And while over $900 million in aid and relief supplies has been pledged globally, only about $110 million of the pledged amounts has actually been delivered into the stricken areas of DRC and Uganda, as of this morning. Much moe will be neeeded, no doubt.
Here is the latest disconcerting news, from Reuters:
…A senior World Health Organization official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been infected with Ebola and 17 of them had died since the current outbreak started there.
Ebola was thought to be circulating months before the outbreak was first declared by Congolese officials on May 15, meaning many medics were exposed to the disease before they even knew it was present. Even now, health officials say supplies of the basic gear to protect themselves like gloves and masks are running short…
In happier news, this is the first full day that the Obama Center for Democracy is open to the public — in Jackson Park. Today’s tix sold out months ago, but all weekend there will be Juneteenth style celebrations there on the lawn.
Please remember that today is also a day for celebrations, nationwide. Yep, this is the day formerly enslaved people in Texas first learned that — at least as far as Washington, DC was concerned — they were now… free. [In practice, it would be many many years yet, before they could come and go as they liked.] And that knowledge was only shared in Texas, a full three years after the signing of the proclamation. Damn.
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