Public Health

Public Health

Public Health” Please respond to the following:

During outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2014, many U.S. healthcare workers and military members were exposed to the contagious disease (see the New York Times’ article, “Ebola-Infected Health Care Worker in Dallas Took a Flight on Monday” for an example, located at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-infected-dallas-health-worker-was-on-flight.html?%20Here%20is%20an%20article%20for%20the%20military%20_r=0). Use the Internet to locate one to two (1-2) other articles about this particular Ebola outbreak. Discuss your initial reaction to the news of the outbreak, citing one (1) article about the outbreak. Explain the effect that this has had on your current perception about public health policy

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Ebola is one disease that has to be dealt with urgently, there have been misconceptions as to how it is spread. Ebola is not a respiratory disease and therefore it cannot be spread through the airborne route. Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or other body fluids of a person from an infected person to one who is not infected…

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