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.
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Laith, I wrote about a similar article, but did not make that connection to Patrick Henry. It's great that you saw a new insight in order to connect to more recent readings in our class such as the Speech at the Virginia Convention. Good job.
ReplyDeleteLaith,
ReplyDeleteI found your connection to Patrick Henry very interesting. The "common enemy" of Ebola was a very good connection. Good job reporting on this topic that unfortunately is becoming too widespread.
Laith,
ReplyDeleteI find your topic of the spread of Ebola to be very interesting. I agree that the entire world needs to band together against the common enemy and not just rely upon the US to take of it which I find to be a major injustice.It is not the US responsibility to take care of problems in other nations because the US has many problems in its own nation that are ignored, such as what Derek wrote about the topic of obesity.