Ebola Paper
Alex Strezoski 10/14/14
Current Events Paper Ebola Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes bleeding inside and outside of the body. As the virus spreads, it weakens the immune system and other organs of the body. Ebola has killed up to 90% of the people that have been affected by it. The disease first originated in a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976. It is named after the Ebola River, which is near one of the villages that Ebola originated in. Recently, Ebola has come back to life, so to speak, by infecting many people in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Republic of the Congo, Guinea, and Liberia. Thousands of people have died because of the awakening of this disease. It is also spreading at a very fast rate that is scaring many people. Ebola cases have now come up in many first world countries, like the U.S. and Germany. This disease is something the world cannot take lightly because it has killed many and if we don’t take care of it properly than it will keep on killing. The U.S. is trying to keep Ebola out of the country by raising safety procedures at some airports. They are screening people to see if they have a high temperature, which means that they could have Ebola. Some people have even given the consideration to completely cancel flights to the U.S. from the African countries that are stricken by this disease, because they think it would be a better way to keep the disease from spreading more than it already has. All of this fear from the U.S. has been caused by the death of Thomas Eric Duncan, which happened in Dallas, Texas after he came to the U.S. from Liberia to visit family. People are scared because he was exposed to many people before he knew he had contracted Ebola, which means many other people could have it and they wouldn’t know. Many other countries, with the help of the U.S., are also trying to make a stand against this
Current Events Paper Ebola Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes bleeding inside and outside of the body. As the virus spreads, it weakens the immune system and other organs of the body. Ebola has killed up to 90% of the people that have been affected by it. The disease first originated in a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976. It is named after the Ebola River, which is near one of the villages that Ebola originated in. Recently, Ebola has come back to life, so to speak, by infecting many people in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Republic of the Congo, Guinea, and Liberia. Thousands of people have died because of the awakening of this disease. It is also spreading at a very fast rate that is scaring many people. Ebola cases have now come up in many first world countries, like the U.S. and Germany. This disease is something the world cannot take lightly because it has killed many and if we don’t take care of it properly than it will keep on killing. The U.S. is trying to keep Ebola out of the country by raising safety procedures at some airports. They are screening people to see if they have a high temperature, which means that they could have Ebola. Some people have even given the consideration to completely cancel flights to the U.S. from the African countries that are stricken by this disease, because they think it would be a better way to keep the disease from spreading more than it already has. All of this fear from the U.S. has been caused by the death of Thomas Eric Duncan, which happened in Dallas, Texas after he came to the U.S. from Liberia to visit family. People are scared because he was exposed to many people before he knew he had contracted Ebola, which means many other people could have it and they wouldn’t know. Many other countries, with the help of the U.S., are also trying to make a stand against this
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