By: Clair MacDougall and Stephanie Nebehay
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/west-africa-ebola-death-toll_n_5690470.html
The symptoms of Ebola include fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhea. This epidemic was first detected in, which used to be Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the mid-1970s. Ebola is spread by connection with blood and body fluids of people or animals who have been infected, it is one of the world's deadliest diseases because scientists are still yet to find a cure; killing up to 90 percent of the people or animals who have been contaminated. Pandemonium has risen and Ebola has been amongst the world for 4 months now and the death toll has risen above 1,200. "As the Geneva-based World Health Organization rushed to ramp up the global response to the outbreak first detected in March, including emergency food deliveries to quarantined zones, it announced that deaths from it had risen to 1,299 as of Aug. 16, out of 2,240 cases"(1). "Between Aug. 14-16, Liberia recorded the most new deaths, 53, followed by Sierra Leone with 17, and Guinea with 14"(1). The WHO said, "Food has been delivered to hospitalized patients and people under quarantine who are not able to leave their homes to purchase food. Providing regular food supplies is a potent means of limiting unnecessary movement"(1).
This article justifies the importance of why the human population should take Ebola seriously and not think of it as a joke. The article informs the audience about the situation in parts of Africa and tells the audience to be prepared for the worst. Ebola is a serious matter, let the world hope it does not spread to neighboring countries to the point where the whole world is contaminated with Ebola. This article is exceptionally informative, giving the audience background information about the disease and also the present situation in parts of Africa. If it is not treated properly the epidemic can turn into a pandemic with a blink of an eye.
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