Ebola, a virus that is spreading very quickly and has now found its way into the United States. The U.S. government has taken a few precautions in order to not let the virus spread any further. Ebola has caused some panic in people and demand for the people who are infected to be placed under quarantine. I believe that these individuals should be placed under quarantine because they should not be set free to interact with others. The individuals also should not be treated poorly due to the fact that they risked their life in order to provide health care attention to the man who arrived to Dallas with Ebola.
This virus started in Africa and has claimed the life of many people according to WHO Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever. The United States has sent people to help reduce the amount of people who get infected but this has caused many experts to get sick and spread the virus into the U.S. My local news station Kfox said,” In a statement released by Rep. Beto O'Rourke announced that 490 service members from
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Duncan flew from Liberia, a country where the virus has hit strongly. Duncan was a personal driver for a FedEx contractor, it is also known that he quit September 3, 2014. One of the Health care workers Amber Joy Vinson traveled to Cleveland on the October 10, 2014 and returned on October 13,2014 and was tested for Ebola and came out positive. Currently Amber is known to be in quarantine. The U.S. Government has made it very clear that the individuals who have Ebola must be placed under quarantine or will be arrested and put into quarantine. The Texas government say, “Dallas Ebola patient to stay home and not have visitors to prevent spreading the deadly disease,” and if not “a violation could result in criminal charges.” I believe that the Individuals who have Ebola should be placed in quarantine and be treated correctly due to the fact that it is the U.S. Governments fault for taking this issue lightly and not taking precautions when the virus was in
Ebola from everyone’s point of view is seen as inferno. Dr. Steven Hatch’s memorable journey began with him volunteering to leave for Liberia in 2013 to work at a hospital in Monrovia to fight Ebola in one of its most affected areas. There were only a few patients with Ebola when he arrived. The number of patients rapidly increased over his time in Liberia. After six months Ebola was declared a world health emergency and not only were ordinary people outside of the hospital getting the virus but the medical personnel that were tending to the patients had caught it and some of them had even died.
This virus is similar to Ebola, because it started in the same place. Lab workers in Germany, in 1967, contracted the new virus while working with African Green Monkeys, which had the virus. The virus is described as a hemorrhagic fever. It has a fatality rate up to 90% and spreads through human to human contact. The first symptoms can be as simple as a fever and a headache, then can progress to organ failure, and fatal internal bleeding.
It is so lethal that nine out of ten of its victims die. Later, geniuses at USAMRIID found out that it wasn't Zaire! but a new strain of Ebola. which they named Ebola Reston. This was added to the list of strains: Ebola.
In Richard Preston’s “The Hot Zone” there is the overarching theme which is that nature is a power that dwarfs the achievements and power that humans possess. This lends to the consideration that humans should strive to understand the viruses and diseases that nature “throws” at the human race. Preston uses gruesome imagery, and characterization to persuade the reader to take the direction of overcoming the viruses and horrors of nature through research to better society.
In the New York Times interview of Richard Preston, the well renowned author of The Hot Zone, is conducted in order to shed some light on the recent Ebola outbreak and the peaked re-interest in his novel. The Hot Zone is articulated as “thriller like” and “horrifying.” Preston uses similar diction and style choices corresponding with his novel. By choosing to use these specific methods he is advertising and promoting The Hot Zone to the audience members that are interested in reading, and reaching out to those who read and enjoyed his novel. He continuously grabs and keeps the reader’s attention by characterizing and personifying Ebola as the “enemy [and] the invisible monster without a face” in order to give the spectators something to grasp and understand the Ebola virus. Along with characterization, Preston uses descriptions with laminate
Johnson (2006) presents the terrifying reality of the cholera outbreak during the summer of 1854 in London. London was the largest city in the world at the time and because of overpopulation the city had major sewage problems. The drinking water was being mixed with the sewage waste and the people had no idea that the water they were drinking was contaminated. The outbreak, began when baby Lewis’s waste was tossed into a cesspool that eventually mixed with the Broad Street pump. During this horrible time two men stood out as they tried to find the genuine reason for the outbreak. The two men that contributed to the discovery of the cause of cholera were John Snow and Henry Whitehead. John Snow was a well-known physician in London, and he was
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a viral disease that was first recorded in 1976, when an outbreak occurred in Yambuku, Zaire, a country that was latter renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo (Walsh, Biek & Real, 2005). During the outbreak 318 cases were recorded of which 280 (88%) died. Later the same year, an outbreak occurred in Sudan where 284 cases were recorded with fatality rate of 53%. The disease and the virus that cause it are named after River Ebola that passes though Yambuku. In the USA, Ebola killed several monkeys in Reston, Virginia in 1989 (Barton, 2006; CDC, 2000). Despite several other outbreaks, the disease has neither medically approved pre-exposure nor post-exposure interventions. However, ongoing research shows optimistic signs.
