Summary of Contagion The film Contagion was a very interesting film because it was about a present-day outbreak, which was interesting to me because it was similar to several points of view of morbidity and mortality. The contagion disease causes many injured people in the population to get sick. This film related to what I have learned in epidemiology and it taught the world about how the diseases can cause skin effects and kill. According to the film, it indicates how the CDC involves itself in trying to solve the disease that injured and killed people in the population. The CDC uses different strategies to investigate people who were affected by the disease. They followed the place
In the 1995 film 'Outbreak' directed by Wolfgang Petersen a deadly virus has appeared in different parts of the United States. A team combining of the Center for Disease Control and Army Medical Research Institute of Infection Diseases took the lead on the Motaba virus. Sam the Colonel of the institute took his team to a village in Africa where the disease had been located. The disease wiped most of the village out in a matter of two to three days and they found the possible host. Returning back to the United States Sam and his team came to the conclusion the disease is not airborne and cannot spread. The disease was created 27 years before but destroyed the Army decided to bomb the whole infected area.
No other epidemic reaches the level of the Black Death which took place from 1348 to 1350. The epidemic, better regarded as a pandemic, shook Europe, Asia, and North Africa; therefore it deems as the one of the most devastating events in world history. In The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348-1350, John Aberth, compiles primary sources in order to examine the origins and outcomes of this deadly disease. The author, a history professor and associate academic dean at Vermont’s Castleton State College, specializes in medieval history and the Black Death. He wrote the book in order to provide multiple perspectives of the plague’s impact. Primarily, pathogens started the whole phenomenon; however, geological, economic, and social conditions
The disease was viewed as a black man’s disease due to its vast spread in the black race community. In this chapter, it is clear that the medical fraternity had formed opinion of the disease even before the start of the experiment. The theme of racial prejudice is brought out clearly in this chapter. The blacks are discriminated from the whites even after learning that syphilis can affect both races alike. The slaves received treatment like their masters just because of economic concerns and not because they were human like their masters. In chapter 3 “Disease Germs Are the Most Democratic Creatures in the World”, the writer points out that the germ theory changed the way syphilis is viewed in the society. It was clear that other emphasis such as sanitation, education and preventative medicine was necessary to combat the disease. The areas inhabited by the blacks were behind in healthcare facilities and service. In this chapter, the theme of unequal distribution of resources is seen. Whereas areas inhabited by the whites had better hospitals and qualified professionals to deal with the
The Centers for Disease Control launched an investigation into the outbreaks seeking to find the cause. As the investigation
Dallas’s image is being hurt because non-residents believe that everyone in Dallas has Ebola, should be immediately quarantined and travel to and from Dallas is unsafe. The media has greatly contributed to the public’s fear and distrust of the Dallas area, people that live or work here and Dallas-area hospitals. Based on medical research regarding how the disease is actually spread - only through exposure to an infected person’s bodily fluids, not through the air or casual contact - instituting
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2012), an epidemic curve, which is a histogram of number of cases by time of onset of illness, would in useful in identifying and visualizing this health care agency’s outbreak’s magnitude. As you mentioned, the onset of symptoms experienced by the employees of this small health care agency vary greatly, and it is apparent that age is not a significant factor in regards to this illness. It is significant that 5 employees (Leah, Ann, Pat, Letitia, and Denise) had either ill children, or an ill husband at home during the time of this illness outbreak. In addition, it is noteworthy that 5 employees (Joan, Leah, Marie, Leslie, and Michelle) saw patient Mrs. D, which indicates in
The public health controls the outbreak infectious disease, and with their collective idea they are able stop the occurrence of these diseases, creating a safety conditions for people to stay healthy.
