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UPDATE – EBOLA…pushed backstage by coverage of US Congressional Elections, vies for the spotlight…as the abbreviated ‘alphabet soup’ global entities weigh in.

Photo: USA TODAY

Photo: USA TODAY

Although politicking and political elections are important to many US citizens, the self-indulgent grandeur of it all, done-up by the political machine and its dutiful broadcasters, should never have been allowed to bogart media coverage of the EBOLA pandemic.  Yes, of course politics and its elections deserve necessary attention, but not to the extent of nearly blotting out updates concerning EBOLA and reducing it to the (infrequent) scrolling text on the  mainstream media ticker-tape.

While the politicians were stumping, their monetary donors were attending and hosting $1000 a plate fundraiser dinners,  their grassroots campaign workers labored door to door, and the media broadcasts indulged in political pomp and pageantry, most of the general public were unaware of the issuance of more in-depth  medical protection guidelines against EBOLA, new (to the general public) EBOLA incubation period revelations, updates on specifically assigned locations to quarantine and monitor military personnel and civilians returning from EBOLA plagued regions to the EU and the USA, and field reports of new regions, as well as former regions with (“renewed”) EBOLA outbreaks.

Photo: NIH National Institutes of Health

Photo: NIH National Institutes of Health

According to the Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) October 30, 2014 publication The InfoGRAM, within section subtitled: “Updated Ebola Guidance from the IAB, CDC, HHS”, it states, “…the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and IAB (InterAgency Board) recently published or updated four  (4)  procedural documents aimed at keeping first responders safe from Ebola exposure during the course of their duties…” [1.para.1]

The published or updated documents are as follows:

The IAB published  “Recommendations on Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for First Responders against Ebola Exposure Hazards” (PDF, 623 Kb).”  This document entails, “…the selection and use of specific PPE based upon the risks of exposure,…a quick table to help determine that risk,…discusses PPE decontamination, donning and doffing, and provides a detailed description of different PPE.” [1. para.2]

The InfoGRAM also mentions The HHS (The Department of Health and Human Services) development of an Ebola Presentation Template (PDF, 1.5 mb), “…which consists of 35 slides, for organizations and public health departments interested in giving slide presentations on EBOLA to their employees or staff.” [1. para.3]

The CDC‘ has recently issued and/or revised and re-issued the following documents as it pertains to the EBOLA crisis:

1.  Guidance on PPE to be Used by Healthcare Workers During Management of Patients with EBOLA Virus Disease in US Hospitals, Including Procedures for Putting on (Donning) and Removing (Doffing). [1. para.4]

2.  Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Known or Suspected EBOLA Virus Disease in The United States. [1. para.5]

3.  Monitoring Systems and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of EBOLA. As per the CDC, “…this document will serve as guidance on monitoring people traveling back to the US from EBOLA stricken areas of the world, and who may have been exposed.”  [1. para.6]

Photo: AP

Photo: AP

Being that the CDC, government politicians, the medical community, and local health departments have often stated emphatically, the incubation period for the EBOLA Virus Disease is 21 days, most of the general public is probably shocked (to say the least) to find the WHO (World Health Organization) only half-heartedly agrees with their statement.  Why “half-heartedly” you ask? Let’s allow the following information from the WHO to answer this question.

The WHO explains the incubation period for individual patients, healthcare workers in PPE who have treated EBOLA patients, and for the populace/country affected by the outbreak as a whole. This explanation is given in an October 14, 2014, WHO Media Centre article, titled: Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? Ebola situation assessment. Their definition and explanation of the incubation period is mentioned in the following article excerpts:

“….How does WHO declare the end of an Ebola outbreak?….”

“According to WHO recommendations, health care workers who have attended patients or cleaned their rooms should be considered as “close contacts” and monitored for 21 days after the last exposure, even if their contact with a patient occurred when they were fully protected by wearing personal protective equipment…

For health care workers, the date of the “last infectious contact” is the day when the last patient in a health facility tests negative using a real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.

For WHO to declare an Ebola outbreak over, a country must pass through 42 days, with active surveillance demonstrably in place, supported by good diagnostic capacity, and with no new cases detected. Active surveillance is essential to detect chains of transmission that might otherwise remain hidden.” [2]

“…Incubation period.”

