Ebola is a thread virus that can only be spread by direct contact. The worst outbreak of the Ebola Virus was in 2014-2015. You all remember the nationwide panic of Ebola. It was first found in the Ebola river area in 1967, hence naming the virus Ebola. Although Ebola isn’t highly contagious the disease still managed to cause panic throughout the entire world. How do we prevent the spread of Ebola? Is it still a problem? What new advances have been made? Read more to find out.
How does Ebola Spread and what are the symptoms? Although some many people were infected with Ebola, the disease doesn’t spread very easily. The easiest way to contract Ebola is touching the infected bodily fluids of someone who has contracted the disease. The symptoms of Ebola are; fever, severe headache, muscle pain, weakness, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal (stomach) pain, and unexplained bleeding or bruising. These symptoms may appear in the timeframe of 2-21 days after contracting the disease, but the average amount of time is 8-10 days. This disease may also come back after an infected person has “recovered” from it and present the same symptoms.
What is in effect to prevent Ebola? Is it still a threat? The first thing that is in effect is quarantine. Quarantine is when someone contacts the disease they are separated from the public as well as anyone they have come in close contact with in the past 21 days. There is also a study called the Sierra Leone Trial which is focusing on introducing an experimental vaccine. What can you do to avoid Ebola? First and foremost wash your hands, also avoid contact with any bodily fluids that have been infected. The Ebola virus once posed a real threat to the world, but does the disease still pose the same threat? The answer is controversial, although the disease is very deadly and could potentially come back it is not an imminent threat to us in the present. At the moment there is a lot of funding going into finding a vaccine that could be spent on working to find a cure for diseases such as the Zeka virus.
In conclusion the Ebola virus is a deadly thread virus that once posed a threat to the entire world. It is has many unpleasant symptoms that could potentially return after the host has supposedly “recovered” from the disease. At the moment there is no vaccine or cure for Ebola but there efforts to find a cure or vaccine. In the present the Ebola virus does not present a threat, but if another outbreak occurs we may not be well enough equipped to fight off this disease. Can this disease potentially cause another epidemic? Should we still be so focused on a cure? How will we deal with the disease if it does come back?
I think this blog has a lot of very accurate and interesting information. Like you said Ebola is a very contagious disease. In about 2014 there was a huge outbreak and so many people died. To answer your question is Ebola still a threat, I found this website with this information:
It says that there is very few people with Ebola and there hoping to be Ebola-free soon. At one point there were thousands of people diagnosed with Ebola and now the numbers are going down and they hope they stay down.
this is the website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/07/the-biggest-threat-to-stopping-ebola-is-thinking-that-its-over-now/
Although the most recent Ebola outbreak in Africa is now controlled, I believe that it is still a threat to the world. If another similar outbreak in Africa occurs, there is always a chance that it can spread to other parts of the world, given the ease of air travel today. I think that the developing countries are most at risk, given the lack of medical infrastructure that will help contain Ebola, should an outbreak happen. The US will be less at risk, as we have a fairly sophisticated infection control programs in our hospitals.
Because of the potential for another outbreak and the high mortality rate of infection with Ebola, we should continue to place resources to finding a cure or vaccine. In fact, there are now some early vaccine trials for Ebola.
Being an infectious disease physician, 2014 was a busy year for me — we had to update our hospital protocols to deal with a potential Ebola outbreak. This include working with other public health officials to help determine transfer of suspected Ebola patients from place to place, working with the different departments in the hospital to determine the best areas to quarantine these patients, and working with the government and department of health to obtain personal protective equipment supplies for the hospital staff. We had to work with the CDC, the North Dakota Department of Health, and other hospitals in town, to determine the best course of action should we encounter a patient with Ebola.
Augusto Alonto, MD
Your information is 100% correct abut Ebola. Ebola has been a big factor today in the world. I wouldn’t doubt that they put millions on millions of dollars to figure the cure out. If people don’t find a cure, or figure out how to tame it, there could be a huge crisis in not just American but the whole world. People should still be focused on the cure, because this is a deathly disease, that is aching for a new start. Ebola needs to be stopped in its tracks, to be able for our human race to survive. I think if researchers can find a cure for Ebola, it will be a walk in the park to get rid of it. If they don’t find a cure or there cure is wrong, it can set the world in a lot of danger. You can exceed your information by using this site: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=b4885209-5921-4017-85f5-5690028c659e%40sessionmgr120&vid=3&hid=105