Ebola

Genesis of a Virus: Vaccines a Double-Edged Sword if Not Careful Defective vaccines may lead to even more powerful viruses and ‘hot’ viral strains, according to a new study. Perfect” vaccines have been protecting humans against polio, mumps, measles or smallpox, but it’s the “leaky” ones, which we may have to start worrying about. Imperfect vaccines might pose a threat for future development, researchers found. According to a study published in PLOS Biology, inoculating chickens with a live…

could be found. Ebola tends to just go away for years at a time, which is what makes it a difficult virus to track. On down the road, there would become five species of ebolavirus: Zaire virus, Sudan virus, Reston virus, Taï Forest virus, and Bundibugyo virus. Bundibugyo virus emerged in 2007 and a reservoir host still has not been found. Gorillas have been found to have antibodies, but hat doesn’t mean they are the reservoirs. Malaria was first believed to no be zoonotic because “the four…

Because the drug can actually be absorbed through the skin and eyes, officers have to wear hazmat suits in order to seize fentanyl. The hazmats suits that they wear are the same suits that health care workers used to avoid being contaminated by Ebola. This current problem with fentanyl has been around since 2007, but lately, the death rates have risen through the roofs. The main problem is that Americans seemed to be addicted to it and because of that there is a big profit being made for drug…

Heroism The prince is a hero! He has rescued the princess, and now they are going to live happily ever after! In reality, that’s not exactly how heroism works. Heroism happens to be a lot more than saving the damsel in distress, slaying the dragon, and banishing the evil villain. As nice as that sounds, being a hero is about a person’s character. Often, heroes are determined by small acts, rather than large, headliners, such as “Save a Cat from a Burning Building” ones. A hero is someone that…

Contagion vs. The Hot Zone While contagion and The Hot Zone show politics of a pandemic in Ha similar way, the way both the media and panic are addressed in both works is quite different. The politics are the much alike in both situations because the decisions made by the government have to be ethical to protect the public. The media and panic are largely different between the two pieces because of how classified the virus was and how big the time gap was for the use of technology. Although…

“The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more closely… and as a consequence, every one of these viruses that passes from animals to humans has the capacity to infect all of us.” These words, spoken by Nathan Wolfe, director of Global Viral, are naturally applicable to one of Richard Preston’s most famous novels. In The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, the author uses a variety of literary devices to create an atmosphere that is horrifyingly…

young kids, and the elderly. Because of this the U.S. should not allow immigrants here. According to Judicial Watch, “The hordes of illegal immigrant minors entering the U.S. are brining serious diseases-including swine flu, dengue fever, possibly Ebola virus and tuberculosis-that present a danger to the American public as well as the Border Patrol agents forced to care for the kids.” Immigrants bring more disease to the U.S. and should not be allowed to come over and infect…

When ideas need to be sold and there are an overabundance of suppliers, sensationalism is used by journalists, politicians, and news media to emphasize the extremes of language, and excite people toward a specific side without explanation as to why. History shows that numerous companies ignorantly make outrageous claims about their products in commercials, many presidential candidates proclaim amazing things they can do for America, while insisting other candidates would only make the country…

these countries is devastatingly low as well- 1 in 7 children will not live to celebrate their fifth birthdays (Angola, Central African Republic, and Chad). This is largely the result of poor access to good health care, malnutrition, disease (think Ebola outbreak), and of course, poverty. The third and final factor, net migration, varies by country. The largest rate is 22 migrants per 1,000 people (Zimbabwe), with the smallest being -10 migrants per 1,000 people (Somalia) [Data estimated in…

Even though utilizing personal protective equipment can keep myself and other's safe, viruses need to be a constant concern because of their unknown routes of infection, abilities to mutate and Secondhand contact with patient's substances doesn't change the severity of the possibly infection. Richard Preston really wrote this book to keep the reader anxious the entire time. Each individual that he interviewed was well aware of how severe of constant concern of transmission from the virus. I…