Ebola Research Paper

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Lily Boyd 10/20/14 Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus (Ebola virus), whose normal host species is unknown. Ebola has now infected about 9,000 people and killed nearly 4,500, including 263 health care workers. Ebola has arrived in the U.S but only a few cases have been reported. What would happen if Ebola spreads throughout the entire U.S? How would we stop the spread of it? Ebola is spread by touching the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola, including but not limited to urine, saliva, feces, vomit and semen. I have taken the precautions of what you should normally do every day but I have taken the necessary time to wash my hands whenever I have the opportunity and not sharing my food and/or drinks with anyone. Why did America not take the necessary precautions of not having any flights leave or come to the America? Why did we not issue a order and we would not have to worry as much for our safety about the virus. We could have been a lonely island until there are zero cases of Ebola reported. I also do not understand why we are still not taking as many precautions to this virus when it is in America. Shouldn’t we be taking extra precautions? I don’t think people are taking this virus seriously when there is no cure. It is not like the flu where they write you a prescription and you are all good. You
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