Ebola is certainly a big problem in West Africa. It spreads quickly, it kills quickly. It has infected many, not to mention that the area doesn't have much access to sanitation or clean water. It's not a bad thing that doctors from other countries are trying to help treat ebola at its source, but how effective is it really? Some doctors themselves get sick, and the virus is so widespread and hard to contain that they're not really getting anywhere.
Besides that, the United States, a first world country involved in the attack on ebola, broke out into a wave of fear when some doctors, nurses, and others coming home from Africa developed the disease. For the most part they were successfully treated and the virus did not spread any further. But it did cause quite a ruckus.
Personally, I don't think it was necessary to have freaked out as much as we did. Precautions are precautions, but the medical teams were already pretty much ready for the situation. We've been able to handle it well.
Also, there's the other extreme of taking ebola too lightly. Commonly in America jokes are made concerning ebola. For example, a teenager may simply cough and his or her friend will say something along the lines of spreading ebola. Of course, it's meant as a joke and isn't true. However, American citizens are well aware of the real threat and what it would mean if ebola did spread in our country.
Ebola should be taken with caution, but not so much that we freak out and there's only one or two patients here while there are thousands of thousands in Africa. And we shouldn't take it as a joke, either.
Besides that, the United States, a first world country involved in the attack on ebola, broke out into a wave of fear when some doctors, nurses, and others coming home from Africa developed the disease. For the most part they were successfully treated and the virus did not spread any further. But it did cause quite a ruckus.
Personally, I don't think it was necessary to have freaked out as much as we did. Precautions are precautions, but the medical teams were already pretty much ready for the situation. We've been able to handle it well.
Also, there's the other extreme of taking ebola too lightly. Commonly in America jokes are made concerning ebola. For example, a teenager may simply cough and his or her friend will say something along the lines of spreading ebola. Of course, it's meant as a joke and isn't true. However, American citizens are well aware of the real threat and what it would mean if ebola did spread in our country.
Ebola should be taken with caution, but not so much that we freak out and there's only one or two patients here while there are thousands of thousands in Africa. And we shouldn't take it as a joke, either.