Ebola Planning to be the Future of Africans?

Ebola Planning to be the Future of Africans?

The two themes, movement and interaction of humans with the environment, show that in Western Africa, geography is destiny because they are changing the lives of many people who are in the countries affected by Ebola.

Movement shows how Ebola is spreading throughout different countries. According to article “Ebola workers demand more protection; Time running out to contain virus that has killed 1,900, health officials warn.”, two Americans who were in Liberia caught the Ebola disease and were moved to Atlanta to be treated on. This means that instead of studying or working in Africa like they probably lived for, they were sent back to the U.S. because they caught a deadly disease that they were not planning on catching. The article also talks about how the Ebola is spreading (moving) throughout the countries. Also, “Why U.S. rejected Nigeria’s request for ZMapp” explains that cargo planes are limited going back and forth from Africa due to disease-catching. That includes any sort of cargo that is needed (food, new uniforms for nurses/doctors, etc.). They are still moving from place to place, still have that risk of catching the disease, but they are limiting it so that it is less likely. To sum up, this proves that getting near the West African area is very difficult because this disease is so easy to catch. Two American doctors caught the disease and are currently in critical condition, and it’s not the best idea for them to be moved to a place that hasn’t caught the disease. Because they were moved from Africa to Atlanta, the U.S. has a higher chance of catching the Ebola disease.

Doctors in Africa are forced to wear full-body suits in order
to keep them from catching the virus.
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Interactions with humans and the environment shows how humans have to deal with the environment and how they can adapt. According to “Why U.S. Rejected Nigeria's Request for ZMapp” the countries affected with Ebola have blocked off airline travels in order to keep the disease from spreading to other countries outside Africa. If a U.S. flight went to Africa, someone caught the disease, flown back, then our country could be suffering like the other countries. “Ebola workers demand more protection; Time running out to contain virus that has killed 1,900, health officials warn.” talks about how the nurses in Liberia are cutting up old uniforms and using them to cover themselves up. They are trying to prevent themselves from catching the disease, so they can keep operating on the patients. Summing up, this shows that people are doing anything they can in order to prevent the disease from spreading. The people are blocking themselves from the environment from which contains the Ebola virus.