Ebola is a very dangerous disease for which there is no vaccine that originated in Central Africa. It's carried by bats to people. Highly contagious, the disease can be passed through simply touching something an infected person has touched. Symptoms appear roughly ten days after coming in contact with a sick person. There have been several outbreaks since the disease first appeared in 1976. Currently, there is an epidemic of it that is the worst outbreak to date. Since the disease's outbreak this summer, there has been one confirmed case of ebola in the United States.
As a country, we should be very concerned about this. I think we need to do two things. First, get tough. I don't care if people from Liberia want to get into the country. Too bad, so sad. If we aren't straight out banning all flights from central Africa into the U. S., then we need to at least quarantine them for two weeks (just to be safe). Also, I think we should shut Dallas down. It's bad enough that ebola is in America at all. We don't need to let it spread anywhere else. Being under quarantine for a month wouldn't be that bad, honestly. If we aren't tough for a few months, that's all it would take for the disease to spread. Second, we need to work on a cure. Obviously, it's only going to get worse if we can't cure it. Preventing it is the easiest way to deal with it.