This allowed the cells to multiply to within the billions of trillions in a short period of time. They had been allowed to into the drainage system infecting the water supply of the population. Every household within the United States had tainted water, making it easier to spread the noocytes from person-to-person. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been informed of a “plague” as the cells have already spread across the continent. This led to the cancellation of “all intra- and international” flights with travellers from the United States quarantined to prevent potential contamination (121). A procedure of this magnitude conjures up images of men in hazardous suits having citizens strip down and sprayed with sterilizing chemicals. The sudden isolation of the country by the CDC has caused panic and chaos with communication between major cities failing. Any physical contact other countries had with North America has been cut off. The plague had the North American continent isolated with countries ceasing to have physical contact created this mood of an apocalyptic setting throughout the story. The story then examines the apocalyptic plague through Michael
Throughout Contagion viewers get to see a very realistic swing in Matt Damon’s character Mitch as he goes from your typical guy thinking nothing of the new disease to a much more scared man trying to find every way possible to keep his daughter safe from the rapid growing disease. At first probably over looking simple sanitary things such as just washing his hands to physically keeping soap in his pocket for him and his daughter. Basically closing off his daughter’s world from everything that could possibly harm
In “Contagion and in “The Hot Zone” when confronted with an outbreak in the United States, technology both helped spread the virus and aid in its containment by connecting the world. Some brief ways it helped spread was the ease of going anywhere in the world by airplane within twenty four hours. A way that it helped contain the outbreak was the high level technology that we have and how we can stop the spread of a virus and make a vaccine against it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the governmental public health organization that administers a range of programs designed to support health promotion, prevention, and preparedness activities in the United States.1 As the federal government’s lead public health agency, CDC works to ensure health security of our nation by preventing and controlling diseases, injury, and disability risks on a national level, through epidemiological surveillance system and intensive research and investigation.1 The organization’s main goal is to improve the overall public health of the nation.2
In the novel The Hot Zone, the author, Richard Preston, does a wonderful job in explaining and describing how the Ebola and Marburg viruses affect the body through real experiences from the deaths of some of the infected people, as well as the researchers from the CDC and USAMRIID. In very detailed descriptions, Preston let the readers imagine how these viruses go through one’s body, liquefy the body’s internal organs, as well as cause the body to turn into a corpse prior to actually dying. Not many people are aware enough about what these viruses could do, where they came from, nor where the outbreak could start at any moment. Books like The Hot Zone and/or movies like The Outbreak would be very helpful to make the people aware of these viruses that could come or spread from humans and
During the year 1866 and 1869 two acts known as the contagious acts were passed by the british parliament. The acts were put in place to avoid venereal disease in the armed forces. These law were enforced in the towns where armed forces were permanently stationed. It allowed police to arrest any woman within the district who he thinks is a prostitute. In 1870 Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale with many others published an article called “The Ladies Petition 1870”. The article address the problems with the contagious disease acts and appeals to remove the law, stating it takes away women’s freedom. John Stuart Mill in his testimony before the house of lords in 1871 on the contagious acts argues with the committee members to abolish the law or fix it. He thinks it takes away women's liberty, and is
The Ebola outbreak started to make families abandon their love ones. Dealing with the disease that causing many to die in West Africa, people who interact with this dangerous and epidemic virus are treated like outsiders. After Mr. Kamara , a villager, started working for the Ebola task force, his family said, “ he was no longer welcome in his village”(Nossiter and Solomon). The quotation could illustrate to the audience that people in West Africa would deny their loved ones who joined fight against of Ebola. Families broken up by the virus of Ebola. The illness was easy to contract by just physical contact. Helene Cooper asserts,”Ebola is spread through bodily fluids: vomit, blood, feces, tears , saliva, and sweat”. The illness illustrates
The term bioterrorism stands for a form of an unlawful use and intentional release of disease causing and harmful agents called biological agents. These agents include germs like bacteria and viruses. The bioterrorists in this field also use of other agents like chemical and nuclear bombs. Bioterrorism is also referred to as germ warfare. Many biological agents are found in the environment and the bioterrorists modify them making them more dangerous. These agents cause infections and can be transmitted from person to person (Espejo & Thomson, 2013). This discussion will discuss the potential impacts and analyze the potential risks of bioterrorism on a health care organization. It will as well state some of the strategies that can address this issue and mention some of the roles of a healthcare manager in addressing it.