As we all know, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in America has died and one of the nurses who had contact with him has contracted the virus. I'm sure everyone is doing their current event on this topic but I feel this is a good opportunity to compare present-day medical care to more primeval times.
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Representation of spread of disease
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You may remember that during the Columbian-exchange, the Americas received malaria, smallpox, typhus, measles, whooping cough and more diseases from Europe, Africa and Asia. In those times the knowledge of the medics was extremely limited, especially in comparison to the doctors today. From the time that the exchange took place to now, we've managed to discover so much about the human body and how it reacts to certain fluids and how we fight viruses such as ebola. I honestly do not know the specifics of studies and research, but what I do know is Americans have the ability to beat this deadly disease.
It is frightening to know the nurse, who is now diagnosed with Ebola, was covered from head to toe with protection and still managed to become infected. When she realized she had symptoms, she immediately reported them and the public doe not know yet who all the came in contact with since then. All we can do is hope for the best and trust our brightest doctors to hopefully find a cure to the disease and prevent more deaths.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/health/ebola-nurse-how-could-this-happen/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
I agree, it is frightening to know that she still contracted the disease even though she was protected. We should not freak out yet though, we are working very hard to come up with an effective cure, (Myles Bennett)
ReplyDeleteIn regards to history, today viruses and diseases can spread much more quickly throughout the world than in the past, due to our expedient transportation such as airplanes and trains. I think countries need to be stricter on who can enter their country when a virus of this magnitude and danger is found.
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