Outbreak

of Health. However, these and the other initiatives that followed could not take back the losses that Maori had already endured. These losses that the Great Flu inflicted on Māori society are not easily quantifiable and the social impact of this outbreak was far more severe than we can ever know for certain (Rice, et al.…

As disease devours the world, ordinary people are forced to become pioneers of epidemic tracking. In the book Patient Zero by Marilee Peters, it talks about how various diseases are created, transmitted, and controlled. Each chapter gives context to the “patient zero” of various diseases, their emergence, how they were assessed, and their devastating effects. The evolution of Cholera, Typhoid, and the Black Plague helps society understand how diseases arise and how to contain them. Body…

As you ask for a glass of water, you have no hesitation to drink it. The water is guaranteed to be clean. When you hear of a recent outbreak of disease, you breathe calmly. Disease prevention is easily accessible. The United States, within its glass bubble, consists of sanitary water accommodations and medical assistance, which is available for most citizens. Additionally, the United States is consistently looking for more ways to improve. One may ask, what is outside of the glass bubble?…

Dropping Like Flies Edgar Allan Poe pens the dark short story, “The Masque of the Red Death” to comment on the new outbreaks of the times. The short story describes a young prince, Prospero, who secludes himself and his guests from the “Red Death” to protect them, but ultimately he fails because everyone dies. It correlates historically to the bubonic plague of the early 1300s. Although Poe does not specify what prompted him to write his short story, he intertwines the historical events such…

the idea that the roots of the First World War lie within only one country’s decision-makers. She believes that the origins of the war are such complex combinations of individuals and circumstances that one cannot simply just put the blame for the outbreak of the war on one country or one…

The major mining company, China union has closed their operation due to the outbreak of Ebola. Furthermore, due to the restriction on movement that has severely affected the mining of gold and diamond. Production and shipment of rubber have been disrupted by reduce the number of workers and the difficulty in exporting. Liberia manufacturing…

B. Investigation The Yalta Conference took place from February 4 – February 11, 1945. During the Yalta Conference, the territorial division of Germany was discussed, and this caused Germany to have a political divide. Originally, Germany was to be divided into East and West Germany between the Yalta Big Three – Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States), Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), and Josef Stalin (Soviet Union). This territorial division resulted in Germany being separated politically. The…

Vaccines are an easy way to prevent diseases. Vaccinations have gotten rid of many diseases including measles, diphtheria, rubella, and polio. They have also significantly reduced the rate of many other diseases such as chicken pox and pertussis in the United States. The Center Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has a list of every preventable disease everybody living in the United States should take to ensure their health and safety. Everybody in the United States should be vaccinated against…

Increasing Immunization Rates From Ages Birth to 19 Why should we immunize our children? I believe children should be immunized to in order to stop an outbreak of a preventable disease in a community. By doing so, I believe one could save a child 's life from these diseases that such as Measles, Mumps, Rubella(MMR), Pertussis and Diphtheria with just a simple vaccination. It is recommended that children be immunized from birth to the age of 19. After the age of 19 they, should continue to…

procedure has exhibited notable decreases in diarrhoeal diseases, and has shown prolonged disinfecting effects on many microorganisms when used with ammonia. However, there exists protozoa that are resistant to chlorination, and such spores have led to outbreaks that resulted in a decreased economy and an infected population. Moreover, the toxic and corrosive nature of the chlorinating products exposed to employees in the industry raises the question, “Should water chlorination be banned?” When…