Ebola Crisis Thesis Statement

For this discussion post I am using an article written by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, it is a professional journal for people who are interested in topics like geography, geographic information systems and remote sensing. My major is in geography with a minor in geosciences so the information covered in this publication is highly relevant to both, my current career and my future career goals. The aurthor of the journal article I selected is Paul Frommelt, he is with the NGA Office of Corporate Communications, in the article he discusses how the NGA supports the Ebola crisis (Paul Frommelt, NGA Office of Coroporate Communications.)
The tone of the article comes across as informative in nature. The intent was to inform the public of the efforts that NGA has made to share data with relief workers and U.S. miltiary personel who are on the front lines of the epidemic. There is some use of numerical or statiscal data used to emphasize the size and scope of the current outbreak. The use of this data further underscores the importance of making unclassified data available to the

The author states, “In response to the needs of lead federal agencies and partners fighting the Ebola virus disease, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on Oct. 23 began providing unprecedented online access to its unclassified geospatial intelligence products and services through a public-facing website dedicated to the crisis (Paul Frommelt, NGA Office of Coroporate Communications.)” I think that this was good proof for what the author would be discussing in the article. The article covered what the ebola virus was, how its spread, the countries affected, historical examples were provided from past outbreaks and how the Department of Defense (NGA and the military) are providing support both stateside and on the Continent of