Imagine watching a literal train wreck; but its online, and its live. Just before the train crashes, slams into and most likely kills a car full of helpless people, the computer freezes and won't load. The colorful spinning wheel of death comes up and you sit there not knowing whether all those people were crushed, or if the train was able to stop in time. Wondering if at that exact moment you're sitting there staring at your loading computer screen, if there is a car smashed in by a multi-ton pile of metal. Its a horrible thought, right? The unknown.To be honest that's one of my biggest fears is the unknown. Now imagine this. One of the most deadly viruses of all human existence is advancing towards you, its only seven hours, one airport and one taxi ride TV from infecting you. Doesn't it make the train wreck seem not that bad. Especially considering that its possible and its real, and it will happen if certain people don't take certain steps. Travel ban from certain eastern countries, I believe, is one of these very important choices that need to be made in order to keep you and your loved ones uninfected. "Having destroyed it's host, the host agent is now coming out of every orifice, and is 'trying to find a new host.'" (24, Preston) this piece of the chapter "Jumper" shows how incredibly contagious this disease is. 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. America as a whole is this car. The brakes, that are most likely taken for granted, are those people who have certain steps and choices to make. Why would we want to allow someone with this contagious of a virus on a plane with possible suitors as a new host. This infected person would then get to the airport after being helped off the plane, infecting the attendant that helped. Going into the bathroom, touching the door, the stall, the sink, and the toilet.
There have been four identified strains of Ebola. ... Ebola Sudan was discovered in Western Sudan in 1976. Ebola Tai is the most recently discovered type of Ebola virus. ... The first three species of Ebola are not transmitted by air. As the Ebola Reston is suspected to be airborne. ...
The Ebola virus, though extremely deadly, is misunderstood. ... Ebola was first identified in Sudan and Zaire in 1976. As of now we have no cure for the Ebola virus. ... Ebola is transmitted by bodily fluids and not by air. ... As of now there is no vaccine for Ebola. ...
Ebola Virus, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever. ... Genetic analyses indicate that there are at least four distinguishable subtypes of Ebola virus: Ebola Zaire, Sudan, Reston and Cote d" Ivoire. ... The Ebola virus attacks every component of the human body. ... This is a significant indication that Ebola did not evolve with vertebrates. ... Many Ebola outbreaks have occurred in the rainy season in Africa. ...
The Ebola Hemorrhagic fever is a viral disease first identified in 1976 in what was formerly Zaire, near the Ebola River for which it is named. ... Three of the four strains of this virus affect humans: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan and Ebola Cate d'Ivoire. ... Ebola obviously has effects on the population. ... Currently there is no medical cure or vaccine for Ebola. ... Most recently a human trial began for the first Ebola vaccine. ...
Ebola is an epidemic that is growing at unstoppable rate. ... Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with a strain of Ebola virus. ... Ebola is spread through direct contact with blood and body fluids of a person infected by and already showing symptoms of Ebola. Ebola is not spread through the air, water, food, or mosquitoes. ... Duncan's death, there have been three other known Ebola infected patients most of them volunteer doctors who have visited the three Ebola infected West African countries. ...
Ebola Virus The Ebola virus, named after the Ebola River in Zaire, is a highly contagious virus. ... History of Ebola The Ebola virus was first documented in Zimbabwe, South Africa and in Kenya in 1976. ... Transmission of Ebola Ebola virus is spread through close personal contact with a person who is infected with Ebola. ... Identified Ebola viruses Until present day, four subtypes of Ebola virus has been identified: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Reston, Ebola-Ivory Coast. ... Ebola-Sudan, the second strain identified, was discovered near the place around the same time of the Ebola...
Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease occurring in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. ... People can be exposed to the Ebola virus from direct contact with the blood and/or secretions of an infected person. ... The incubation period for Ebola hemorrhagic fever may range from two to twenty-one days. ... Laboratory tests for Ebola are an antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA, polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation. ... Because the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus is unknown, prevention in Africa is very challenging. ...
The Ebola virus is a deadly virus in the filovirus family. The filovirus family consists of Ebola Zaire, the most dangerous of the Ebola viruses, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Marburg. ... Ebola Reston is the only strain of Ebola that has been proven to transmit through the air and it's been the only Ebola not fatal to humans being a virus that strictly attacks monkeys. ... There is no known vaccine for Ebola yet but there's testing for a vaccine that has worked on mice infected with Ebola. ... No one knows exactly when Ebola will break out next, and no one knows where Ebola is hidi...
The Ebola virus is a deadly virus in the filovirus family. The filovirus family consists of Ebola Zaire, the most dangerous of the Ebola viruses, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Marburg. ... Ebola Reston is the only strain of Ebola that has been proven to transmit through the air and it's been the only Ebola not fatal to humans being a virus that strictly attacks monkeys. ... There is no known vaccine for Ebola yet but there's testing for a vaccine that has worked on mice infected with Ebola. ... No one knows exactly when Ebola will break out next, and no one knows where Ebola is hidi...
