Persuasive Speech On Ebola Disease

We will convulse on the floor as we await for the merciful angel of death to swing his sickle and end our rotten existence. This is what comes into our minds when we think about an Ebola outbreak. If you follow the news you would think this catastrophic scenario is about to come to fruition. So how does the land of the free and home of the brave deal with this apocalyptic event? It makes a choice between personal freedom and security, and in return we get to live in the land of the quarantine and the not so brave. This decision is a greater threat to our safety and way of life than any virus, terrorist group or natural disaster. We should never compromise our inalienable rights in the name of order, even when our greatest threat is a nurse from

It has an incubation period of two to three weeks, and seven days after the incubation period, the patient will go into shock and die due to the blood lost. Subsequent infections are the result of contact with contaminated body fluids. The patient must be in this later stage of the disease to be contagious (Vanes). Considering the severity of the disease it makes sense for the Government to implement measurers to protect us, and for one overweight Governor to overreact. The Government already has implemented safety measures to prevent the spread of diseases, specifically in the U.S.C title 42 section

Hickox was eventually set free after spending four days outside a New Jersey hospital and sent home to Maine. Once she arrived at Maine she was put under house arrest by a judge and order to stay three feet away from people. Once again her liberties were squashed because of an irrational fear. During her time under house arrest, Mrs. Hickox defied the law and decided to go for a bike ride with her boyfriend (Sanchez). Was her act a threat to public safety? After all she did openly defy the local authorities and violated a judge’s order. So why was she not thrown in jail? Was her mundane bike ride an act of defiance or a symbolic deed in the name of liberty? What she did was feat of courage in the face of