Ebola virus is a member of the family Fivoviridae and is named after the Ebola River in the Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) which is where the first epidemic occurred in 1994. The virus is classified as
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pathogens to evolve. They have adapted to the medicines that we consume‚ and their medication resisting ability drastically improved. Consequently‚ we have a virus such as Ebola that directly attacks the immune systems. This virus has an average of 50% fatality rate. As of 13 January 2016‚ reportedly 11‚315 has died from Ebola. Moreover‚ we also have many contagious antibiotics resistant bacteria such as Clostridium difficile‚ shortened to C. diff‚ a deadly bacterium that multiplies when an antibiotic
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establishing human safety and immunogenicity within a shorter amount of time then the current amount of time. The problem with this is by the time the test is complete and is safe the epidemic will have ended. This was the case with the epidemic of Ebola as the epidemic ended an effective vaccine was produce at the epidemic’s end. This is an scientific issue because when facing the unknown time will be a limited resource we need to improve how humanity can research possible vaccines quickly. If a vaccines
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I have always been a very naturally inquisitive and enthusiastic person‚ especially when it involved disease and the impacts it has on the body as well as society. The recent media attention on diseases in the tropics (such as Ebola and MERS) has only heightened my fascination with disease and I am extremely interested in learning more and entering the field in the future as a scientist. Diseases are rapidly changing and evolving‚ and thus we have having to change our approach to how we monitor‚
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from Secretary Burwell‚ CDC Director Frieden‚ as well as Tony Fauci from NIH about the Zika situation‚ and I want to give the American people an update on where we are. As it has been explained repeatedly‚ but I want to reemphasize‚ Zika is not like Ebola. This is not a human-to-human transmission‚ with the one exception that we’ll talk about. It’s primarily transmitted through mosquitoes‚ a very particular type of mosquito. But what we do know is that if you contract Zika‚ even if you don’t appear
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In the essay “Serving in Florida‚” Barbara Ehrenreich records managers being the “class enemy” and how low level jobs are inadequate in terms of pay. She states that most managers and assistant managers were prior underdog employees of the restaurant business and they are only there to make the big bucks for corporations. Ehrenreich bemoans how managers are the “class enemy”; for instance‚ they never allow servers to take a one second break but the manager’s just sit down all the time and don’t do
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Ebola is a world issue at this point‚ as leaders of public health we have the responsibility to make an example of how to handle viral outbreaks. The current ban on visas to those who have been in west Africa is not the way to do this. While some believe that banning these people from entering Canada is the best way to protect our citizens‚ there are several arguments against the ban. Including that the bans gives incentive for countries to hide viral outbreaks‚ that this gives incentive for people
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Will more stringent gun control laws create less crime? Will stiffer gun control keep known criminals from committing their awful acts? Gun Control is law designed to impose legal measures to license‚ control‚ or restrict the ownership of firearms by members of the public. That means the government’s only responsibility is and should be to determine which citizens are able to get a permit to own and carry a firearm. They should do background checks for any mental illnesses‚ past criminal activity
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Nowadays‚ Technology has been an important knowledge of tools and crafts used to help people in many different life aspects in order to generate effiency and optimize time‚ money and any kind of resource. In many societies‚ technology has helped develop more advanced economies and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. But at the same time many technological processes produce unwanted by products‚ known as pollution‚ and deplete natural resources‚ to the detriment of the Earth and its environment
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million. Ebola was not nearly as bad therefore‚ Ebola in modern Africa was a better disease to have than the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. This is because Ebola was not as deadly as the Plague‚ Ebola wasn’t around as long as the Plague‚
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