Personal Narrative: The Infection

My interest in public health emerged when I recognized how much the health and well-being of an individual affects a community. From a young age, both my parents have struggled with their health; my mother having diabetes and my father having hypertension. I have seen how their health has affected them on the day to day basis and how it has affected those around them at a community level. As I continue to learn more about public health I am beginning to understand that many of the health problems, like the ones my parents face, can be prevented through lifestyle adjustments. Also, I have learned the most effective way to prevent diseases in a community is through advocating healthy habits to avoid health problems from emerging in the first place.

also ended up dying and no treatment was given to infected adults and children. The primary document

The pandemic struck the world and infected 1/3 of earth’s human population, killing over 50 million humans. The world’s top doctors have never witnessed anything of this killing magnitude besides the bubonic plague of 1348 but the transmissibility is of nothing they’ve ever seen in their lifetime or of recorded history. People abruptly became aware of the importance of health, and need of medicine and cleanliness.

Put the gun down! Put the gun down! Pow Pow Pow. The gun shots cracked into the air as loud as thunder. One after another. We live day by day not knowing our end. In the blink of an eye our lives can be changed forever. Its life, yet even in knowing this we never expect tragedy to find us. We never expect it to affect our lives and the people we know and love. I’m going to share with you the day tragedy found my life.

Information to get you started is located in the case study section in the back of the book on page 134. Answer the three questions listed on page 135. (The first question begins with 1: Do you think that an infected …).

In his book, The Hot Zone, Richard Preston focuses on an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Reston, Virginia and in multiple places in Africa. To show how dangerous an outbreak can be, Preston examines, in great detail, various other viral outbreaks, including Marburg. Preston begins by talking about a fifty-six year old Frenchman named Charles Monet who ends up breaking out with a treacherous disease called Marburg. This wasn’t known until his doctor, Dr. Shem Musoke, ended up testing positive for Marburg after Monet`s infected blood went all over Doctor Musoke as Monet was dying. Musoke survived his outbreak with Marburg.

As we close out the 43rd game of the season, the Phillies drop to 15-28. As the pitching woes continue, it's tough to look on the bright side. It's understandable for the fans to be anxious, but it's all apart of the rebuild. I'm here to tell you to R-E-L-A-X. The team is still incredibly young and in the process of getting back to October. Maikel Franco is struggling a bit at the plate. Picking up the slack in the lineup is Tommy Joseph, who has been on absolute tear through the month of May. Cesar Hernandez has cooled off a bit but still playing some good ball. What can't I say about Aaron Altherr? He's everything you can ask for right now and then some. One thing you can look forward to is one of the most exciting

For years men have been afraid of one thing, sickness. The Black Death, The 10 deadly plagues of Egypt, famine, malaria, ebola, even the common flu. And throughout history doctors and scientist have dedicated their lives to stopping these calamities of nature. What do all these sickness have in common? They all begin with one simple infection.

In this paper, I will assume the position of Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne), the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. In the “Contagion” film, the role of CDC started when two medical examiners in Minnesota reported an abnormal autopsy that was taken from a dead body (Beth Emhoff). Surprisingly, the cases were dramatically increased to five deaths and thirty-two infected cases (Soderbergh, 2011).

I can still remember everything from the first day of the outbreak. We were sitting next to each other on the couch, like we did every night. The television was playing something that I wasn’t watching and we were both dozing off to sleep when an emergency broadcast started. The presenter on the screen reported of a virus that had evolved from only infecting insects to infecting humans. She talked about words like ‘apocalypse’ and ‘zombies’ only the host of the virus turns numb and mindless, not much like the zombies from our movies we watch together.

What ferocious brute inhibits rage within oneself? Temper is such a malicious tumor that grows inside. Its wicked intents serve to destroy and it makes me wonder, does abhorrence live within the core or is it a virus that strikes like cancer? When tempers flare and irritate the soul, death chews on what has yet to rot and sucks on the sweet juice. It leaves the dry and blistered remains, waiting patiently for the distraught spirit to come to its own terms.

In a world where infected run the world there is few things one can have in common with another but there’s an exception when it comes to

, people in the DR didn’t think the way he did, many tried to take precautions to not catch this diseases even after it was said that it wasn't very transferable. (5) For the people who were infected, they were kept in close eye, constantly being watched. While these victims were being held in a quarantine zone, hell still broke loose. This diseases/illness was a social problem for the people, it was causing them to constantly worry about it. Towards the end of the story is also very social, all the people would of never hurt a fly, were all of sudden being the most evil ones.

A Pharmacy. Probably one of the worst possible places to when a situation like the one that began to unfold on October 5th, 2014. Allow me to introduce myself before I continue. I am Alexander White 6 feet tall, Caucasian 30 years old and last time I checked 140 lbs. , and while I struggle to find a practical reason to write this series of papers I also feel compelled by my interior compass to record the events that have transpired. Before I begin my personal story, I feel that it is best to address the possibility that whoever is reading this has either no or very limited knowledge of the horrifying turn of events humanity is passing through as I write this. Creatures of a terrible origin currently roam the earth. From the information I’ve gathered, I am currently aware that 97.5 percent of the world’s population has been turned into…those things. Survivor groups are rare and, all world governments have fallen completely, and Law enforcement is limited to the extremely rare communities that have been set up by large groups of immunes. I should probably explain that word. Immunes I mean. Those are the few of us that weren’t afflicted for some reason that I still haven’t been able to deduce. I do suppose you have the general idea. I was a prosecutor working for the state of California, and I resided in the city of Los Angeles. I left for work early on that October day, but not before making note of

After performing the initial infection phase, we quickly realized Southern America and Africa -- with its several localized outbreaks of the yellow disease -- demanded our attention. By virtue of the versatility of Pandemic's set-up, no game will ever be the same. After a strategy meeting at our Atlanta Headquarters, The Medic set out towards Khartoum to establish a field office that would allow instant travel from Atlanta to an area with several localized outbreaks. Lord Geiru's event card would allow him to establish a research station without the corresponding city card in Khartoum. As The Medic traveled to Africa, The Scientist went to South America to treat and research the outbreak.