Zika Testing Cons

Environmental and Emergency Preparedness Hajra Takala Benedictine University Professor, David Milen, Ph.D., MPH, MS, BA, AAS Environmental health hazards refer to any threats to human health; an example of these hazards is disease-causing agents and chemical exposure. These hazards are closely associated with disasters and emergencies in a variety of ways (WHO, 2015). The environmental and emergency preparedness is one of the main core duties of the

last from several days to even a week. According to the CDC their research has indicated that GBS (Guillan-Barre syndrome) is associated with the Zika virus. GBS is known to be a rare disorder and it has been known to cause weakness in the muscles and paralysis that would last weeks to months. Even though this has been reported, very few people with Zika have actually gotten GBS and have recovered (some have suffered of permanent damage). As for treatment and vaccines, there is no current treatment

of an illness, is through genetic testing. Genetic testing is used with any human to take a sample of their genes to look at common factors between their genetic makeup and illnesses that may occur. However, these tests may produce false positives, and the amount of specific mutations associated with the diseases are unknown. Therefore, genetic testing is not ethical to use to identify the possibility of diseases. Considering the technology of using genetic testing is a relatively new source, the

“On Saturday, June 17, 1916, an official announcement of the existence of an epidemic polio infection was made in Brooklyn, New York. That year, there were over 27,000 cases and more than 6,000 deaths due to polio in the United States.”(Schneider). Before the polio vaccine was developed in 1955 by Dr. Salk, polio was the United States most feared disease. But thanks to doctors like Dr. Salk, doctors have developed a vaccination for other diseases, not just polio, which helped eradicate and eliminate