Problems And Preventions Of Ebola And AIDS :: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

Viruses score become of great concern all across theworld in the last few decades. The most common and the most talked about killervirus is aid, a virus that starts out as HIV and then emergence to developinto a immune breaker that ultimately kills its human host. So far, thereis no cure for AIDS, and most unfortunately the numbers of deaths from AIDS merely continues to grow. However, another virus has gained much public andnational attention. That virus is called Ebola. It is thought that Ebolaseffect on humans is restricted to Zaire, Africa. Viruses that kill peoplein rangy masses is a major threat to mankind the only hopes of destroyingthe viruses is dependant upon technology. AIDS is a deadly diseasethat most people understand as a sexually transmitted disease. In fact, thevirus can be transmitted sexually, but it can also be transmitted through phone linetransfusions. The fact that it can be transmitted sexually causes a greatproblem. Everyday, enormous amounts of people have sex--some people with differentpartners. People may have less sex than before because of the threat thatthe virus poses, but it has already started, and cannot be stopped until acure is found. Unlike Ebola, AIDS was not notice as early as one wouldhave hoped. The AIDS virus can stay dormant for over a decade before it is observe as a real problem (Shenon 8). During that decade, the virus canspread like a wild fire. One person contracts the virus, transmits it to another,and another, and so on. As Shenon explains, AIDS became recognized as a realproblem in the early seventies and was mostly concentrated in the United Statesand in Africa, but amazingly it reached Asia a decadeafterward. He goeson to explain that AIDS has spread exponentially in Asia. Thailand, recognizedfor its proliferation of prostitutes and illegal promotion of sex with children,could be held accountable for the tremendous outbreak of the virus in Asia,explains Shenon. He also points out that now that the vi rus has already brokenout, Asia has the best AIDS prevention docket in the world (8). For nowthe best prevention of AIDS that is available is education and protected sex.Until a cure is found for the ruthless virus, this is the only federal agency of preventionthat is available to the public.Ebola is one of the most rapidlyfatal viruses on the planet and is believed to have begun somewhere in Zaire,Africa (Altman 3). There is no positive score as to how the virus is