Richard Koys
Science 9A
28/8/2014
THE EBOLA
OUTBREAK IN AFRICA
A few days ago, an outbreak has occurred in Africa: The
Ebola outbreak. It has killed over 1,427 people and is getting worse.
First of all,
what is this thing called the Ebola? Ebola is a really dangerous disease that
you cannot escape. It gives you high fever, bleeding and central nervous system
damage. Other symptoms are that the person gets diarrhea, vomiting and becomes
weak. It also attacks person’s internal organs. There is a 90% chance that a
person can get an Ebola but the current outbreak which is happening now has a
rate of 55%. The incubation period of
Ebola is from 2 to 21 days. It develops inside of a person’s body. What is
really interesting is that the Ebola doesn't change the person from the outside
but only from the inside and the person can’t feel a thing. You never know then
who has the Ebola. You can get Ebola through your eyes, mouth, and skin and
also from cuts. What is even worse is that there is no cure to Ebola.
Animals such as fruit bats are hosts of the Ebola virus
because like rats, they carry plague and bats carry Ebola. Scientist are
helping people who have the Ebola virus (see image 1) and trying to find the
cure. The Ebola outbreak is active a long time and people are saying that it is
the biggest outbreak ever yet.
(This adult has the Ebola virus while a scientist is trying to help him)
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ReplyDeleteYour blog post was really interesting to read and im glad you mentioned how you can get Ebola and what you need to do to prevent yourself from this disease. :)
ReplyDeleteI like how you introduced us to the issue and then slowly got into it deeper. It is well written and has good information. You mentioned were it could come from and how you can get it but you just forgot to site your sources. Do you think this can be stopped?
ReplyDeleteI like how you started of by asking the question first and saying "What is Ebola?" and explaining to the readers clearly what you are talking about. You did a good job on explaining your research topic with a lot of detail. :)
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