Over 200 people have fallen ill after eating at a mom and pop establishment located in Maumee, Ohio. Reportedly, St. Luke's Hospital received an numerous amounts of patients flocking to the emergency room. At first, it seems like a lot of people were just getting sick, until doctors and nurses all began to notice one prevailing factor with every patient. All of the patients had reported eating at Mama C's Coffee Shop between August 4th and August 7th. The Health deaprtment traveled to the shop straightaway and began quickly collecting samples from inside in order to ascertain the reason behind the sudden upsurge of illness. Outstandingly, after thorough investigation, the health department discovered traces of norovirus spread throughout the coffee shop. Norovirus, although commonly refered to as the winter vomiting bug, can strike in warm weather as well. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is thought to affect between 19 million to 21 million people per year. …show more content…
Very simple steps can be taken in order to prevent the virus, or stop it from spreading. Hand washing with hot soapy water is a must, especially if you believe you may have handled an infected surface. Most importantly, if you are not feeling well or believe you may have been infected, avoid preparing food for others and always make sure to stay home when you are sick to avoid giving it to others. Currently, the exact cause of the coffee shop outbreak is unknown. Based on how the virus is known to travel, it is thought that an ill employee could have possibly transmitted the virus. The place has been shut down since Tuesday and is undergoing a deep cleaning as well as being investigated by health department
The Maple leaf foods listeria outbreak resulted 22 deaths and a widespread recall of luncheon meat, Sandwiches and deli platters, more than 220 packages of produce and a 20$ million dollar settlement for the company as well as consumer confidence in the produce was jolted. The Outbreak was caused by two meat slicing machine’s that were contaminated with Listeriosis and not cleaned properly.
There are a few easy steps you can take to protect yourself and your baby from the virus
Just four months ago Leboldus had an outbreak similar to the one we’re having now. One of the girls on their junior volleyball team apparently was infected when they were playing a game at Sheldon. No one knows how the virus got into Campbell though. That’s what they’re calling this, a virus. We usually have such tight security.
There are many things that could have contributed to all those kids and the chaperones getting sick. Things that could have caused the outbreak are the food handlers not following the correct procedures.Cooking the food enough and having the correct temperature are some of the procedures that the food handlers could have messed up to cause the outbreak.
The first, foremost, and easiest way to start prevention is, having the flu shot be mandatory for everyone. Flu shots are given out at health departments, local pharmacies, and many other local places. This makes it easily accessible for the community. The places are also open different hours to help accommodate as well. A lot of workplaces offer to pay for their employees to get their shot as well. They want their employees to be healthy and do not want them to miss work. Another most important way to prevent the spread of germs is through proper hand hygiene and stopping the spread of germs. It is important to wash your hands frequently and keep your hands away from your face. Health care workers live by rules and regulations on proper standard precautions. Standard precautions are the basic level of infection control that is used as a preventative way to help control the risk of bloodborne and other pathogens being transmitted to other people. Every standard precaution is applied to every patient. Health care workers can see anyone from a something as small as a cut or to as major as motor vehicle accident. Each time they see a new patient, they wash their hands and change gloves. Everything needed to protect themselves from germs, pathogens and anything harmful is at their
Having escaped rule from a tyrannical British government, the United States was founded on ideals of freedom and equality for all people. These fantasies of universal egalitarianism turned out to be merely that: fantasies. American history is full of stories of the oppressed struggling to get the rights they deserve and of the controversy over these issues that consequently ensues. “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery” by Frederick Douglass and “We Shall Overcome” by Lyndon B. Johnson are two speeches made confronting two of these issues. Douglass’s speech, delivered in 1852, condemns the institution of slavery and maintains that slaves are men and are therefore entitled to freedom. Johnson’s speech, on the other hand, was written in 1965 and discussed the civil rights movement. In it, he implored local governments to allow all American citizens, regardless of race, to vote. Despite the significant gap in time between these two addresses, both speakers use similar persuasive techniques, including ethos, pathos, and parallelism, to convince their audience that change needs to be implemented in America.
Human norovirus is a contagious viral infection, responsible for more than half the food-borne diseases outbreaks. In addition to contaminated food, vomiting is also thought to cause the spread of norovirus. Also called the ‘winter vomiting bug’, this virus most commonly spreads in hotels, schools, and cruise ships. Though vomiting is known to release particles containing norovirus into the air, how and why this could be transmitted to someone nearby is unknown. To answer
In recent years, there has been a surge of parents who refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children. However, this can be incredibly dangerous and lethal if this new age trend continues to spread. Vaccines are a weakened version of the stronger disease, and should be mandatory for all ages including infants, young children, and young adults.
To reduce the spread, treat enterovirus like the flu: wash hands often with soap; avoid touching mouth, nose and eyes; avoid kissing, hugging, and sharing utensils or cups with people who are sick; cover coughs and sneezes. Providers and healthcare personnel should use standard precautions. Even though EV-D68 causes respiratory illness, droplet precautions should also be considered appropriate infection control.
According to the CDC, there are several ways to prevent the spread of C. hominis. Practicing good hygiene is of utmost importance. Washing hands with soap and warm water frequently is one of the best ways to prevent infection. Infected children should be kept home from daycare and school to prevent infection from spreading to their peers. Persons using pools and other public water sources should shower before entering the water and ensure children are clean before entering the water. Minimizing contact with animal feces by wearing protective gloves during clean up and disposal and washing hands after contact.
Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.
In the early 2010’s every single person in the United States of America knew that H1N1, more commonly known as swine flu, was being evaluated as this century’s version of the bubonic plague. Everywhere you went there was a plentiful supply of hand sanitizer at your disposal in order to minimize the spread of germs. If they did, they would realize it is the unnecessary things in life that should truly be feared. The illustration depicts its message by painting a scene of an obese man with a USA shirt on surrounded by “super big” fries, soda, and a beer; above him a speech bubble saying “Ebola!!!” looking scared. The message progressively becomes more clear when reading the words surrounding the man, which say how many deaths per year are attributed
Human history has more or less been a game of cat and mouse between us and disease. From the Black Plague to polio to the more recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, at almost any given point in history, there’s been an epidemic of terrible proportions, incredibly dangerous and seemingly incurable. But as soon as the cure to one disease is found, another will surface, even more dangerous and infectious than the previous one – it’s an endless cycle. No matter how much humankind advances, it seems nature will always be one step ahead of us in some way. Given the opportunity, I would seek better understanding of how diseases can be stopped.
Keeping yourself healthy can be done in a number of ways, but the most important few would be: eating healthy, check-ups, exercising, and vaccines. A vaccination is considered to be the most beneficial and protected precaution you can take. Less than 50 percent of all Americans got vaccinated in the 2017 flu season. The reasons to actually get vaccinated could include the money you waste on missing work/ medical bills, to getting friends and family sick, but a main concern is not what the vaccine is preventing, but what it is doing harmful to your brain and body. In studies starting in the 1990’s, people started to believe vaccines could be causing Autism in young kids.
Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., a board-certified infectious disease physician at the University of Pittsburgh and an affiliated scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Health Security, tells SELF that this expansion will make it nearly impossible for global HIV/AIDS providers to be able to inform their clients of all of their options. “If someone becomes pregnant when they’re HIV-positive, you need to be able to talk about what the options are,” he says. “When you inject something like the global gag rule into it, you’re automatically walling off certain avenues of discussion, and that makes it difficult to provide comprehensive care.”