The Deadly Ebola Virus

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Thesis Statement: The deadly virus Ebola is killing thousands of innocent people world wide, but there are some simple steps that are being taken to prevent this coming tide of death.

I. Introduction

II. Outbreaks

A. First two outbreaks

B. 1976 outbreak

C. 1995 outbreak

D. 1989 U.S. outbreak

III. What is Ebola

A. The Ebola virus in general

B. Transmission

C. Symptoms

D. 1 in 10 victims survive

IV. No treatment

V. Contraction of Ebola

A. Must infect animal first

B. Chimpanzees are the suspected hosts

VI. What is to blame

A. Poor facilities are impart to blame

B. Inadequate surveillance systems

C. Poor governmental quoperation

VII. Prevention and what it helping

A. More money

B. Hospitals staffs are now better informed

C. (CDC) is helping

D. Prevention

IIX. Conclusion

Ebola, a major threat to today's society, is threatening all parts of today's culture. In this paper one will be presented with six major points of analyses. The first an outbreak timeline, the next three are a basic overview of the deadly virus. In the fifth, one will be presented with what things are being blamed for these violent outbreaks. And in the sixth and final point one will be shown what is being done to better the situation.

It is over in a matter of days. The victim staggers, disoriented and exhausted, and collapses in a fever. His eyes turn bright red, and he starts vomiting blood. Within a matter of hours, he "crashes" and "bleeds out" surcumming to agonizing death with blood seeping from his eyes, ears and other orifices. At autopsy, pathologists discover, aghast, that the patients internal organs have disintegrated into an indistinguishable mass of bloodied tissue. The killer: A "hot" virus, a highly contagious and deadly microbe that has never been seen before, and has no known cure. (Bib5, CQ Researcher, 495)

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)

Can Ebola make it to the U.S.? Well the answer to that question is yes. In fact it has, in 1989 in a rural town in Washington named Gabon.

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