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    Ebola Strikes Again
    Ebola Strikes Again
    Ebola Strikes Again
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    Ebola Strikes Again

    By Will Anthony, Jr

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    Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease which is marked by fever and severe hemorrhage; it spreads through contact with infected body fluids such as blood or other secretions from an infected person (or body of ‘host’), either directly or indirectly through contaminated surfaces, needles or medical equipment. A patient is not contagious until he or she starts showing signs of the disease. For the first time, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has brought our interest in the Ebola virus to the fore. The first ever fatal figures beyond 1,000 persons in the shortest time have been recorded. Like a gale, the virus has swept through the West African states undaunted. The economical effects continue to be felt across the globe as travel bans are affected concerning the West African region. Airline revenues are bound for a down turn because of the closures of business routes that could have been lucrative. The Ebola was there before it earned itself a name. In 1972, four years before it was actually given a name, Dr. Cairns from US who was a young doctor doing missionary work in the dense equatorial jungles of Congo Kinshasa, present day Democratic Republic of Zaire (Republique du Zaire), encountered the human ravaging disease when a very sick patient came into his clinic and died before doctors could offer a diagnosis. Of course, at that particular time, this was not an extraordinary occurrence, given the complexity of exotic infectious diseases indigenous to the region.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWill Anthony, Jr
    Release dateAug 19, 2014
    ISBN9781310623523
    Ebola Strikes Again
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    Will Anthony, Jr

    Will Anthony Jr. is currently the Chairman of the Uasin Gishu County Land Control Board which caters for over one million people. Before this stint, he worked in other capacities with the National government. He has also been lecturer in three religious institutions, a service to the youth to gather knowledge from the aging population. In his life time, Will Anthony Jr. says he has met a lot of people and can unflinchingly say that he loved most of them. Why most of them? Well, it is a tall order to love everyone you meet! Will Anthony Jr. has written several e-books touching on diverse subjects that relate to society. The books extensively cover human social and economic practices and this is so because expertise in one field in Africa can become a drudgery according to his practical view. His perception is that if you were born in Africa and the continent is your aboriginal home, you are likely to have English as your second language (ESL). Sometimes it could even be a third language. For him, he had to learn his mother tongue then learn both English and Swahili simultaneously. He went to his pre-primary bare foot, later he joined the local primary school 5 Km away and had to trek barefoot again not because his parents could not buy him shoes but because cobblers were a rare find. That journey was a daily toil of 10 Km, 5 days in a week or ~270 days yearly for 7 years. With a smirk he says that when you achieve a PhD in Africa, then You have done Plenty of hard Digging (PhD) or you have a Permanent head Damage (PhD) and you might end up in a ditch because your IQ cannot contain the booze like the local fellas!"Why did the English colonize Africa?" To keep the African languages in Czech (check), and he says that one must forgive this pun. But besides the pun, English has broken both social and economic barriers of the once "dark continent" whose forefathers slaved the white farms and firms to lace the pockets of their Lords.A PhD holder in Africa will still practice other 'trades' though they maybe 'very' learned because poverty is shameless, one has to draw bounds through plenty of smart work or else, it will be a shame to steal so as to maintain class.He published a book in 1992, but the publisher coned him , he took her to court and the case aged in judicial corridors for 12 years. He then made a decision to abandon the matter and to forget about writing books. However, Self publishing made him to change that decision. More than anything, He salutes Smashwords Inc. for the platform.In retrospect, He recalls a Dr. Alfred Sam, a friend of his from North America who was also a dean of studies in a local university, exposing his white ass in the university's auditorium to catch attention. The noise ceased as students and lecturers turned to look at the grown-up man on the podium doing the abominable. Well, the good Dr. in anthropology then simply pulled up his trousers buckled the belt and said, "Thank You, now I have your attention..."For the sake of simplicity, without much display of academia, Will Anthony Jr. is a writer in the global village market . For this, he Salutes all his readers and all lovers of written work. In a word of caution, he says that men and women alike must bear. In reference, there is an Ibo saying that every market place has it's mad people who will attempt to mar the business of the seemingly sane people. On the other hand, the English say everyone is mad, it's only the degree madness that is at variance. Salutes most profoundly!

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      Ebola Strikes Again - Will Anthony, Jr

      Ebola

      Strikes Again

      Will Anthony Jr.

      Copyright 2014 Will Anthony Jr.

      This is a Smashwords edition 2014

      LICENSE

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without written permission of the copy right owner. Nor can it be circulated in any form of binding or cover other that which it is published and without similar condition being imposed on subsequent purchaser.

      ISBN: 9781310623523

      Title: Ebola Strikes Again

      PUBLISHER: Smashwords, Inc

      Table Of Contenets

      INTRODUCTION

      DISCOVERY OF THE EBOLA VIRUS

      WHAT IS EBOLA?

      YEAR 2014 OUTBREAK

      EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION

      WHERE ARE EBOLA VIRUSES FOUND?

      EHF IS PREVENTABLE

      SCIENTIFIC DATA

      HAZARD IDENTIFICATION OF EHF VIRUS

      DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY & MANAGEMENT

      FIRST AID & MEDICAION

      EXPOSURE CONTROLS & PERSONAL PROTECTION

      CONCLUSION

      ABOUT AUTHOR

      REFERENCES:

      INTRODUCTION

      For the first time, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has brought our interest in the Ebola Virus to the fore. The first ever fatal figures beyond 1,000 persons in the shortest time have been recorded. Like a gale, the virus has swept through the West African states undaunted. The economical effects continue to be felt across the globe as travel bans are affected concerning the West African region. Airline revenues are bound for a down turn because of the closures of business routes that could have been lucrative. A scenario to consider is the Kenyan airlines which had not heeded the WHO caution for the travels to and from West Africa. The Kenya national airlines had ignored the calls until when the WHO declared Kenya a high risk zone did it hit the government that there was more to lose by allowing the airlines to ferry transit passengers from West Africa. It took the parliament intervention to stop the flights.

      In dealing with the Ebola virus, we don’t ask how big the virus is but how small it is. The viruses are measured in nanometers which 1 nm is one billionth of a meter, which is 1/1,000,000,000. That poses the question, how many of these viruses can fit into

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