In “Nigeria declared Ebola-free by WHO”, Faul and Njunga
discusses the impact of the Ebola deadly virus on the people of Nigeria (8). The country of Nigeria has 160 million
people but had only 20 cases of Ebola including the eight people that died from
the disease (Faul and Njunga 8). According
to Faul and Njunga, this is great news compared to other cities in Africa (8). “Some 9,000 people have been infected with
Ebola, and about 4,500 have died“ throughout Africa (Faul and Njuna 8).
Experts are hoping that we will see less people dying of the Ebola virus
if they would drink lots of water and stay hydrated (Faul and Njunga 8).
In my opinion, the thought of being infected with a virus
like the Ebola virus is very scary.
This virus is now out of Africa and is spreading throughout other
geographic regions of the world such as Georgia. I am very worried because my mother works in a hospital and can
get exposed to the Ebola virus. I wish
there was a way to keep this virus from spreading. It is really sad to know that people in the medical field are dying
from this disease because they were trying to help the people in Africa. How do you feel about the Ebola virus in
America?
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Cited
Faul, Michelle and Andrew Njunga.
“Nigeria
declared Ebola-free by WHO”. Atlanta Journal Constitution: Cox media group 21 Oct 2014. Web. 21 Oct 2014
I think that the governments to blame for this outbreak. Our government sent Ebola patients to a hospital in Texas one of the many hospitals in the US that couldn't handle this outbreak. The government then brings another Ebola patient to the US lucky to Emory Hospital in Atlanta one of the few hospitals in this country that could handle it. The amazing thing is that the outbreak cold have been stopped in Africa by all the more developed countries. We could have stopped it in Sierra Leone the place were this outbreak started. We thought it would stop in Africa but when it got in Nigeria there was no stopping it because it is one of the more populated and a higher percentage of urban areas unlike the previous outbreaks in more rural areas so Ebola spread everywhere because it had roads and interstates to use to travel farther from its starting point. The problem was we couldn't stop as easily anymore but our government does nothing individual groups and individuals do everything they can to stop it but they couldn't. The outbreak here is because of our government and this time they have hopefully learned their lesson.
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