The Fear of Ebola Equals Fear of Death
31 July 2014. By Abi Giwa

The United Kingdom border agencies are not prepared for Ebola, and that immigration and customs staff feel unprepared to deal with people arriving in the UK with suspected cases of Ebola virus. According to the BBC, the leader of the country's Immigration Service Union, Lucy Moreton, said that her members needed more information on the Ebola threat.
What occurs immediately in consciousness on reading the news about UK border agencies unpreparedness is about lack of information on the Ebola threat to life or the fear of death that comes from contact with victims. Another question border agencies workers have raised with Moreton's submission is whether they have not heard that symptoms of Ebola are diarrhea, vomiting and internal bleeding.
Observers think there may soon be a development in a form of medical examination to verify fitness and absent of Ebola from some travelers of certain countries before they would be granted visa to enter certain countries. There is no country that has said it has prepared for Ebola. This is an emergency and about saving lives. If anything, investigation is needed to fathom the root cause of Ebola.
Three West African countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - are currently in the grip of untimely death from the Ebola scourge. The new wave of the deadly disease came into public airwaves and media frenzy like never before, when a Liberian took ill in transit to Nigeria, and died four days after hospitalization. Every eye turned to Nigeria and was quickly listed as the fourth country that had recorded an Ebola death. But Nigeria's minister of health was swift in letting the world know that the Liberian victim of Ebola who died in transit in the country was not resident in Nigeria, and that his ministry had ensured everywhere the Ebola victim had contact were being quarantined.
The world's wakefulness over Ebola shows that Ebola is not just a sickness, but an illness that is equivalent to death, as six out 10 who have the disease have died. It is reminding the world about deadly diseases like diarrhea, cholera and the worst that the world has known - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDs. Unlike AIDs, Ebola does not give its victim a chance of losing weight and be alive for a long time. It comes with a three spring attack - diarrhea, vomiting and internal bleeding, resulting in weakness and death.
Questions are being asked abut what are the causes of Ebola and what precaution can people make to avoid the disease? All that the world has heard is that it is highly contagious and infectious and it is putting everyone, including medical workers at risk. There is information about an American doctor in Liberia who has contacted the disease while helping to care for its victims. Another news says a doctor in Sierra Leone has died taking care of the victims. Yet, there is another news that says Guineans are resentful of doctors treating the victims, because most victims who go into the Ebola treatment center hardly emerge alive.
A curious examination of the countries where Ebola is currently killing people are areas that have witnessed mass death in the past from guerrilla warfare, cutting of arms and legs and dispensing death anyway it can be done. Liberia and Sierra are particular in this genre, and with Guinea sharing common border with Sierra Leone. A BBC News says that the disease has been in DRC Congo and Sudan since 1976, about 38 years ago. This raises a question about why it is is now that it is coming into public consciousness. Why hasn't the disease been in the public consciousness for so many years? Doesn't this information mean that Ebola is older than AIDS and that unlike AIDS, nothing has been done to clinically dissect causes of Ebola. This raises another question about how Ebola got its name. The disease derived its name from a River in Congo, where it first reared its calamity.
Information on a Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, website shows that the disease has been killing people from 1976 in DRC Congo to Uganda, Sudan, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Russia, South Africa with 1549 deaths between 1976 and 2013. Russia South Africa with one death each; DRC Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Gabon sharing larger numbers of death, which current situation in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia is rivaling.
The United States says it has directed its human resources toward dousing the disease's spread, and to help countries that are currently losing people to Ebola. Liberia has reportedly closed its borders and schools. Nigeria says it is alert over all travelers coming into the country. Sierra Leone has declared an Ebola emergency. The US is ensuring all aid workers in affected countries are examined as they return from abroad. Ebola is an ailment with moral equivalent of war everyone will naturally avoid.
What occurs immediately in consciousness on reading the news about UK border agencies unpreparedness is about lack of information on the Ebola threat to life or the fear of death that comes from contact with victims. Another question border agencies workers have raised with Moreton's submission is whether they have not heard that symptoms of Ebola are diarrhea, vomiting and internal bleeding.
Observers think there may soon be a development in a form of medical examination to verify fitness and absent of Ebola from some travelers of certain countries before they would be granted visa to enter certain countries. There is no country that has said it has prepared for Ebola. This is an emergency and about saving lives. If anything, investigation is needed to fathom the root cause of Ebola.
Three West African countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - are currently in the grip of untimely death from the Ebola scourge. The new wave of the deadly disease came into public airwaves and media frenzy like never before, when a Liberian took ill in transit to Nigeria, and died four days after hospitalization. Every eye turned to Nigeria and was quickly listed as the fourth country that had recorded an Ebola death. But Nigeria's minister of health was swift in letting the world know that the Liberian victim of Ebola who died in transit in the country was not resident in Nigeria, and that his ministry had ensured everywhere the Ebola victim had contact were being quarantined.
The world's wakefulness over Ebola shows that Ebola is not just a sickness, but an illness that is equivalent to death, as six out 10 who have the disease have died. It is reminding the world about deadly diseases like diarrhea, cholera and the worst that the world has known - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDs. Unlike AIDs, Ebola does not give its victim a chance of losing weight and be alive for a long time. It comes with a three spring attack - diarrhea, vomiting and internal bleeding, resulting in weakness and death.
Questions are being asked abut what are the causes of Ebola and what precaution can people make to avoid the disease? All that the world has heard is that it is highly contagious and infectious and it is putting everyone, including medical workers at risk. There is information about an American doctor in Liberia who has contacted the disease while helping to care for its victims. Another news says a doctor in Sierra Leone has died taking care of the victims. Yet, there is another news that says Guineans are resentful of doctors treating the victims, because most victims who go into the Ebola treatment center hardly emerge alive.
A curious examination of the countries where Ebola is currently killing people are areas that have witnessed mass death in the past from guerrilla warfare, cutting of arms and legs and dispensing death anyway it can be done. Liberia and Sierra are particular in this genre, and with Guinea sharing common border with Sierra Leone. A BBC News says that the disease has been in DRC Congo and Sudan since 1976, about 38 years ago. This raises a question about why it is is now that it is coming into public consciousness. Why hasn't the disease been in the public consciousness for so many years? Doesn't this information mean that Ebola is older than AIDS and that unlike AIDS, nothing has been done to clinically dissect causes of Ebola. This raises another question about how Ebola got its name. The disease derived its name from a River in Congo, where it first reared its calamity.
Information on a Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, website shows that the disease has been killing people from 1976 in DRC Congo to Uganda, Sudan, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Russia, South Africa with 1549 deaths between 1976 and 2013. Russia South Africa with one death each; DRC Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Gabon sharing larger numbers of death, which current situation in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia is rivaling.
The United States says it has directed its human resources toward dousing the disease's spread, and to help countries that are currently losing people to Ebola. Liberia has reportedly closed its borders and schools. Nigeria says it is alert over all travelers coming into the country. Sierra Leone has declared an Ebola emergency. The US is ensuring all aid workers in affected countries are examined as they return from abroad. Ebola is an ailment with moral equivalent of war everyone will naturally avoid.