Mrs. Salter
English
28 September 2014
In the article, "Ebola Doctor Shortage Eases as Volunteers Step Forward" it talks about how there aren't enough volunteers to help build hospitals and help out with the Ebola patients. They are having a hard time recruiting people to come over to south africa and helping out. They have had some people volunteer to help but they need more, atleast 400 staff for each 100-bed hospital. They also need people to help build the 100-bed hospitals because there aren't enough now to treat all the patients with Ebola which is causing more and more deaths. There are about 600 cases recorded each week and every 3 weeks it doubles. There are more people volunteering but they still need a lot more with the gap that is being experienced between people volunteering.
This can obviously be connected to science because workers are in South Africa researching this disease and trying to help people with Ebola as much as possible. It can also be connected to geography because of the study of how its spreading and diffusing into other places, and it's dealing with people coming from all over the world to help out in South Africa with the Ebola virus.
Worked Cited
Mcneil, Donald G. "Ebola Doctor Shortage Eases as Volunteers Step Forward." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 Sept. 2014. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.
Website
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/27/health/Ebola-Doctor-Shortage-Eases-as-Volunteers-Begin-to-Step-Forward.html?_r=2&__scoop_post=4c49de71-46b2-11e4-d3a3-842b2b775358&__scoop_topic=3552728#__scoop_post=4c49de71-46b2-11e4-d3a3-842b2b775358&__scoop_topic=3552728
these are local health workers helping out at a hospital in south africa
Ashlyn, Ebola is an awful disease that does not have a set cure for it yet and wherever you look a new case seems to pop up. It is awful that there are not as many volunteers that are needed to help people with this disease but it is almost understandable. I mean, to fly to South Africa? That has to be costly and we can’t really expect people to drop their lives and fly there, and then have the possibility of catching the disease themselves. Even if that is your job or not, it is a big decision. I loved reading your blog because it made me think of how bad it was and that more people should be doing something, but it also made me realize that going there is a big deal.
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