The geographic themes of movement and interaction prove that geography is destiny in West Africa. Ebola is not a problem in America because we have good hospitals and have the money to afford good health care. In Western African countries they do not have the money or equipment to treat these patients. Therefore if you have Ebola and live in west Africa geography is your destiny.
The movement theme of geography is an example of how geography is destiny. Movement is an example because it shows that people with Ebola are being transported to the U.S. or supplies for people who have the disease are being transported to west Africa. Because Western Africa can not afford to treat these patients and they do not have the resources and hospitals. Ebola is spreading and extending to more countries because people who go to those countries may have symptoms of Ebola. This disease started in Western Africa and it is a huge problem there Ms. Writebol had been helping to dress and then decontaminate doctors and nurses as they went in and out of the Ebola unit at the Monrovia hospital when she felt ill. Recognizing the symptoms of weakness and fever as a precaution, she was tested for Ebola. The test came up positive, and she immediately began treatment in Liberia. This shows that she was in Liberia and since she was there it was destiny that she caught Ebola. Another example is Ms. Writebol , “while dressed in a white hazardous materials suit and being handled by medical personnel wearing the same, she said, she was placed flat on the luggage conveyor belt to be loaded onto a private air ambulance for the flight home.” These reasons show that geography is destiny because these people didn't want this to happen to them but they live there so is was their destiny.
Another theme of geography that shows that geography is destiny is interaction. Interaction shows that geography is destiny because the people who live in west Africa are spreading this disease to people all around the world and the amount of people catching this disease is reaching a limit that is out of the doctors and nurses control. Many patients are being brought to America from Western Africa to be treated since they can not be treated in Africa. The U.S. government is "ramping up significantly" donations for protective gear, said Smith. Many on the ground have said there aren't enough protective suits for health workers, who have become infected in large numbers in this outbreak. Many people who live in Western Africa may want to come to America and live here but they can not afford to come here so they have to stay which shows that their destiny is based off where these people are from.
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ReplyDeleteI think that people should NOT be allowed to come to the US and we should lock their borders and not let any one out. The only people that should be allowed in is people who want to help treat, they should be allowed out until the virus is under control. I like how you talk about location. What do you think the US should do about the virus?