Weaponisation of Ebola by Muslim terrorists

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I think the above is overly parsimonious and misses out some salient points about both the nature of infection contraction and control and the socio-demographic reality of West Africa.

Simply put, if we (non-African) have a problem we couldn't look to any African country for aid.

Shortage of given raw materials, perhaps?

The opposite is true, to the point were even the people living there can't tell the difference between their own economy and aid. If Africa ever stopped being in some need of aid entitlement, it would collapse economically.

I want to see evidence of this, please.

I reiterate that the financial gains garnered from 'Africa' (not homogenous) are probably greater for the west than what we put in. Do you know what the UK's total international aid budget is, bearing in mind it's currently the 6th largest economy in the world? 0.7% gross national income. 0.7% spread over many countries that require aid, a small proportion of which will be west Africa. I don't have the figures to hand but for the UK that means, for me, on my current salary, between £100 & £140 of my annual salary goes to world aid (in simplistic terms). Spread that out over, say, around 50m people (a conservative estimate) and per person that would equate to less than a millionth of a pound/person. Doesn't break my bank, nor my country's. And I hardly think it's flooding their economies with wealth either.

Africa is not one big homogenous place, it's as diverse as any other continent like Asia or South America. What justification do you have for saying that 'Africans' can't tell the difference between their own economy and aid? What % of which state's GDP is directly as a result of revenue streams generated by aid, and to what degree has this affected the perception of said African state's economy?

Taking your comments prima facie as true, what portion of blame could you place on the individual citizens of that state and what could be apportioned to, for example, lack of education, technological ability, or, say, corrupt government structures?

Africa is a constitution of welfare states, and the people living there admit it.
Whilst there are many contributing factors, if the population of Africa were substituted for the population of China or England. There wouldn't be an issue.

I don't know how on earth you can qualify that statement with any evidence to back it up.

Incidentally large swathes of East Africa are given over to chinese developers for the exploitation of raw minerals and other resources at the expense of those state's labour.

We could look at corruption perhaps? Or the incompatibility of certain political systems with the agents within that country and their still very often tribal associations?

Out of a sense of nationalistic pride, or rightful suspicion, the countries inhabitants would deal with the problem.

Again, I don't think you could qualify that statement with evidence. There's no knowing what people from a different state would do when put into the same context that many poor and destitute Liberians or Sierra leoneans [sic] and are facing right now.