“The period of 42 days, with active case-finding in place, is twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola virus disease and is considered by WHO as sufficient to generate confidence in a declaration that an Ebola outbreak has ended.

Recent studies conducted in West Africa have demonstrated that 95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval. WHO is therefore confident that detection of no new cases, with active surveillance in place, throughout this 42-day period means that an Ebola outbreak is indeed over.

The announcement that the outbreaks are over, in line with the dates fixed by the subcommittee on surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory testing, is made by the governments of the affected countries in close collaboration with WHO and its international partners.” [2]

Based upon the information from this article, it is clear the EBOLA Virus Disease incubation period is between 1 to 21 to 42 days, as defined and expected. This WHO clarification would not prove the CDC and other associated alphabet abbreviation organizations and government agencies to be incompetent, on the contrary, it proves these organizations have a need or desire to with-hold pertinent information from all sectors of the general public, and from “general medicine” hospitals and medical center staff.  But why, you ask?  That is an excellent question which deserves an immediate reply from the government and medical community. The general public needs to respectfully demand an answer, and soon.

Another important Ebola update comes from Army General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Department of Defense.  Chairman General Dempsey listed 7 (total) US Military Bases to be utilized as locations of quarantine for EBOLA Mission Troops returning to the USA or to the 2 bases in the EU, from EBOLA stricken regions of the world. According to an Associated Press article, the list of the 5 bases stateside and the 2 bases abroad are as follows:

Image Graphic: DOD, Defense.gov

Image Graphic: DOD, Defense.gov

1. Fort Hood, Texas

2. Fort Bliss, Texas

3. Fort Bragg, North Carolina

4. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

5. Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

6.  Military Base in Italy

7.  Military Base in Germany.

The EBOLA Mission Troops will be quarantine and medically monitored state-side at these 5 locations and the 2 US military bases abroad for a period of 21 days. However, US DOD Civilian Personnel can choose whether to go through the quarantine at these particular military installations or not.  In addition, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said Friday any department civilians who become ill will receive medical treatment at military facilities at no cost. [3. AP]

The gloomy reality is as of today, EBOLA is still spreading in West Africa. Jene-Wonde in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, a small village neighboring Sierra Leone, has now become the latest deadly EBOLA epicenter.  Ten percent of their population has already died from EBOLA due to the lack of healthcare and some locals claim their government has remained unresponsive to their cries for help. [4.]

Mali, West Africa, very recently (this November) had 2 confirmed deadly cases of EBOLA, where both patients died in a just a few days.   Although both cases were associated with contact in Guinea, they traveled to different regions, and thus had no known personal associations nor acquaintance. They are not linked. The victims were a female nurse at a local clinic, and also a seventy year old male, Muslim Grand Imam. As per the WHO contract trace investigation concerning the Grand Imam, the collected data is as follows: ,

“He was a 70-year-old male resident of Kourémalé village, in the Siguiri prefecture of Guinea, had onset of symptoms from an undiagnosed disease on 17 October. On 18 October, he was admitted to a private clinic in the mining town of Siguiri.”

“As his condition did not improve, he was transferred to another clinic located just across the border in Mali. On 25 October, he travelled by car, together with 4 family members to seek treatment at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako.”

He was treated at the Pasteur Clinic from 25 October until his death, from kidney failure, on 27 October. In addition, a friend who visited him at the clinic also died abruptly from an undiagnosed disease. Both are considered probable Ebola cases. For both, no samples are available for testing.

The nurse, whose fatal Ebola infection was confirmed on 11 November, worked at the Pasteur Clinic.

Because of his religious status as a Grand Imam, his body was transported to a mosque for a ritual washing ceremony/ The body was then returned to the native village of Kourémalé for formal funeral and burial ceremonies. Although these events are still under investigation, WHO staff assume that many mourners attended the ceremonies.

In that same village, the deceased patient’s first wife died of an undiagnosed disease on 6 November. His brother and his second wife are currently being managed at an Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. All 3 accompanied the patient during the car trip to Bamako.

