We have all heard of the Ebola outbreak that's been happening for the past few months in Africa. This deadly disease has been the main cause of deaths among their people, the reason being that it is contracted easily and affects the body fairly quickly. What makes this disease especially unique is that there is no vaccine to cure it; for the moment only certain vaccines are being tested, but has been effective on only one person. Yet the main question being asked right now is how Ebola got to the U.S and how it will be treated so that it won't spread.
For the moment what is known is that a man, Thomas Eric Duncan, traveled to Africa and came back already infected with the virus. Ebola doesn't start to show symptoms until after a few days that it's been contracted and it can't be passed on until symptoms begin to show. Yet what's surprising about this case is that Thomas Eric Duncan did go to the hospital when symptoms begin to show, but he was only sent back home with antibiotics. He didn't automatically think he had Ebola, but so did the hospital.
It wasn't until he returned in an ambulance that they knew he had Ebola. What America is worried about now is Ebola spreading , but according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), it's unlikely to. They said he only had contact with three to four people and they are being monitored. Dr. Freidan of the CDC said "I have no doubt we will control this case of Ebola so it does not spread widely." What's truly devastating is that the Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, died Wednesday Morning of October 8,2014. Nothing could be done to save the patient; right now what medics are try but could he have left behind traces of this deadly disease
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