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b'The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa is being declared the deadliest on record, and certainly the first of its kind in the region.A recent report\\xa0from the World Health Organization, a UN agency, found that there had been 2630 confirmed deaths directly attributable to the latest strain with 5,357 cases having been diagnosed. The disease is widespread and transmitting intensely throughout Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with additional cases emerging in Nigeria and Senegal.The Global Research News Hour takes a closer look at the background of this developing situation with two observers with dissident takes on this new Clear and Present danger.Aggressive measures are being taken.US President Barrack Obama stated on Tuesday September 16 that his administration would be committing 3000 military personnel to help contain the spread of the epidemic in the region.The World Bank is\\xa0committing $200 million\\xa0in assistance to the three hardest hit African countries.And the micro-biologist who first identified the Ebola virus in 1976 is\\xa0urging UK Prime Minister Cameron\\xa0to take \\u201cquasi-military\\u201d measures to address the threat.Authorities are preparing to\\xa0fast-track the use 10,000 doses\\xa0of an experimental, as yet untested Ebola vaccine for use in West Africa.As of this writing, the President of the besieged State of Sierra Leone has ordered the residents of Freetown, its capital city,\\xa0off the streets and into their homes, arguing \\xa0\\u201dextraordinary times require extraordinary measures.\\u201dThe Global Research News Hour takes a closer look at the background of this developing situation with two observers with dissident takes on this new Clear and Present danger.Jon Rappoport\\xa0is the author of the blog\\xa0NoMoreFakeNews.com. He has 30 years of experience as an investigative reporter and has authored three books including \\xa0The Matrix Revealed and \\xa0Exit from the Matrix.\\xa0He believes the World Health Organization, the Centres for Disease Control and other bodies are exaggerating the role of the Ebola virus in the death counts. \\xa0and speculates on how this new plague may be helping to advance a more cynical agenda.Dr. Leonard Horowitz\\xa0is a Harvard-trained investigator and public health educator. He has authored more than ten books including the 1996 best-seller\\xa0Emerging Viruses: Aids & Ebola, Nature, Accident or Intentional. Dr. Horowitz has argued for years that both Ebola and AIDS were bio-engineered in a laboratory. In this GR News Hour interview, he shares evidence of how the new outbreak constitutes commercial and scientific fraud, he talks about how his information is being\\xa0suppressed\\xa0by YouTube, Wikipedia and, of course, the corporate press, and he outlines what he believes is the real agenda behind this new War On Germs.'