MAGIC
Here we go again... Get ready for the media barrage designed to raise fears about Ebola and Marburg. I encourage everyone to use this opportunity to expose the true terrorists.
DON’T CONTRIBUTE TO THE FEAR-MONGERING
I wonder…
How is this issue going to be twisted, manipulated, and turned into clickbait for profit, while the important information is hidden and ignored?
I wonder what kind of magical and highly profitable solution is going to be offered by Big Pharma?
I have a sincere request…
If you read any articles or watch any videos regarding Ebola or Marburg, please add them to the comment section below…
CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
GET THE FACTS.
ACT RESPONSIBLY.
QUESTION AUTHORITY.
CALL OUT THE FEAR-MONGERING TERRORISTS AND EXPOSE THIS TERRORISM FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS!!!
WE WILL DEFEAT THESE TERRORISTS BY REPLACING FEAR WITH COURAGE!
Do you believe in MAGIC?
YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
Have you ever heard of the MAGIC Evidence Organization?
MAking Grade the Irresistible Choice (MAGIC)
The idea behind MAGIC (Making Grade the Irresistible Choice) was conceived by Per Olav Vandvik, Linn Brandt and Gordon Guyatt back in 2009.
Generous research and innovation grants, widespread international collaboration with substantial in-kind resources and income from customers has made it possible for MAGICapp to see the light of day and to be continuously be improved, based on feedback from users.
https://magicevidence.org/magicapp
https://magicevidence.org/about/
https://app.magicapp.org/#/guidelines
MAGIC EVIDENCE FOR EBOLA AND MARBURG
https://app.magicapp.org/#/guidelines/name=ebola
https://app.magicapp.org/#/guidelines/name=marburg
The World Health Organization sent out a news release this morning…
WHO updates its guidance for Ebola and Marburg disease
New recommendations represent an advance but also highlight need for more evidence to inform effective infection measures, say experts
Ten years on from the West African Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its infection prevention and control guidelines for Ebola and Marburg disease.
The key recommendations are summarized in The BMJ today with an infographic and the full guideline is available on both the WHO website and the web-based MAGICapp platform.
Case fatality rates for both Ebola and Marburg disease are high, averaging about 50% (and can range from 24% to 90%). Up to date, evidence based infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines are thus critical to ensuring a safe, systematic, and standardised approach during outbreaks.
The new guideline was developed by a group of experts and a patient representative [one?] supported by the WHO secretariat and reflects the knowledge and experience garnered from multiple outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg disease since 2014.
The updated guideline includes 11 new recommendations, 10 new good practice statements, and nine recommendations from previous guidelines to assist health and care workers implement effective [Infection Prevention and Control] IPC measures and reduce the risk of Ebola and Marburg virus transmission.
The guideline development group prioritised 13 key questions and five background questions, and WHO commissioned systematic reviews to inform the formulation of the recommendations.
The group also carefully considered the balance between desirable and undesirable effects of interventions, the certainty of evidence, the evaluation of outcomes, resource use, the acceptability and feasibility of interventions to affected populations, and the impact of interventions on equity.
Although the recommendations pertain to all healthcare settings, some are also relevant to community settings—for example, when interacting in homes of individuals suspected or confirmed to have had Ebola or Marburg disease.
Updates include:
Details of personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be worn for specific activities or risks (such as screening, triage, direct or indirect patient care, cleaning or other hygiene activities, and safe and dignified burial)
Recommendations on the IPC ring approach (rapidly mobilising teams to enhance IPC activities in geographical “at risk” areas around infected individuals)
A strong recommendation against spraying health and care workers with disinfectants such as chlorine who have direct or indirect contact with patients who have Ebola or Marburg disease during the removal of personal protective equipment
Specific details of when to use single or double gloves (including heavy-duty gloves) on the basis of activity risk, methods for glove disinfection, and changing of gloves between patients
The authors acknowledge that although the new guideline represents an advance, it also highlights the need for more evidence to inform effective IPC measures during outbreaks of filoviruses.
WHO calls for greater investment and engagement in research that will provide a stronger evidence base for IPC for Ebola and Marburg disease, and thus help direct future guidelines away from deep-seated practices towards stronger evidence-based practices.
Further resources:
https://www.who.int/health-topics/ebola#tab=tab_1
https://www.who.int/health-topics/marburg-virus-disease#tab=tab_1
The British Medical Journal has published the following…
Outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg disease have continued to occur since the Zaire ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa 2014-16. In response, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a new infection prevention and control (IPC) guideline for both diseases in August 2023, which replaces those issued in 2014 and 2016. This article summarises the process involved in developing the updated guideline and includes an infographic (fig 1) to highlight key IPC recommendations from the guideline, following the patient care pathway from the community to a healthcare facility to discharge. The full guideline is available as a downloadable PDF on both the WHO website (Infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease, August 2023, who.int) and the web based MAGICapp platform.
Highlights from the guideline
During an infectious disease outbreak, the focus is often on availability and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Although important, Personal Protective Equipment is at the bottom of the hierarchy of controls.
Furthermore, excessive use of PPE is associated with adverse effects for health and care workers—notably loss of dexterity and skin irritation—and negative impacts on the environment.
The hierarchy of controls instead emphasises engineering and administrative controls to create a barrier between the source of the hazard (the infected patient) and the health and care worker.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines
https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.p2811
The World Health Organization published this guideline in 2023.
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/372261/WHO-WPE-CRS-HCR-2023.1-eng.pdf
https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/372261
This document was published in 2018.
Occupational safety and health in public health emergencies:
A manual for protecting health workers and responders
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/275385/9789241514347-eng.pdf
Please read my previous article.
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I wonder…
What percentage of the population will actually read the documents listed above?
I repeat my sincere request…
If you read any articles or watch any videos regarding Ebola or Marburg, please add them to the comment section below…
CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
GET THE FACTS.
ACT RESPONSIBLY.
QUESTION AUTHORITY.
CALL OUT THE FEAR-MONGERING TERRORISTS AND EXPOSE THIS TERRORISM FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS!!!
WE WILL DEFEAT THESE TERRORISTS BY REPLACING FEAR WITH COURAGE!
James Roguski
310-619-3055
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I do not pretend to know how to properly care for people who are suffering from the "dis-eases" that have come to be diagnosed as Ebola or Marburg. That is NOT the point of this article.
The point of this article is to push back against the terrorists who want to fill you with fear in order to distract you from important issues that they do NOT want you to pay attention to.
Oh how very interesting. They are a bit late to the game. I remember saying way back in 2021 that Marburg would be rolled out next. I laughed at it then as I laugh at it now - the pathetic attempt to fear us into submission. Trouble is, way too many people will fall for it and this time they will be even MORE afraid and, having had the recent and ongoing dress rehearsal, will fall over themselves to comply with whatever is suggested by those that give out orders. To wear purple shoes and hop on one leg on a Wednesday suddeny will appear to be not such a stupid idea, if it will help stop one get the dreaded Marburg or Ebola. Because quite honestly that rationale is as stupid on its face as any of the ones they tried to impose - sadly mostly effectively - through the past FOUR years.
Great work James.