On 10 November, his daughter died from an undiagnosed disease. The family declined offers of a safe burial.

On 11 November, the man’s son, who is currently at the Ebola treatment center in Gueckedou, tested positive for Ebola at the European Union’s mobile biosafety level 3 laboratory there. He was the fourth family member in the car trip to Bamako. Confirmation of his infection further increases the likelihood that deaths in other family members were caused by Ebola.” [5. WHO]

There are at least 2 main reasons why  it is vitally important to pay attention to the contact trace data  of those showing any of the symptoms of EBOLA. First, it enables a quick quarantining response and prompt treatment of individuals in hopes of staving off the disease. Secondly, the investigation of physical contacts with the infected host, may reveal if there are any changes in the characteristics of the spreading of the virus, as well as if the EBOLA virus scientific markers have changed, which may or may not reveal if the virus has mutated, become more lethal, and if there is evidence of it becoming aerosolized or airborne.

How people respond to prevention and protective medical protocols is very important. No matter how many differing opinions there are regarding the onset of the first human case in West Africa, the point is it is here and deadly! Denial of any aspect of  this virus, its incubation period, its symptoms, and how it is spread will put other peoples’ lives at risk. Taking precautionary measures of prevention and protection, is prudent, in which the well known phrase, “it’s better to be safe than sorry” would definitely apply.

Let us stay safe, show remorse for our wrongs, seek to do what is right, show true care and love, and make wholesome lasting memories, because life in this world is fragile.

For those who believe like me, let us encourage one another and comfort one another in AhaYAH and The Messiah’s Love with Psalm 91:

1 Who so dwelleth in the [a]secret of the most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 [b]I will say unto the Lord, O my hope, and my fortress: he is my God, in him will I trust.

3 Surely I will deliver thee from the [c]snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He will cover thee under his wings, and thou shalt be sure under his feathers: his [d]truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 [e]Thou shalt not be afraid of the fear of the night: nor of the arrow that flieth by day:

6 Nor of the pestilence that walketh in the darkness: nor of the plague that destroyeth at noon day.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come near thee.

8 Doubtless with thine [f]eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9 For thou hast said, The Lord is mine hope: thou hast set the most High for thy refuge.

10 There shall none evil come unto thee, neither shall any plague come near thy tabernacle.

11 [g]For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt walk upon the lion and asp: the [h]young lion, and the dragon shalt thou tread under feet.

14 [i]Because he hath loved me, therefore will I deliver him: I will exalt him because he hath known my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and glorify him.

16 With [j]long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.  [6]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 91:1 He that maketh God his defense and trust, shall perceive his protection to be a most sure safeguard.
  2. Psalm 91:2 Being assured of this protection, he prayeth unto the Lord.
  3. Psalm 91:3 That is, God’s help is most ready for us, whether Satan assail us secretly, which he calleth a snare: or openly, which is here meant by the pestilence.
  4. Psalm 91:4 That is, his faithful keeping of promise to help thee in thy necessity.
  5. Psalm 91:5 The care that God hath over his, is most sufficient to defend them from all dangers.
  6. Psalm 91:8 The godly shall have some experience of God’s judgments against the wicked even in this life, but fully they shall see it at that day when all things shall be revealed.
  7. Psalm 91:11 God hath not appointed every man one Angel, but many to be ministers of his providence to keep his, and defend them in their vocation, which is the way to walk in without tempting God.
  8. Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt not only be preserved from all evil, but overcome it whether it be secret or open.
  9. Psalm 91:14 To assure the faithful of God’s protection, he bringeth in God to confirm the same.
  10. Psalm 91:16 For he is contented with that life that God giveth: for by death the shortness of this life is recompensed with immortality.  [6]

May His Loving Peace, Blessing, and Protection be upon you.

Tonya Woodbury Sloan, TCLS.

 

 SOURCES:

1.  Updated Ebola Guidance from the IAB, CDC, HHS. The InfoGRAM. Vol. 14 – Issue 44. 30 October 2014. Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC). http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFACIR/2014/10/30/file_attachments/337040/October%2B30%252C%2B2014%2BInfoGram.pdf.

