Jehovah’s Witnesses Respond to Ebola Outbreak - jw.org

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Respond to Ebola Outbreak

 

NEW YORK—As the deadly Ebola outbreak devastates West Africa, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to proactively educate their members about the disease.

 

In Sierra Leone, an announcement aired on a local radio station outlining how Jehovah’s Witnesses helped their members and non-Witnesses in the community to avoid the Ebola virus. The authorities there also requested that the Witnesses’ relief committee assist the government’s agencies in the region.

 

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[WendyLC]

I just read the article before I came on here. Hand washing is important ALL the time. So many illnesses can be avoided by this simple practice. In some areas though clean water supply is not always available.

[MzT]

Excellent updates.  Thanks for the link.

[Cort24]

It is sad that we lost 10 Jehovah’s Witnesses there.  I still hope this Ebola Outbreak Ebola

become a world wide outbreak.   

[Downunder Guy]

It is sad that we lost 10 Jehovah’s Witnesses there.  I still hope this Ebola Outbreak Ebola

become a world wide outbreak.   

Hello John I'm just after some clarification.  Are you actually saying that you want to see Ebola spread around the world into the developed countries?  If that were to happen there wouldn't be 10 witnesses dead, there would be hundreds if not thousands.  Not to mention the thousands & maybe even millions of non witnesses that would suffer, that number could include your family, friends, work mates & neighbours.  Why would you want that?

[maladee]

Hello John I'm just after some clarification.  Are you actually saying that you want to see Ebola spread around the world into the developed countries?  If that were to happen there wouldn't be 10 witnesses dead, there would be hundreds if not thousands.  Not to mention the thousands & maybe even millions of non witnesses that would suffer, that number could include your family, friends, work mates & neighbours.  Why would you want that?

I think he meant, will NOT become a epidemic ,at lest I hope

[Shawnster]

I think he meant, will NOT become a epidemic ,at lest I hope

I was thinking the same thing.

[luvsquilts]

By no means am I saying this to promote any suffering or death, yet we know pestilences on a worldwide scale are prophesied. These signs have to take place and be fulfilled and sadly we are miraculaously immune from the effects.

[shali]

Hello John I'm just after some clarification.  Are you actually saying that you want to see Ebola spread around the world into the developed countries?  If that were to happen there wouldn't be 10 witnesses dead, there would be hundreds if not thousands.  Not to mention the thousands & maybe even millions of non witnesses that would suffer, that number could include your family, friends, work mates & neighbours.  Why would you want that?

No true brother would ever wish for an all out outbreak of Ebola so let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he doesn't want that for all his brothers an sisters? I'm sure his motive his good, not bad.

[1gemstone]

Thank you for the link as well.

[Downunder Guy]

I think he meant, will NOT become a epidemic ,at lest I hope

That's why I asked for clarification, my intention wasn't to accuse him of anything wrong.  It's easy to write something & have it come across as something different, it's happened to me enough times.

[ReadYourBible]

That's why I asked for clarification, my intention wasn't to accuse him of anything wrong.  It's easy to write something & have it come across as something different, it's happened to me enough times.

You're in good company, they always misunderstand me.........  

[trottigy]

Population of those 3 countries - Guinea 11 million, Sierra Leone 6 million & Liberia 4.5 million.

And hand washing is keeping our brothers and sisters safe - except for a VERY small number of those with regular and direct contact with infected people in hospitals (a nurse and a few health care workers).

Amazing!

I feel safer already - off to wash my hands.

Edited October 10, 2014 by trottigy

[shali]

If this outbreak had happened in Iraq/Syria/Turkey where there are all those refugee camps with hundreds of thousands of people - it would truly be devastating. I'm sure in those kinds of conditions, this disease would truly run rampant and uncontrolled.

[trottigy]

Perhaps you don't know this, but Liberia has been struggling with civil wars WAY longer than Syria and has a huge refugee population - larger than Syria. In fact, the capital still doesn't have regular running water and electricity for a decade now. http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13729504

This is why those 3 countries are where this all started.

The point is - even under those conditions (which are quite different than most countries) it is still easily fended off by just hand washing. It is not the Apocalypse some make it out to be - or surely we wouldn't be sending missionaries back into it.

Edited October 10, 2014 by trottigy

[luvsquilts]

By no means am I saying this to promote any suffering or death, yet we know pestilences on a worldwide scale are prophesied. These signs have to take place and be fulfilled and sadly we are miraculaously immune from the effects.

Note to self:  Oh my----proofread thoroughly!  It should read---we AREN'T miraculously immune.........   Sorry!

[shali]

well that's good to know! All those wasted prayers that I can't get back! LOL

[trottigy]

well that's good to know! All those wasted prayers that I can't get back! LOL

Prayers for others are never wasted.

I pray that more and more use good hygiene and stop the spread of this deadly disease. I have prayed similar for this when HIV/AIDS was the big story. It has also killed way to many - traced to mostly un-hygenic and unchristian practices.

[GStorrs46]

    Last night's evening news reported on a doctor who had returned from Africa and had come down with the symtoms

of Ebola. He lives in NYC and even took the subway to Brooklyn where he visited a bowling alley. As a result the

news piece said there was now concern about an outbreak of Ebola in Brooklyn as the result of those he came in con-

tact with. Does anyone one on this forum have any more details on this story. And is this just another "scare" story of the

media to fan the flames of the Ebola crisis, or is there legitimate  cause for concern ?

 

                                                                                                                                                               GStorrs46

[Musky]

    Last night's evening news reported on a doctor who had returned from Africa and had come down with the symtoms

of Ebola. He lives in NYC and even took the subway to Brooklyn where he visited a bowling alley. As a result the

news piece said there was now concern about an outbreak of Ebola in Brooklyn as the result of those he came in con-

tact with. Does anyone one on this forum have any more details on this story. And is this just another "scare" story of the

media to fan the flames of the Ebola crisis, or is there legitimate  cause for concern ?

 

                                                                                                                                                               GStorrs46

 

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/17601-ebola/

[trottigy]

Just remember the first person who was in the US with this was actually contagious for 4 days and around his family all that time and NOT ONE contracted it from him.

There is no cause for fear.

[shali]

Yes, it would be very difficult for Ebola to spread in the U.S. like it has in Africa - we are way too paranoid!