Pablo Rivera November 4, 2014
Earth Science 1H Current Event
As everyone is well aware 3 west Africa countries have been linked to the rare but fatal disease known as Ebola. These 3 west African countries are called Sierre Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. Many doctors and aid workers have risked their life to help the ill people of those countries. In this article, many doctors have stated their opinion about the diseases but most agree with the idea that it is "Scary". Not only that but President Obama has sent military aid as well. From what is going on this disease is scary and should be stopped as soon as possible. The Article also shows some negative effect of what is happening with other countries are reacting, there are a lack of funds going into this research to help. Not only that but how should people go out and help others that is a big safety precaution.
While Ebola is still out there in the 3 countries and other countries aren't being affected everything is good right? There is still a scare for Ebola from other people, United States had a patient that had it but transmitted to another 2 people. The Rapid pace of transmission is mind blowing but it is only transmitted through bodily fluids, (Sweat, urine, etc.). This effects as a whole, people are still dying to this disease. People do survive from this almost 100 have and they have developed Anti-bodies or immune from it for a period of 10 years. But through blood transmission from a survivor to a patient is helpful but this needs to end in these 3 countries other African countries don't have to be effected. Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana have beat this disease already, after the 21 day wait. The 21 day wait is a regular incubation period for people that might have Ebola. By us not being, doesn't mean we are free. We should still take care of ourselves less.
This Article explains a lot but it lacks information about the disease. Some of the facts that I found was from other databases and other articles. People might know what Ebola but it is like the Flu or common cold. But from the article could you know? Therefore I think the article lacks the Info for it to be good. The only way for this disease to be killed is by getting everybody that could have it into one place so they don't spread it. Most scientist don't have the idea from where this even came from. Most doctors say from Bats, monkeys, even meat they cook.
Biblography:
Altman, Lawrence K. "Fighting an Epidemic With Hands Tied." The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Nov. 2014. Web. 04 Nov. 2014.
Map:
"Map: The Africa without Ebola." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2014
Ebola has become a topic of interest in everyday society. What surprised me most was that almost 100 people have survived from Ebola, from what the news has been saying I thought it would be much fewer. I thought that your summary of Ebola was perfect and I think that the map was a great addition to the article. I also didn't know that such a small portion of the African continent is where ebola is. I also wish that the article could have explained more about the disease itself but you did include how it was spread through bodily fluids and how rapidly it is spreading. Great job!
ReplyDeletePablo wrote a very well written article on Ebola. There were several things that impressed me after reading his review. One thing I found interesting is how he mentioned in his review that there is a 21 day wait before you can be certain that you did not get Ebola. This because it is very scary how you can go about your life for possibly two weeks, and when you became infectious you could be in a very public place, spreading the disease rapidly. A second thing I found interesting was how he expressed how the disease was spread, which is by bodily fluids. When I first heard about Ebola, I was deathly afraid because I thought it was airborne, but this article helped but me to ease because I found out how it only spreads from bodily fluids like sweat and urine. While this could still cause the disease to spread at a rapid rate, it is not nearly as contagious as it would be if it was airborne. A third thing I found interesting about his review was how he said Ebola spread to the U.S. through a patient brought into the U.S. to be cured. This brings up the question on whether it is worth the risk of infecting the U.S. population to save the lives of doctors who went to help Ebola patients in Africa.
ReplyDeleteThere were multiple parts of this review that were well presented. One thing in the review I thought was well presented was how Pablo went into depth describing how Ebola spreads and how the body combats it, which gives the reader a good idea of how the disease works. Another thing I thought was well presented was how Pablo presented possible scenarios where the disease would stop spreading, although they may not be too good, like infecting everyone with Ebola so it can’t spread.
One question I had was how in Pablos review he said that a blood transfusion from a survivor to an infected patient would help stop the disease, but the disease is still ravishing the world. Do blood transfusions really help cure the disease, or do they possible only help certain people?