The virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit says that everyone will infect in Liberia and Sierra Leone with Ebola. A death sentence for five million people
The fight against Ebola resembles the fight against windmills. This review is the German virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit from Bernhard Nocht Institute in Hamburg. He and his colleagues "slowly losing hope for Sierra Leone and Liberia," he says in an interview with the Radio "German Wave" .
"The right time to intervene was missed. Now it's too late. »The Ebola expert assumes that burn out the virus in the West African countries" "will. This means that almost everyone will infect and so would half the population die.
"Such statements are not constructive»
Schmidt-Chanasit still calls "massive aid". In the case of Sierra Leone and Liberia, it is not realistic to get the help that is needed. But it is even more important to prevent it from spreading to other countries. And where it is possible, for example, in Nigeria or Senegal.
The fight against Ebola resembles the fight against windmills. This review is the German virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit from Bernhard Nocht Institute in Hamburg. He and his colleagues "slowly losing hope for Sierra Leone and Liberia," he says in an interview with the Radio "German Wave" .
"The right time to intervene was missed. Now it's too late. »The Ebola expert assumes that burn out the virus in the West African countries" "will. This means that almost everyone will infect and so would half the population die.
"Such statements are not constructive»
Schmidt-Chanasit still calls "massive aid". In the case of Sierra Leone and Liberia, it is not realistic to get the help that is needed. But it is even more important to prevent it from spreading to other countries. And where it is possible, for example, in Nigeria or Senegal.
