Katie McGuiggan
English 101-049
Solution Essay
16 October 2014
Over the last few weeks, Ebola has found its way into the United States and has caused one death so far, but it has begun to infect other Americans. Thomas Duncan, a Liberian, flew into the United States carrying Ebola on September 20th and he died shortly after on October 8th. He was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, where the disease spread to one of his nurses. It is still up in the air as to how this nurse contracted the disease, considering she was dressed head to toe in a hazmat suit and was educated on how to handle this situation. Nina Pham, Duncan's' nurse, became the first person in the United States to contract Ebola. She was transferred to the National Institutes of Health Isolation in Maryland. Pham is still being treated and is still in good health.
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With his family by his side, Barack Obama is sworn...More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola, the majority of them in Western Africa in places such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The question that arises now is why President Obama is still allowing air traffic from Western Africa into the United States. If the United States has the proper tools to stop the spread of this disease, than key personnel should be going to Western Africa to do so. Bringing the disease into the United States is only putting another country in danger.
How Many Ebola Patients Are Outside of West Africa?
At least 17 cases have been treated outside of West Africa.
Green = Recovered Orange = In Treatment Red = Died
Figure 1. This is a map of all of the people who have contracted Ebola outside of West Africa as of October 16th, 2014. (Www.nytimes.com)
Thomas Duncan's death came eight days...