2.  Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? Media centre. World Health Organization. Ebola situation assessment – 14 October 2014. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/

3.  Military Names 5 US Bases for Ebola Mission Troops. Associated Press. Nov 7, 2014. LOLITA C. BALDOR.

4.  Liberia village becomes a new Ebola epicenter. Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2014. WILLIAMS, WADE.

5.  Mali confirms its second fatal case of Ebola virus disease. Media Centre. World Health Organization. Ebola situation assessment. 12 November 2014.  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/12-november-2014-mali/en/

6.  PSALM 91. Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition GNV. Tolle Lege Press.  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=GNV

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Camouflaged “for” war….or….Camouflaged “by” war….is it still “war”?….Why do “boots” decide the answer?

….pondering this as another anniversary of a horrific terrorist attack approaches this month…..the Westgate Mall in Kenya, September 21, 2013..where 67-71 people were brutally murdered……

….I now ask the question contemplated by most Americans….”is the USA at war?…..the political heads of state keep saying…NO….so why does this very important question still seem to invade the american psyche?  Could the reason why their “NO” response is unacceptable to most americans and to some in the military be that it doesn’t agree with the natural perception of war?

I mean, to most people, war fulfills the test of the “senses” as it applies to its definition – war, a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state, its synonyms: conflict, warfare, combat, fighting, (military) action, bloodshed, struggle… [Merriam-Webster].  The senses are fulfilled with observation – through natural vision and captured imagery–sight,  auditory stimuli–hearing, cognitive mental processes–thinking/learning/understanding, and through experience–by encountering, touch, and being faced with the dark evil presence of war….So,

….after many of us have watched the most current live speeches from the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, The Joint Chiefs of Staff – regarding their statements on ISIS/IS/ISIL, Al Qaeda, Syrian Rebels, Syrian Assad Government, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the heinous beheadings……and after we’ve re-visited the archived remarks made by Former Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (remember she resigned in the fall of 2013) in which she stated the ISIS threat was already well known and discussed within the U.S. counter-terrorism, Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security apparatuses during her tenure, with briefings on this subject matter in closed door sessions with both the executive branch and the appropriate designated members of the legislative branch,…we say to ourselves….

….huh…really?…..and ummm…..just because there are smaller pockets of american troops strategically placed in and around these regions, while fighter jets and armed drones have been given the order to bomb particular ‘strike zones’ within Syria, just because troops are on the ground ‘under the guise of training’ rebel forces, while blatant lines in the sand are being drawn against Russia, and just because this doesn’t fit the usual Modus Operandi of both WWI and WW2….somehow gives the executive branch and some in congress, and some at the DOD the credibility to “claim it’s not war”?…..how deceptively bizarre is that?..so, again…

….yes, again….I ask……is the USA at war?….you betcha—WW3…..most would agree—it’s the new “face of war”, invoking new strategies….but the same old enemies–without the defined uniform, nor respect of “rules of engagement”–nor the “rule of law” of any nation, not even the laws of the global order’s United Nations–whose soldiers hail from a wide spectrum of world sectors and socioeconomic backgrounds…cleverly camouflaged “by” war amongst its potential target(s).…

….so technically if a particular nation’s troops and overt or covert special ops forces are ordered to forgo wearing the usual camouflaged uniform and ‘military issued combat boots “for” war during engagement….this allows for military operations to be viewed and accepted as “not engaging in warfare” because of the technicality that “boots must be on the ground” and in larger groups for it to be classified as an actual war?…….say whaaaat?!…..seriously?…..is this what they and the media are doing?…..seriously?…..Hmmmm, looking back through history, should we re-consider if the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was actually an act of war against the USA?……After all, they ONLY used fighter pilots and jets…..it was ONLY airstrikes right?…or at least predominantly right?….did they have Japanese combat boots on the ground?……Hmmm, somehow the USA considered it an act of war…..should we wonder why?

….Thus, it is war, isn’t it.

….pondering this……as I pray along with you in YAH and Our Redeemer for all who are suffering warfare and plagues here and around the world, while asking HIM to comfort and strengthen us in HIS TRUTH and LOVE that HE would grant us HIS GRACE to endure to the end of ages, to be saved,

by Tonya Woodbury-Sloan.

