Ebola Persuasive Speech

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People may ask what the Ebola virus is, can it be cured and what precautions should be taken to prevent the spread. The symptoms for Ebola are very similar to that of the flu virus everyone has gotten used to in this day of age. Ebola comes from three countries in western africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Those three countries have the highest rates of infected population. How should the nation react and what should they do to keep it from spreading as if Ebola was the new “black plague”. Some ideas are to ban travel to western africa, testing for the virus, and quarinting anyone who has just came back from western africa within the last 30 days. Some scientist are trying to find medicine that can help cure and or prolong the life of an Ebola patient to maybe find the cure.

The ebola Virus was discovered in 1976, First found in Guinea, And Sierraa Leone, and then in Liberia. To this day those are the three most infected countries in the world. Not letting citizens into these country can keep the spread down. Todays technology is able to let people know before anyone can think about it.

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Most of the time the symptoms show between two and twelve days prior to getting the disease. The disease is very similar to that of the influenza virus, same symptoms but outcomes are far more worse then the influenza virus. The sypmtoms for the ebola virus are adominal pain, vommiting, diahrea, fever, and in rare occasions it can lead to bleeding out and organ failure (Smith). Those who have Ebola may not know the are infected wit the ebola virus. People in this day in age have gotten used to the influenza virus and as long as health is good surving influeanza is easy, surving Ebola is awhole different ball game. Luckily only one case of bleeding out has been