The spread of Ebola has been a scary phenomena that has been growing rapidly over the past two months. Efforts to halt the spread of the disease, according to our president, have not been enough. If the world wants Ebola to no longer be a threat, global efforts must increase to cease this terrible ailment. President Obama wants the world to "donate" doctors to help assist in training of the physicians in West Africa, along as help with the isolation. He told the UN at a crisis meeting for just this cause that America can build a network of treatment centers, but we do not hold enough doctors to fill the demand of patients that need treatment. Countries have basically shut down from this disease, as Sierra Leone's residents were not allowed to even leave their homes for three days. Although countries seem to want to cooperate to end this pandemic, a key problem is that countries have yet to agree to transport the infected aid workers to safety and be treated.
The general consensus among the people who have been working to end this epidemic have agreed that if more action is put into place in order to stop this disease, then it will be put under control. President Obama appealed to the representatives of the United Nations telling them that we are not currently doing enough to reach our goal. Like Patrick Henry did back in 1775 persuading the representatives of the colonies to fight against the common enemy that was Britain, our current president is trying to convince the countries of the world to unite for the against the common enemy that is now Ebola. What the world needs now is to band together for the sake of humanity.
For more information, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/world/africa/obama-warns-of-slow-response-to-ebola-crisis.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Antibiotics in Contemporary America
"The Obama administration on Thursday announced measures to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, outlining a national strategy that includes incentives for the development of new drugs, tighter stewardship of existing ones, and improvements in tracking the use of antibiotics and the microbes that are resistant to them."
Everyone in the world has used an antibiotic at some point in their life. These life-saving drugs developed in the twentieth century are responsible for saving the lives of many people who were fighting bacteria infections. Many once fatal diseases can now be easily treated with a simple prescription of an antibiotic provided by a doctor. However, the overuse of these drugs is causing diseases to evolve into new strains of the same disease that are becoming resistant to antibiotics. This trend in the diseases has been noticed for years, but only recently has the government put forth effort in hopes to slow and essentially stop this fearful future of medicine.
President Obama and his administration have passed a law that got approved by both the House and Senate to restrict the overuse of these antibiotics to slow the evolution of resistant diseases. These antibiotics are used in agriculture to keep animals safe, as well as the every day man. However, overuse is making these diseases mutate making antibiotics ineffective. This can be due to the classic example of when a person is given an antibiotic with instructions from his doctor to finish the medicine as prescribed. Many people do not realize how important it is to listen to this instruction because the doctor gives more then what may be necessary to ensure that the entire disease is destroyed. If a person stops taking his/her medicine once they feel healed, it is possible that the virus is still in your system. The disease, like humans, evolves to stay alive. What the government is doing to try to halt this is issuing laws on the ease of receiving these drugs. They are limiting the amount that can be used in agriculture. They are targeting that agriculture industry because up to 70% of antibiotics that are distributed are given to the animals raised on farms to keep them healthy, and the drugs make the animals grow faster. This action by our contemporary government exhibits how a country must reinvent their customs to achieve success in the future that benefits the common good of the people. This ideal of a country revolving around the people goes back to revolutionary times when people such as Benjamin Franklin worked constantly to reinvent the image of America. From colonial times to now, America is constantly adapting to the modern world which we live in.
For more information on the topic go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/health/us-lays-out-strategy-to-combat-crisis-of-antibiotic-resistance.html?ref=science
Everyone in the world has used an antibiotic at some point in their life. These life-saving drugs developed in the twentieth century are responsible for saving the lives of many people who were fighting bacteria infections. Many once fatal diseases can now be easily treated with a simple prescription of an antibiotic provided by a doctor. However, the overuse of these drugs is causing diseases to evolve into new strains of the same disease that are becoming resistant to antibiotics. This trend in the diseases has been noticed for years, but only recently has the government put forth effort in hopes to slow and essentially stop this fearful future of medicine.
President Obama and his administration have passed a law that got approved by both the House and Senate to restrict the overuse of these antibiotics to slow the evolution of resistant diseases. These antibiotics are used in agriculture to keep animals safe, as well as the every day man. However, overuse is making these diseases mutate making antibiotics ineffective. This can be due to the classic example of when a person is given an antibiotic with instructions from his doctor to finish the medicine as prescribed. Many people do not realize how important it is to listen to this instruction because the doctor gives more then what may be necessary to ensure that the entire disease is destroyed. If a person stops taking his/her medicine once they feel healed, it is possible that the virus is still in your system. The disease, like humans, evolves to stay alive. What the government is doing to try to halt this is issuing laws on the ease of receiving these drugs. They are limiting the amount that can be used in agriculture. They are targeting that agriculture industry because up to 70% of antibiotics that are distributed are given to the animals raised on farms to keep them healthy, and the drugs make the animals grow faster. This action by our contemporary government exhibits how a country must reinvent their customs to achieve success in the future that benefits the common good of the people. This ideal of a country revolving around the people goes back to revolutionary times when people such as Benjamin Franklin worked constantly to reinvent the image of America. From colonial times to now, America is constantly adapting to the modern world which we live in.
For more information on the topic go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/health/us-lays-out-strategy-to-combat-crisis-of-antibiotic-resistance.html?ref=science
Thursday, September 11, 2014
War on ISIS distracts the Obama Administration from Iran
The article I read deals with the growing news of the terrorist group of ISIS, and President Obama's and his administration's plan to deal with him. Although many people have different opinions on Obama, almost everyone in the nation agrees with him when he says they must be destroyed. ISIS has committed terrible acts against people that violates the rights that we are given as members of the human race. The war against terrorism was enacted by former President George W. Bush, and continues to drain America of time, money, energy, and most importantly our nation's soldiers.
However, if America decides to not stress the growing threat of ISIS as suggested by Israeli officials, and focus on Iran working towards a nuclear bomb, then ISIS will continue to gain power until America and the world realize that they are indeed a force to be reckoned with. In theory, we could do both, but this would put the Pentagon's budget over what Obama wants, and we would not be able to monitor countries in Asia such as China and North Korea. In this very controversial topic, many people are skeptical at how our country will respond to the growing problems around the world. In any case, our mission is to keep the citizens of the world safe and create nations that will be safe for democracy. Hopefully our government will find a way to enact this mission.
We can relate this article to two things that we have read in our class lately. One being The Warrior's Heart, and the other is the article about Benjamin Franklin. The Warrior's Heart relates to this topic because the entire book was about using your gifts and abilities to serve and help people around, which is essentially what America is trying to do for the rest of the world. The article about Ben Franklin relates because it shows the humble beginnings of America and the person who initiated what would become the great nation it is today. This article shows that some countries need help to initiate their own humble beginnings which I believe is what America is trying to do.
The New York Times
Focus on ISIS Stirs Fears That Efforts to Curb Iran Will Recede
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