The Complex Layers Series

2nd A L E R T !…continued…Webinar topics concerning FEMA Region II: affects of a Pandemic on “The GRID” and Staffing due to fears

Again, very important guys…no panic here…just serious awareness…

KRT News Graphics, 08-14-2003, Source: US E.I.A.

KRT News Graphics, 08-14-2003, Source: US E.I.A.

More information was presented and discussed amongst FEMA Region II (NY, NJ, P.R. US V.I.) utilities and communication technology department officials during the October 9, 2014 webinar. As mentioned in my previous post regarding Region II pandemic preparedness, once again, this information is not receiving proper in-depth coverage nor discussion by the mainstream media.  This October 9th webinar session can be considered a continuation of their previous webinar session, but with pertinent information concerning the aforementioned areas of expertise.

Most of us realize, the “convenience” induced dependence upon technology today, has the ability to wreak havoc upon ‘technocratic’ societies, especially after a major disaster (natural or  manmade), war, and yes, even a pandemic. Fear of leaving our safe environments during a pandemic, can be just as devastating to our nation’s infrastructure and technologically operated grid systems, as the destruction of it, if caused by war (or EMP sabotage).

Our first instinct is to protect ourselves and our loved ones from entities which have a high percentage risk of causing fatalities or casualties.  Although EBOLA currently has not been classified as ‘airborne’, and despite the fact “it seems” to behave as an ‘aerosolized’ virus, never-the-less, it is alarmingly life threatening. Dealing with such a deadly virus (plague), which has already mutated over 400 times and has spread very rapidly, can propagate increased levels of (warranted) anxiety, and thus, instigates our personal, naturally instinctive and protective isolation response. Understanding this fact, the agencies are presented with a potentially daunting task to attempt to keep the local states, their collective assigned regions, and the entire nation, functioning as a productive society.  All agencies within all government levels and related private sector counterparts, including those, but not limited to, those agencies responsible for maintaining energy sources and connectivity, which heavily affects societal functionality, everyday economic progression, public infrastructure, community medicine and security , must implement protocols to aid in maintaining productivity of life  and continuity of government, (while still meeting  each state’s citizens’ collective and personal needs).

That said, the actual bulk of the responsibility of preserving and respecting local, state. and government laws and citizen’s legal rights during a pandemic  falls upon the nation’s citizens themselves, and how we and our families respond.  Our High Priest and Messiah YAHusha said many times (as it is written in His Word of Truth)…”Do NOT Fear…see I have told you beforehand so that you do not fear.”  Instead of fearing, we need to finalize our household emergency preparedness plans, and show love toward those who may be suffering due to plagues, natural disaster, man-made disasters, and war.  To love, is the greatest right-ruling/commandment we were impressed to obtain from Our Heavenly Father and YAHusha…because LOVE casts out ALL fear.

These continuing  webinar subject discussions provide valuable information and insight into the intricacies of training and preparedness functions in which some of the information disclosed can be implemented as well within our personal daily lives.

The length of the October 9th, 2014 –  Fema Region II Pandemic Training Webinar II – Power, Communications and internet connectivity in a Pandemic Event is just under 2 hours in length.  Please set aside some time to listen to and view the slide presentations of this webinar.  As I mentioned before in my previous post, most civilians are unaware of how their local government and private sector authorities are training and preparing for a Pandemic Event.  I would venture out far enough to say, the training and preparation period is no longer able to be considered a “prepare for (future) event”, but instead it is now unmistakably an “active live event”, where training and preparation must be immediately applied as this serious EBOLA Pandemic event remains fluid and expands. (See link below to access the webinar)

Many parents realize when one of their children or themselves contracts seasonal influenza, they must practice exceptional hygiene and low level quarantine practices at home in order to prevent their germs from spreading to their loved ones at home. These low level isolation practices would be to sit a a couple of feet away from loved ones, to cover the mouth and nose when sneezing and/or coughing–with a disposable facial tissue or inner bend of your arm, to wash your hands often, to sleep in another room in the home, to wash germ filled linens and clothing separately from the family combined laundry, to wipe away germs on faucets–door knobs–light switches–remote controls–refrigerator doors, cabinet knobs, etc using clorox or lysol wipes–or rubbing alcohol with disposable paper towels–and spray a reasonable misting of medically approved lysol spray in the air to keep germs down in your home , to avoid eating from the same spoon or fork, plate or bowl, and to avoid drinking from the same cups or receptacles until your loved one is no longer contagious and has regained complete health.  These practices have most often  helped to stave off the spreading of seasonal influenza for years, and have been proven to be very affective…….

