Quarantine

hungry. To give your Goby a fighting chance, let it spend a week or two in its own quarantine tank. Essentially, all you need a small tank with water in the right conditions (more on that later). A little piece of mature live rock from your full-size aquarium would go a long way in helping your fish feel at home (they get stressed, too!), but it’s not necessary. As a side note, you probably won’t need to quarantine your Mandarin for any disease or illness reason. Mandarins naturally secrete a…

Epidemic In a country where people are dying every day from different diseases, Ebola has become the talk of the year. Although this disease has been around for several years, it is now being acknowledged. A few Americans have been forced into quarantine because of the outbreak. The disease can only be spread through a transfer of bodily fluids, unlike diseases like the flu and the common cold. Government officials are trying to limit the transmission of Ebola; therefore, people who have not…

the town. As people began to die, Rieux and other doctors beg authorities to take preventive action which results in a quarantine. Soon mass hysteria begins to set in and smuggling begins to take place. Characters Dr. Bernard Rieux – is the protagonist of the novel. He is morally upright character and is frustrated by the City officials reaction to the plague. During the Quarantine,…

1930s and early 1940s an ever growing America had many different visions for the future. President Roosevelt along with Norman Rockwell are two notable American icons that had similar but contrasting views on the image of America. In Roosevelt’s Quarantine speech he talks about how America wants peace and how the nations are declaring war on each other, even when some nations did not want anything to do with World War II. Roosevelt states “America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore,…

The term “Black Death” is recent. During the plague it was called the Great Morality or the pestilence. The bubonic plague is a disease that is non-native to Europe and is passed from rodents and fleas. Outbreaks of the plague started as early as 430 B.C in Athens, Greece. Despite the bubonic plague killing 30 to 60 percent of the population there was a silver lining to its dark cloud, it caused advancements in medicine, hygiene and also lots of job openings. The bubonic plague was a terrible…

dead rats in Oran. After reaching record highs, the number of dead rats in the town reduces which, simultaneously begins the appearance of infections of bubonic plague in the citizens. To combat the effects of the plague, the town is placed under quarantine and health teams are set up. The rats that bring the plague and the sentries that keep the people within the town’s boundaries represent the Nazi army that attacked France. Those who are infected by the plague represent Jews, anti-fascists…

who came in contact with a possibly ill person was put under quarantine. With the exponential growth of the population to whom such treatment had to be applied, rows or railway wagons were pulled together and thousands of plague suspects and ‘contacts’ were locked in. The Russian government were harsh with their methods in order to control the epidemic. The government even went as far as removing the police who were enforcing the quarantine with thousands of soldiers. The bodies of plague…

Overall the book Plague and Fire by James C. Mohr captured my attention in the saddest of ways. From the in depth documentation of the fire that ravaged Chinatown and the devastation it left in its wake, to the tragic plague that killed the diverse people of Honolulu, my attention was focused on the amount of dead that was a result of this awful plague. Mohr outlined heavily the reactions of the people and how that negatively or even positively helped the fight against the silent killer. This…

Steven Luna Per.6/Mrs.Macintyre Compromise of the Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis marks one of the most important events not only in our country but also the United States. It is important that we define, rather explain, what the Cuban Missile Crisis was. The Cuban missile crisis was a so called “pivotal” moment in the cold war. The two great superpowers at the time (The United States and the Soviet Union) were at the brink of war. The cold war seemed to be tilting…

The Black Death was a disease that hit Europe in 1346-1353. The disease is considered to be the most devastating plague in Europe of all time, with at least 75 million people deceased. Not only did the Black Death kill millions of people, but it also had many effects on Western Europe. The three most important effects the Black Death had on Western Europe were the Jews being blamed for the plague outbreak, relationships between the people and the Church changing, and the many advancements that…