2014 Ebola Epidemic in Guinea and the United States Amy Riddell Kaplan University HS311 Unit:1 Assignment Professor Daniel Gilmore November 16, 2015 Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is an exceptional and fatal disease caused by an infection with one of the Ebola virus strands that claimed an estimated 2,482 lives in Guinea, Africa alone in 2014 (Johnston, 2015). It made its first recorded appearance in 1976 near the Ebola River, which is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The symptoms, similar to the well-known flu, consists of fever, severe headache, body aches, loss of physical strength, lethargy, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, and unexplained hemorrhaging. These symptoms can appear anywhere from…
One last grievance I have with “The Hot Zone,” is its verbiage detailing of the events that unfolded at the Reston monkey house. Preston’s use of language is no doubt swoon worthy in much of the novel. His descriptions and characterizations are what make this book truly special in my eyes. However, the Reston incident spans nearly half of the book and though obviously important to the history of Ebola as we know it, Preston drags out moments that could have been summarized in a few short sentences into long repetitive paragraphs. Perhaps within those dense and somewhat dull paragraphs Preston felt there were details that needed to be voiced, but for the most part it made the book tiresome to finish by page 300.…
Analyzing Frontline: Ebola Outbreak In the 2014 Frontline documentary of the Ebola outbreak, awareness of the devastation and severity of the Ebola virus are brought to the surface. The disease has ravaged the country of Sierra Leone and surrounding territories like Guinea. Community helpers, volunteers, and organizations such as Doctors without Borders have come together to help those in need of aid.…
Ebola virus ailment is a one frightening infectious disorder syndromes . The sickness is one of it type. The nonfiction e book the hot region with the aid of Richard Preston and the film in 1995 Outbreak, was patterned after Ebola virus , are similarly terrifying. simply imagine victims bleeding thru their ears, eyes, nostril and, via autopsy, a few pathologist findings organs necrotic. Ebola always reason intense contamination .…
Could Poe be talking about Ebola in the “Mask of the Red Death,” possibly because they were both very deadly diseases. Based on what it said in the story they had similar symptoms such as bleeding, headaches, etc. How it’s delivered is very similar to Ebola; they’re both blood born diseases. Some other reasons why is because they are both very deadly. They are both not treatable for a cure as we know of.…
When the CDC is involved with something major you know its serious and not a game, but for this instance this type of Ebola wasn’t harmful to humans. Overall this book gives us knowledge of Ebola and what to look out for and what is being done to stop it from spreading and…
UV-C and Isolation I had privately gotten the results only moments later. The test came back positive. Fear had risen in my throat and panic bubbled in my mind. This was not a good thing to happen at all and I dreaded telling anyone else. Patient 0 had indeed contained Ebola.…
Was Poe talking about the ebola disease in the “Masque Of The Red Death”? Based on what I read I don’t think Poe was talking about ebola. The reason I think this is because the story was wrote 200 years ago. When Poe was talking about the disease he explained what happened when people got it. When people got it he said “when they caught this disease they bled out of their poors”.…
History has a tendency of repeating itself from the forms of leadership to tactics of war to the plagues that kill many. Ebola originated in West Africa in the 21st century more than five hundred years after the Black Plague. The Black Plague occurred in Europe during the middle ages and left a great impact on society. Although Ebola never reached the mass scale of the Black Plague it still had a traumatic impact on societies. Ebola and the Black Plague differ in the environment of the societies prior to contact, the symptoms, and impacts on societies; yet, are similar in the initial spread of infection, public reactions, and the rate at which they spread.…
Ebola is the most dangerous disease since HIV. According to the report by Richard Preston, an author who writes about infectious disease, the epidemic began on “December 6, 2013, in the village of Meliandou, in Guinea, in West Africa, with the death of a two-year-old boy who was suffering from diarrhea and a fever” (Preston). Since then, the outbreaks have been staggering. The virus is contracted through contact with blood and other bodily fluids. As the virus becomes more of an epidemic, health care workers traveled to West Africa to fight the deadly disease.…
Ebola is an epidemic that is still active and the largest outbreak in its history. (CDC. 2014). Death rates are above 55%, and the United States government is sending thousands of men and women to “combat” an unseen enemy. I am a Marine Corps veteran, and I disagree with the decisions being made for this country in regards to this epidemic. My time in the military is over.…
Ebola How is ebola caused. Ebola is an tragic disease, many people know what ebola is but they don't know how it is caused. The such disease known as ebola is caused by a infection. Many times it is also caused by bodily fluids. It can be spread by direct blood.…
No, I don’t think Edgar Allan Poe was talking about Ebola. I don’t think he was talking about Ebola, because it wasn’t a know disease. Even though it wasn’t a known disease doesn’t mean that he didn’t have it. I think he died from a brain tumor. Although some people believe he could’ve had Ebola.…
In today's era, the world remains filled with food contaminants. To expound further, multiple nations face similar issues pertaining to food security. Not only do their citizens remain susceptible to these illnesses, such illnesses present economic challenges as well. From an economic standpoint, foodborne illnesses wreak havoc. Not only do they reduce potential investments, they also place nations into a state of emergency.…
Introduction The movie ‘Outbreak’ came out in cinemas in 1995 shortly after the discovery of the Ebola HF virus in the late 1970s. This movie dramatizes the Ebola HF virus and portrays it as the fictional Motaba virus, it shows in a dramatic Hollywood way how the US would react to a deadly disease outbreak. Of course, being a Hollywood movie there are some facts and many fallacies in the finer, more scientific aspects of the disease. The biosecurity facilities used to control the spread of the disease are not accurately portrayed and the evolution of the disease is ridiculous and very inaccurate. Scientific Information Viruses In and Out of the Movie…