Ebola Informative Speech

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No one likes Ebola. And people with Ebola really don’t like the disease either. But these facts I’m about to tell you will make you hate Ebola and any other forms of it. TO start of small no one really knew where this virus came from which means that there’s a small chance that we can block it out or destroy it for good. Ebola was originally referred to as Ebola haemorrhagic fever but we just call it EVD for short. If you’re lucky (and I do mean lucky) you might have a certain antibody in your blood stream that actually fights off Ebola! I have one more thing to say before the serious stuff, Ebola spreads so easily that a simple high five can transfer the Ebola virus. Now were at the origin story of Ebola. Thought to have been transferred by bats, Ebola’s first appeared in 1976 and it had an outbreak in two areas simultaneously! The first in Nzara, Sudan and the other in Yambuku, democratic republic. These two areas were the first to experience the wrath of Ebola. Now people back then didn’t know what to call it, so later Ebola occurred near Ebola river and everyone started to call it Ebola from there. …show more content…

Well I didn’t tell you how bad it can be. People with Ebola don’t realize that they have it yet, just a mild fever is all. So when this happens there’s a very good chance that the Ebola victim comes into contact with others too, spreading the disease even further. Ebola only spreads through bodily fluids, like skin oils and sweat. Stage two of the EVD is gross so those whom stomachs fall easily turn away. People with Ebola tend to have these symptoms. Muscle pains, sore throat and headache, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidneys and/or liver, and bleeding from the interior and the exterior!!!! Scientists have found it difficult to contain the Ebola virus. The only way to be safe in this situation is to report having a fever and getting help