Ebola, a virus which acquires its name from the Ebola River (located in Zaire, Africa), first emerged in September 1976, when it erupted simultaneously in 55 villages near the headwaters of the river. It seemed to come out of nowhere, and resulted in the deaths of nine out of every ten victims. Although it originated over 20 years ago, it still remains as a fear among African citizens, where the virus has reappeared occasionally in parts of the continent. In fact, and outbreak of the Ebola virus has been reported in Kampala, Uganda just recently, and is still a problem to this very day. Ebola causes severe viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and monkeys, and has a 90 % fatality rate. Though there is no cure for the disease, researchers have found limited medical possibilities to help prevent one from catching this horrible virus.
Ebola can be spread in a number of ways. Ebola reproduction in infected cells takes about eight hours. Hundreds to thousands of new virus cells are then released during periods of a few hours to a few days. In most outbreaks, transmission from patient to patient within hospitals has been associated within the reuse of needles and syringes. High rates of transmission in outbreaks have occurred from patients to family members who provide nursing care without barriers to prevent exposure to blood, other body fluids such as, vomit, urine and feces. Risk for transmitting the infection appears to be highest during the later stages of illness. Those symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, shock, and frequently hemorrhaging. Even a person who has recovered from the symptoms of the illness may have the virus present in the genital secretions for a short time after. This makes it possible for the virus to be spread by sexual activity. Complete recovery is reached only when none virus’s cells are left in any body fluids. This is quite rare.
...1976, scientists have not developed a complete understanding of the virus, such as it’s natural reservoir. The non-specific symptoms make it difficult to clinically diagnose, though there are laboratory tests that can be done to help diagnose patients. Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever also spreads quickly and easily, especially in hospitals where the proper safety precautions are not taken. Thankfully, scientists and doctors have made a successful vaccination that worked on monkeys and are working on one that will work on humans, hopefully helping decrease the dangerously high death rate and help save many people that may one day become infected.
In 1976 the first two Ebola outbreaks were recorded. In Zaire and western Sudan five hundred and fifty people reported the horrible disease. Of the five hundred and fifty reported three hundred and forty innocent people died. Again in 1995 Ebola reportedly broke out in Zaire, this time infecting over two hundred and killing one hundred and sixty. (Bib4, Musilam, 1)
Overall, the United States is doing their part in stopping the Ebola Virus. West Africa is getting better in dealing with the virus and with our help, they have a chance of eliminating the virus. Technology is improving, treatment for patients are growing, and the world is becoming more aware of the situation. The Ebola virus will be taken down and conquered.
Infectious diseases also called as communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi), can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another.
This essay will focus on a multitude of issues surrounding the controversy concerning the Ebola Virus Disease. At minimum six states has partaken for stricter rules for travelers returning from Ebola-affected areas, some with required quarantines going above and beyond federal guiding principles (Lupkin, 2014).The changes are controversial and have sent politicians recanting and attorneys reading the subliminal messages. This method or approach does not fit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which assume an individual is not contagious until Ebola symptoms evident. Then the transmission involves exchange with bodily solutions like blood and puke.
Ebola: A possible travel ban on people coming to the United States from countries where the disease originated.