Outbreak

deaths of 348 people with damages estimating over $11 billion dollars. Due to the magnitude of the outbreak, National Weather Services assigned several teams to not only investigate the storm, but also the effectiveness of NWS. These teams took an in-depth look at how and why the storm was so large and if/how National Weather Services could have done more to prepare the public of the oncoming outbreak. Each day of…

infectious diseases outbreaks. The main responsibility should lie on the parents’ shoulders. Some parents do not want to vaccinate their children for different reasons. However, some parents want to protect their kids and they follow religiously the vaccination schedule. In addition, parents that do not vaccinate their kids mix them in the regular population such as parks, movie theaters, or schools. Consequently, infectious diseases outbreaks are happening. After a recent measles outbreak in…

As many food service businesses should know, it is nearly impossible to avoid an outbreak of some sort forever. Unfortunately, Chipotle Mexican Grill is no exception. Since its founding, Chipotle’s claim to fame has been “food with integrity,” meaning you not only wanted to know where the food you were serving was coming from, you wanted to know how it was raised. This gesture sets such high expectations with yourself and with consumers. Although, high expectations are not necessarily a negative…

theory on why any type of outbreak occurs.” Without turning down the volume, his voice got softer like he was telling a secret to a friend in a room full of people. “It isn’t because someone messed up in a lab, or visited an ancient CDC that contains a deadly virus. Well, I mean, it is, but there is something else going on. Let’s review our history before I talk about the other reason why outbreaks happen. In the 1340s, a huge outbreak occurred in Europe. That outbreak was with the illness, the…

hit by the news that there had been an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the west of Africa. Although this is not the first outbreak of this disease, it is the most severe outbreak we have ever seen since its discovery in 1976. This essay aims to talk about what the EVD is, the current epidemic and the risk for people around the world. Ebolavirus is named after the Ebola River in Zaire (now The Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976. The first outbreak of EVD infected over 300 people…

this wording --) John Snow faced many critiques in the midst of his research. Even when he proposed the removal of the pump, and the number of deaths declined, people still questioned it. London was not the first city to ever experience a cholera outbreak. Researchers have confirmed that cholera was present in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (Possible citation) This disease comes from a bacteria called vibrio cholera. It makes its way into the body via contaminated water, whether…

As a result of the hurt and devastation caused by the plague, the stop to it was just as devastating. Once the outbreak got to the point of consuming a nation the leaders then started to look at how they could prevent further damage. As a result, to their thinking they began to close the gates to their villages and prevent anyone who was suspected of being ill or who was a stranger from entering (Tognotti, 2013, p. 255). This was the beginning of quarantine, a medical strategy that was used in…

A disease outbreak is the occurrence of cases of a disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a defined community or geographical area. The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976 during the outbreaks in Sudan. Since then there have been an additional ten outbreaks of the virus worldwide. As of 2014, The West African Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest recorded in history, killing over 11,000 people. The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is responsible for the global…

Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone is about the Reston virus, one of the five strands of Ebola, and its outbreak in Virginia in 1989, which startled the eastern United States. The story begins with a hot zone of the Ebola virus, Kitum Cave, in order to provide background information towards the virus and its hunger to take hold of a host. Over the course of the story Preston depicts the viral effects, emphasizes the passion of the scientist, and conveys the bravery in an almost disastrous situation.…

and were no longer just found in the movies, rather in real life as well, life would become very difficult for an individual. First, an individual would have to stay away from a city, due to the large population which would lead to a large zombie outbreak. Second, they would have to gather supplies and weapons. Third, the individual would have to find others, for the reason that being in a group is safer than just going alone. Finally, the person would just need to survive for years before…