CDC Quarantine Systems MAP, for cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, SARS, flu strains, EBOLA and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. Source: CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

CDC Quarantine Systems MAP, for cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, SARS, flu strains, EBOLA and other viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Source: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

However,….. EBOLA is NOT influenza and is far more deadly with a fatality rate of between 20 to 90%, with no respect of persons in regards to immunity, age, gender, race, economic status, nor culture. This is a seriously dangerous killer virus, and should be handled as such, with complete caution and awareness, allowing no room for error if at all possible.  Since this should now be an obvious fact, many of us can’t help but have some serious unanswered questions remaining…..for example:

1. Why has the CDC along with some state HHS directors stated all hospitals around the nation are fully prepared for EBOLA and/or a Pandemic, when the recent contractions of the deadly virus and the disjointed medical protocol response to it has been confusingly lacking to say the least?

2. Wouldn’t it be deemed misleading to say ALL hospitals in the US have the proper protocol and training, when most of us who have worked within the medical community for any number of years, realizes there are specific hospitals which were built for and thus known for their specialties and expertise in a particular focus/area of medicine? …such as facilities like EMORY University Hospital which specializes in the field of Infectious Disease and has a Biocontainment Unit?

3. The CDC and the US federal government has been discussing for a very long time the serious need to have at least one Infections Disease Bio-containment Unit and specialized hospital in each state, and mentioned this need due to their foreknowledge of a potential EBOLA outbreak which at some point could possibly spread to the USA.  As of today, the USA only has 4, level four, hospitals which can receive and properly treat EBOLA patients and provide proper protection suits for their medical staff.  These four hospitals, Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and St Patricks Hospital, Missoula, although considered level 4 facilities, have very few beds to accommodate any sizeable EBOLA outbreak…..the total number of beds between all four hospitals is said to be less than 25 beds total.  Why is that??

4. Why is it most of the public isn’t being told, only level 4 hospitals are most likely to receive actual level 4 credentials to request actual level 4 protection suits, supplies, and apparatus’ when needed because of the allotted funding for these level 4 facilities, but a lower level facility, not known for specializing in infectious disease will thus be provided lower level protection suits, protocol and treatment training and practices?

5.  Why does it seem as though the CDC and some HHS state directors are passing the buck around in an attempt to deflect responsibility for serious protocol failures, rather than receiving the buck and correcting these grave errors?….The missing and seemingly forgotten letter….”P”….from the….“and Prevention”…. portion of the acronym CDC for the Centers for Disease Control (and Prevention)….seems to purposely lend itself to forgetting the…”and Prevention” portion of this important centers’ function…..to  not only seek to “control diseases”, but also to prevent disease.

6.  That said, why hasn’t the CDC, HHS, Congress, and the POTUS grinded down their differences and unanimously agreed to appoint someone to the crucial position of US Surgeon General along with the approval for  emergency appropriations, so this individual and their staff can take the helm and promptly organize the US alphabet soup of related acronym agencies toward doing the job of maintaining public wellness/health, control and isolate the contagion, and preventing further spread?

7.  Are american civilians overacting if they pose these questions to the medical officials? Or, are the medical officials “overwhelmingly under-reacting” and thus has the Executive Branch doing so as well?  Are there any mainstream media journalist who would dare to get these questions answered directly and thoroughly, without showing bias nor fear?  Hmmm?

Those who are in FEMA Region II (NY, NJ, P.R., US V.I.), who choose to listen to these Pandemic Preparedness and Training webinars conducted by their state and regional officials will at least know what their officials have actually done and are currently doing regarding EBOLA and any other potentially deadly Pandemic, and they can prepare themselves as civilian individuals and their families accordingly.

