In what was described as a war zone where the epidemic occurred, the world health organizations realized they had a virus of catastrophic proportions on their hands that could strike at any time. ... To add more description, the Ebola Virus is described as a group of exotic viral agents that cause a severe hemorrhagic fever disease in humans and other primates. ... The mortality rates in the known outbreaks have been 60 percent with Ebola/Sudan virus and 77 to 88 percent with Ebola/Zaire virus. ... Although much is known about the agents of Ebola hemorrhagic fever disease, the ecology of E...

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Since the 2014 outbreak, questions and concerns have been raised about general information of the Ebola virus: "What is Ebola and where does is come from?... The Ebola virus disease (EVD) was once identified as Ebola hemorrhagic fever. ... Infection control is a significant strategy in stopping the spread of Ebola and recognizing and managing patients with the Ebola virus. ... Approximately ninety percent of all Ebola's victims die. ... There is no FDA-approved vaccine available for Ebola. ...

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The three viruses in the book were the Ebola Zaire virus, Marburg virus, and the Ebola Reston. The author, Richard Preston, did a great job describing what the virus did to people and how it progressed. ... The Ebola Reston is the virus that shows up throughout the whole book. ... I have learned that there are many dangers of a filovirus, or a family of viruses that comprises only Ebola and Marburg. ... These viruses are very dangerous and can kill you within a week if you were exposed to it and have the ability to quickly spread around the world if an infected person traveled as described...

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The Hot Zone & Outbreak "The kill rate in humans infected with Ebola Zaire is 9 out of 10. Ninety percent of the people who come down with Ebola Zaire die of it. Ebola Zaire is a slate wiper in humans" (Preston 38). ... There are scenes such as the one quoted that describe such horror making readers almost experience it and fear it. ... "No movie will ever match the real-life horror described in Richard Preston's The Hot Zone." ...

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I believe the author brings out the importance of keeping the virus contained with his intensity of describing how the virus leaks out of its new destroyed host. The Ebola virus is this train. ... Meaning how many more outbreaks of Ebola or, a.k.a, one of the most deadly viruses, will it take for them to realize the danger and risk of exposure. ... In order to stop the spread of disease we need to ban travel so we don't take the risk of spreading ebola. By putting the brakes on this Ebola train, we save America as we know it....

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These are the words describing a number one New York Times Bestseller, The Hot Zone. ... You never know where the author is going to take you in his quest to explain the three lethal viruses (Ebola Sudan, Marburg, and Ebola Zaire) discussed in this book. ...

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However war is generally described as conflict between parties, whether it is between countries, people or ideas. ... One scenario that has been explored is that a genetically engineered version of the Ebola virus would be spread simultaneously through airborne means at conventions in a country. ... Although normal Ebola virus is not airborne, there is a suspected airborne sub-strain called Ebola Mayinga, which is named after a nurse died from it through unknown means. Ebola also has a morality rate of 80%, which means that you have a 2 in 10 chance of surviving it. ... The good news is that E...

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Members of this group have even traveled to Zaire in 1992 to obtain samples of the Ebola virus. ... Deadlier samples of such viruses, as small pox, and even Ebola, may be just at the fingertips of major terrorist groups. ... The laboratory housed the small pox virus, as well as work on the deadly Ebola virus, Marbug, and the hemorrhagic fever viruses . ... The second part, education, would involve all of the steps I described earlier. ... Only letting high-class viruses such as Ebola into high-level security laboratories. ...

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This started his road to fame as this it one book that was a #1 bestseller based on a true story of the outbreak of Ebola around Washington D.C. some time ago. ... He was able to describes the terror of virus outbreaks upon this world like no one else can. ...

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Today, the world has succumbed to chaos, we seem to have this insatiable propensity to war, Ebola is spreading and killing thousands, ISIS is taking hold and thousands more are being martyred, how can one think that humanity is anything but evil at heart? ... In the Webster dictionary evil is described as "morally reprehensible, arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct". ... In today's society we typically use the word "evil" to describe the gravity of the event, to imply a much deeper more permanent sense of wrong doing. And though it is no longer ...

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There, Braley described six-time Senator-elect and one of the state's most popular politicians, Republican Sen. ... Ernst described Elliot Rodger's shooting rampage at the University of California at Santa Barbara as an "unfortunate accident," while flaunting her endorsement by the NRA. ...

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Angell, perhaps the most progressive functional psychologists, suggested "that it would be profitable if consciousness were forgotten and animal and human behavior described objectively instead" (Schultz, 2000, p. 272). ... By the 1920's, psychology captured the public attention like an outbreak of the Ebola virus. ... Robert Woodworth wrote that American psychologists were "slowly coming down with behaviorism as more and more of them, from 1904 on, expressed a preference for defining psychology as the science of behavior rather than as an attempt to describe consciousness." ...

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We freaked out when Ebola came here, but before that so many countries suffered from it and we had no idea nor did we care. ... There is no way to truly describe how drastic the poverty is; no one will understand until they are there. ...

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Multiple diverse functional and dysfunctional aggressors utilize weapons of mass destruction. The Weapons could be better understood by getting an insight into the development of modern warfare and the tactics employed by those who deploy them. The tactical benefits of these weapons will be determ...

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