Miscalculation In The Hot Zone

In addition to the issues involving transportation systems and the leaders in charge of accidents and outbreaks, hospitals contribute to the downfall of diseases too. When working in the medical field the chances of being susceptible to a disease increases. When dealing with sick and infected patients the urgency of the situation may cause any health care worker to forget all and any policies- this puts everyone else are a greater risk of infection. Not every rule is followed all the time because every patient is different. The CDC predicts that the more people cared for in the correct way, the more likely Ebola will dissipate (Laura Smith-Spark and Ray Sanchez, 2014, p. 2). This gives insight of just how easy the problem could be solved with

He explains “amplification”- the act of a disease jumping species. The Marburg is an example of this. Once the virus grew to jump in the humans, the population was infected severely (p. 35). Preston gives evidence of human error, on what seems to be a simple experiment, affecting the entire human race. With numerous uneducated employees handling a lethal agent, the effects are catastrophic. The slightest human mistake or miscalculation will be the downfall of the human race. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, describes,” [i]t’s like fighting a forest fire. If you leave behind even one burning ember, one case undetected, it could reignite the epidemic” (Cohen, 2014, p. 2). This supports the theory of containment being the best route for Ebola. Not only is it crucial for the virus to be contained, but also tracked down to the agent’s exact point of origin. In some aspects the argument proposed causes contradiction. The more people helping the quicker the epidemic will dissolve. However, the more people working on the Ebola cases, the higher infection rate increases. When dealing with a contagious hot agent all known cases must be reported. A CDC employee in Liberia explains that most accounts of Ebola go unnoticed. About “40 to 60%” (Cohen, 2014, p. 1). This suggest that people are not vocalizing their sickness. Many patients are scared of the strangers marching into their homes and proclaiming