As most of the country probably knows Ebola is in the United States. Ebola is a very infectious disease that is generally fatal. It is spread through body fluids, such as, sweat, saliva, and blood. You are only contagious once you begin to show symptoms. Thomas Eric Duncan was the first one diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, he was in Liberia and flew from there to Dallas, Texas. Alexis Bonte, FAO representative of Liberia describes how the Liberian people feel about Ebola, “Neighbors, Friends, and family are dying within a few days of exhibiting shocking symptoms, the causes of which are not understood by many local communities.” Duncan came to America to visit family and friends for a short while. In Liberia he had been helping Ebola patients. Duncan flew on two United Airlines flights before reaching his destination in Texas. He was screen three times before boarding the plane to the United States all the examinations showed his temperature to be a normal 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
On Thursday September 25 after 10 pm Duncan had a fever with vomiting symptoms so we went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where the doctor ordered blood tests, but no Ebola screening, he was prescribed only pain medicine. He was readmitted that Sunday and tested for Ebola, which came back as a positive.
Duncan was in the United States for a couple of days so he had to have come in contact with quite a bit of people. It is said that Health Officials are reaching out to as many as 100 people who may of come in contact with him.
Personally I think people are becoming to worked up about the Ebola virus, just because one person came back to the United States does not mean that the whole country is going to become infected with Ebola. When news headlines say “Ebola is here” they are far over exaggerating and they are just trying to get people to read their story. We know that everyone on the airplanes have been quarantine, along with all his friends and family he has come in contact with, even the ambulance that took him to the hospital, all the medics in it and the ambulance itself. Their is an emergency experimental medication that Duncan can be put on to try and get rid of his symptoms. This is not FDA approved, but the doctors can use this in any case that Ebola reaches the United States which obviously we now know it has. People do need to have a look out for this, yes, but we do not need to be worried about this virus, because only one person has it and the only way it is transmitted is through fluids from your body. Eventually this will all go away and no one will even be talking about it anymore.
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