us.
 
Keep the powder dry for Social Security and ACA. We have lots of debt to pay back and every little bit helps.

The budget overrun on the F-35 project could pay for this contract for fifty-four thousand years. And treating ebola patients is arguably more valuable than an airplane that can't fly.
 
(1) The budget overrun on the F-35 project could pay for this contract for fifty-four thousand years.

(2) And treating ebola patients is arguably more valuable than an airplane that can't fly.

(1) That is probably right.
(2) I am afraid, that the planes are more important the way the world is shaping up.
This would be even more the case, if those American Doctors were cured by the medicine they took.
and 3rd I would like to point out that Nigeria has plenty of money.
 
(1) That is probably right.
5 year contract @ $15million = $3 million/year
F-35 budget overrun is ~$163 billion. (that was as of February)

I rounded down.

(2) I am afraid, that the planes are more important the way the world is shaping up.
This would be even more the case, if those American Doctors were cured by the medicine they took.
and 3rd I would like to point out that Nigeria has plenty of money.

I cannot begin to describe how unimportant a non-functional aircraft is.
 
5 year contract @ $15million = $3 million/year
F-35 budget overrun is ~$163 billion. (that was as of February)

I rounded down.



I cannot begin to describe how unimportant a non-functional aircraft is.

I cannot begin to describe how unimportant a non-functional African nation is.
 
5 year contract @ $15million = $3 million/year
F-35 budget overrun is ~$163 billion. (that was as of February)

I rounded down.

I cannot begin to describe how unimportant a non-functional aircraft is.

What is true, is that the money would probably be better invested in other weaponry.
 
The budget overrun on the F-35 project could pay for this contract for fifty-four thousand years. And treating ebola patients is arguably more valuable than an airplane that can't fly.

I disagree. We have had a very small handful of Americans who have been infected with the Ebola virus. Is America the only possible source of funding?
 
I disagree. We have had a very small handful of Americans who have been infected with the Ebola virus. Is America the only possible source of funding?

Only? No. But we have the resources, we have the expertise, and we have the opportunity. It's a trivial sum, in the grand scheme of things.

And if we really need a selfish motive to do it, $15 million in ebola treatment buys a lot better PR than a predator drone.
 
Only? No. But we have the resources, we have the expertise, and we have the opportunity. It's a trivial sum, in the grand scheme of things.

And if we really need a selfish motive to do it, $15 million in ebola treatment buys a lot better PR than a predator drone.

Apparently they are not "selfish" enough to pull their own asses out of the stone age when people keep giving **** to them. Maybe we should let them rot, it would be a great motivator for them to change and learn to do for themselves.

We have enough useless whinny parasites demanding "entitlements" here, we don't need to add African nations to our Welfare and Obamacare rolls.
 
Only? No. But we have the resources, we have the expertise, and we have the opportunity. It's a trivial sum, in the grand scheme of things.

And if we really need a selfish motive to do it, $15 million in ebola treatment buys a lot better PR than a predator drone.

Europe or the continent of Africa cannot afford a paltry 15 million? I don't give a damn about PR. And we are already heavily involved in medical causes on that continent. We are spending billions on helping them fight HIV/AIDS. Someone else can easily step up to the plate on Ebola.
 
Europe or the continent of Africa cannot afford a paltry 15 million? I don't give a damn about PR. And we are already heavily involved in medical causes on that continent. We are spending billions on helping them fight HIV/AIDS. Someone else can easily step up to the plate on Ebola.

And what happens if it spreads to America?
 
And what happens if it spreads to America?

Well you may have a point there. The moron in the white house is letting illegal immigrants in largely without medical checkups.
 
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