Fight Against Ebola

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Thousands of people in West Africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal have been diagnosed with Ebola. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that by January of 2015, as many as 550,000-1.4 million people in West Africa could be infected with this disease. The economies of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States have all guaranteed to keep direct contact with Ebola-hit countries from the sky and sea. President Obama reported a $1 billion plus plan to help with the Ebola issue in these countries.“Stopping Ebola is a priority for the United States. We will continue to lead and do our part. But this must also be a priority for the world.” Obama said. “The World Bank announced that they are going to add another $170 million to the $230 million they already donated. Doctors, scientists, and military troops from the US have been set up to control the epidemic and find new treatments.

The Ebola threat is related to our class because it talks about foreign policy. It does this by discussing how the US is going to help out the West African countries. I think we should do as much as possible to help the Ebola-hit countries, but we also need to think about our own country. Using such a large amount of money may be risky on top of the debt our country is already in. However, keeping Ebola out of countries around the world is an important task that we should help with.