Ebola is a virus that affects your body's organs and typically cases a person to bleed out. It is contracted by coming in contact with another infected person's bodily fluids. In the past 9 months, 3,600 cases of Ebola have been reported. Out of those cases, more than 1,800 people have died from the virus. The biggest outbreak of Ebola is in West Africa. Several Americans contract the disease over there, and are flown to the United States to treatment. There is no medicine or vaccine for this deadly virus. However, the very first experimental vaccine trail began last week. The outbreak shows no signs of slowing down unless a vaccine is created.
This article was written by CNN in Atlanta, which is relevant because the hospital where ebola patients are being treated is in Atlanta. Before reading this article, I knew that several people were affected by the virus, but i didn't know that doctors were just now working on creating a vaccine even after nearly 2,000 people have died from ebola. This article was written to spread awareness about the ebola outbreak occurring right now in the world.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/health/ebola-patient-emory-atlanta/index.html?hpt=us_c2
My mom works at Parkland Hospital- she says that the hospital is preparing an isolation unit for future Ebola patients. It's a pretty serious outbreak
ReplyDeletecrazy stuff... scarry too.
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ReplyDeleteDoctors should have started a long time ago to prevent the disease from spreading even more. I know creating a vaccine isn't easy, but there's nothing wrong with a head start.
ReplyDelete-Jazmin Garcia (2th Period)