Let’s continue to pray for one another for YAH/GOD’s guidance and protection, while we continue to share pertinent information with one another, to keep each other aware during these increasingly tumultuous times now and ahead.  His Peace be unto you and your loved ones.

When all else fails….Aha-YAH/God’s WORD and the covering of HIS SON YAHusha never will!

Please see the link to the October 9, 2014 webinar in the sources indicated below.

Tonya Woodbury Sloan

The Complex Layers Series

Sources Cited:

1.  FEMA Region II Pandemic Webinar Training II Power, Communications, Internet Connectivity and Staffing in a Pandemic Event. Oct. 9, 2014.  https://share.dhs.gov/p737vy5uar9/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

2.   Dedicated Ebola Hospitals Sought After Nurse’s Infection. Oct. 14, 2014. Caroline Chen and Kelly Gilblom. Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-13/ebola-monitoring-to-include-medical-staff-after-infection.html

3.  Graphic: Power Grids.map. KRT News Graphics, 08-14-2003, Source: US Energy Information Administration EIA.

4.  CDC Quarantine Stations (n=20). map. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A L E R T ! FEMA Region II PANDEMIC Preparedness Information Update (NY, NJ, P.R., US V.I.)

VERY IMPORTANT… guys…

…..For those who live in FEMA REGION II: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands…

……….Please, try and set aside 1 hour and 46 minutes to listen to and view slides to this very important FEMA REGION II Pandemic Webinar I : Federal and Local Government Planning…Hosted in conjunction with SIFMA – held on Sept. 23, 2014…

……….This has everything to do with YOUR LIFE and their plans set in place to protect, organize, handle, control, conduct operations of each portion of infrastructure, ALL forms of metro, suburb, and rural transportation not limited to-but-including the aviation sector–ferry & all ports–taxi services and your personal vehicle travel & toll pass cards, ALL school districts’ operations including-but-not limited to public and private school bus service & family vehicle drop offs, ALL areas of everyday life needs and services-including-but-not limited to such sectors as Food Supply & Distribution including import-export-trucking, ALL Utilities – Water, gas/propane, electricity, ALL merchandise retail operations, goods & services, ALL forms of hospitality & lodging, banking….etc…and more!….everything is discussed and thus has been implemented.

This is more in-depth than anything being given ‘piece-meal’ on this important Pandemic subject matter in the mainstream news…..this is directly from the infrastructure directors and managers themselves.

Stay ahead of the pack!  Click on the link to this very important and very informative Pandemic Webinar they have conducted. Not many civilians in Region II are aware of this…but you will be….and can help advise others. See the link below to their webinar and also a link to the FEMA and Red Cross regions map.

1. FEMA REGION II Pandemic Webinar I : Federal and Local Government Planning…Hosted in conjunction with SIFMA – Sept. 23, 2014…

https://share.dhs.gov/p7b0mlqsepi
2. FEMA and Red Cross regions map
http://maps.redcross.org/website/maps/images/NationalLevel/FEMA_Regions.pdf

Just a note here…..it is rather interesting how this pandemic webinar took place on September 23, 2014…….and……on September 24th was when the man from Liberia, Mr. Duncan, who was visiting his family in Dallas, went to the hospital the FIRST TIME because he was feeling sick, and yet the hospital misdiagnosed him…when he indeed had EBOLA. The webinar seems to have been held just at the right time….hmmmm.

Here is a very good “workplace” pandemic preparedness illustration graphic below, which could also be used for home and school use too, if properly adjusted and applied to each environment. [Graphic Source: Pandemic Planning Visual Summary. New Zealand Ministry of Health. http://www.officehygiene.co.nz/pandemic_planning/pandemic-visual-summary.jpg ].

Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health, Pandemic Preparedness Planning

Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health, Pandemic Preparedness Planning Visual Summary

Stay safe and let’s continue to stay informed by sharing important information!

May Yah and Yahusha’s peace and protection be with you and your loved ones, always.
Tonya M. Woodbury Sloan
The Complex Layers Series

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