It’s a world class traveler, but it doesn’t have a passport. It’s highly contagious, but it can’t be cured. Ebola: (EBOV) the virus that has captured the attention of viewers worldwide with its recent outbreak. The World Health Organization has confirmed that 5,288 people have recently lost their lives to the contagious virus, and due to the rising death tolls, have marked this outbreak to be the deadliest. The sudden reappearance of EBOV has not only encouraged the continued effort towards containment, but has also sparked another concern: Could this plaguing virus be morphed into a weapon? Analysts are now considering EBOV’s potential to become the main ammunition in a revolutionary new form of warfare that would include infused bombs, also known as “dirty bombs” . If perfected, these bombs could explode and infect entire cities at one time. Researchers are beginning to test the disease for biological properties that would make it especially useful to terrorist organizations. If this technology were to be developed, not only would terrorist organizations have the power to infect and annihilate millions using Ebola, but they could also alter the way we fight our wars by replacing physical combat with biological warfare.
While Ebola seems to have become the “hot topic” of the hour, for the vast majority it is a novel and unheard of concept. The question must be asked, what is Ebola, and what is it that makes it so scary? Ebola is a virus which causes the infected person to bleed both internally and externally. In addition to massive blood loss, it also causes the immune system to shut down, leading to the decomposition of the body’s vital organs. The filovirus pathogens and factors which cause the development of hemorrhagic f...
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To compare a person like Mr. harvey to in my life, would be pretty hard since I don't know anyone like that .My mom knows someone similarly close to him. She worked with a guy at work, what he does is that he pulls you to get close to him, and be friends with him. At the end he steals whatever you have in your home. Thankfully my mom knew he was trouble and she never spoke to him every since. “Imagining Death is the last thing anyone has on their minds. Dangerous guys like Me. Harvey or any other guys are always going to be in life. Its our responsibility to avoid them. Not all of them are going to be caught by the police or get caught at all.
Over the last century, Canada’s stance on immigration has changed drastically, from the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, to the changes made to Canada’s immigration policy after the Second World War , to the chain of events that have lead to Canada becoming the multicultural country that it is today.
More immigration lead to racism and fear among both English Canadians who believed immigrants were taking away their jobs and French Canadians who feared that immigrants may potentially dominate their culture. These misconceptions and fears lead the Canadian government to declare new regulations that restricted the immigration of Asian and eastern, and southern European descents as well as Jewish immigrants. Canada gave more preference to descendants of both Britain and Western Europe. Policies were then developed to grant access to the best immigrants (as it was called) who were mainly whites that possessed a wealth of skills and benefits but to exclude the non whites who we...
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In 1976 the first two Ebola outbreaks were recorded. In Zaire and western Sudan five hundred and fifty people reported the horrible disease. Of the five hundred and fifty reported three hundred and forty innocent people died. Again in 1995 Ebola reportedly broke out in Zaire, this time infecting over two hundred and killing one hundred and sixty. (Bib4, Musilam, 1)
...ary 2014)”. The Ebola epidemic helps remind the U.S. That other nations are there to work with them, and unite to prevent a rapid growing disease. CDC partners with programs from other nations, such as the Global Disease Detection Centers, and the Field Epidemiology Training Program, which work to stop the Ebola virus. Information systems will grow stronger, more partnerships dedicated to stopping outbreaks will be formed and laboratory security will also grow. The writer of the paper cannot agree more to this.
Grant was taking a different direction than the other black people. Instead of working in the fields as supposed to, he decided to find a good education to serve his people. At that time it was very difficult for him because he was humiliated by white people and this made him felt inferior. Being a black person at that time was not easy. As Grant said “I hurried to my room with the satchel of papers that I had brought from school to work on that night” (page 10). This shows that he was a teacher and an educated person. Also he said “And I teach what the white folks around here tell me to teach...” This demonstrated that he had to do what white people tell him to do, not what he think should be good for a black people to succeed in life. As Nelson Mandela once said “I was angry at the white man, not at racism. This shows that white...
In the workplace, stress can have some strong physical and mental effects on employees. To best understand stress, it is first important to define it. Stress is defined as “a feeling of tension that occurs when a person perceives that a given situation is about to exceed one’s ability to cope and consequently could endanger one’s well being” (Hitt, Miller & Colella, 2011). Stress on the job is usually the result of people feeling inadequate and unable to perform the given duties of a position at a high level. This could be the result of not having the tools necessary to complete the work or having an outside need that is unable to be met while performing duties. Today, we’ll examine different types of stress and the effects that stress can have on individuals and the workplace.
...ively with their peers and managers. Some guidelines for reducing employee stress within an organization are to ensure there is two-way communication with employees; be fair and honest, act as a safety valve to allow employees to vent, project positive attitude, lighten up, plan effectively, display organizational loyalty and maintain a personal counsel, and foster a healthy working environment (Sewell).