Monday, October 13, 2014

University Study Predicts U.S. At High Risk For Importing Ebola

This Northwestern University study not only predicts that Ebola cases will double every 15-20 days (and approach 20,000 by the middle of next month) but that the United States is one of the countries at high risk for importing the disease.




(Conservative Tree House) A collaborative group at Northeastern University is updating their predictive models based in part on air traffic load patterns weekly. Currently, the greatest volume of air passengers from West Africa are to the US and the UK.

They predict that as of October 31st, the countries with the highest risk for importation of infected ebola patients are:

Ghana, The United States, France, Senegal, Ivory Coast, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Belgium, Gambia.

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Posted By: Chris Carmouche