Outbreak

The Outbreak depicts a very vivid story of society and our reactions when the forces of nature seem to be against us. The film begins with the setting of Motaba River Valley in 1967, when an outbreak of a deadly fever has affected a mercenary camp. Although scientist were brought in to find a cure for the infection disease, it was without luck. Due to the high mortality rate of the people infected, the scientists could not find a cure to stop it from spreading. We further learn that the…

Communicating with various stakeholders is a critical component of managing a disease outbreak. Ineffectual communication between stakeholders and the outbreak management team can have severe consequences that can influence the success of the outbreak management strategy. For example, when CWD was discovered in 2002 in Wisconsin poor communication between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and stakeholders greatly hindered the disease management efforts and had lasting negative…

Inspection Act in 1906 followed by the Pure Food and Drug Act would also be passed for the same reason as the Pure Food and Drug Act. But recently, major foodborne outbreaks would happen such as salmonella, E. coli, and listeria. These outbreaks have tripled in the United States in the past twenty years (Newsela). All these foodborne outbreaks would be included in poultry, vegetables, fruits, and beef (Newsela). A incident that happened would…

Introduction The movie ‘Outbreak’ came out in cinemas in 1995 shortly after the discovery of the Ebola HF virus in the late 1970s. This movie dramatizes the Ebola HF virus and portrays it as the fictional Motaba virus, it shows in a dramatic Hollywood way how the US would react to a deadly disease outbreak. Of course, being a Hollywood movie there are some facts and many fallacies in the finer, more scientific aspects of the disease. The biosecurity facilities used to control the spread of the…

The Influenza Outbreak of 1918 The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in recent history. It was caused by the H1N1 virus which originated from avian genes. While there is no universal consensus on where the virus originated, it spread globally from 1918 to 1919. The Spanish flu is considered the worst pandemic in the history of mankind. In less than a year there were 40 million people who died from this virus, which spread at an intense pace, while it seemed that nothing and…

complete an investigation (Key Players in Foodborne Outbreak Response, 2015). A microbiologist, another team member, studies bacteria such as Salmonella and will help be a consultant on how quickly the illness will spread, and who is at risk (Key Players in Foodborne Outbreak Response, 2015). Another team member will be a environmental health specialist who will help find out what hazards and issues are promoting the outbreak (Key Players in Foodborne Outbreak Response, 2015). A regulatory…

communication because of foodborne illness outbreaks. An estimate of 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur annually in the United States alone. Approximately 325,000 are so severe that they must be hospitalized and 5,000 people die due to foodborne illnesses every year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005). Terrorism or terrorists will never take this much life each year. Almost Everyone is involved when there is a food borne outbreak and it is…

I. Introduction The cholera outbreak in Haiti has claimed the lives of over 7,000 Haitians and has sickened over 470,000 since the 2010 earthquake.1 An effective program that Haiti should consider is using a mass vaccination of a new and inexpensive oral cholera vaccine called Shanchol, which has been successful in Odisha, India.2 II. Body of Paper A. The emergence of cholera in Haiti was initiated by a number of existing problems. There where two national disasters that struck Haiti between…

The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti Ayva Rodriguez Felician College The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti It’s been almost 5 years since the cholera epidemic in Haiti affected thousands of people that even until now the pathogenic organism are still around claiming the lives of Haitian individual ("Combat Cholera," 2014). Cholera may have been around during the time of the Greek physician “…Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) and the Indian peninsula” as their record indicates the similarity of the disease…

Bing bing bong bong the lunch bell rang. Ok guys let's go to lunch ok said Jeffry and so did DJ. Lj is the leader of the group. the 3 boys were at lunch. Today the day was a half of a day and it was night time and while they were eating the outbreak from a scientific study of a bad liquid had escaped and it was reaching everyone outside and the kids were starting to be attacked by the liquid had made other people into creepy killer clowns. These clowns were coming after DJ, Jeffrey, and…