From the TED talk video, Bill Gates was discussing about the next possible outbreak and if we have all the correct things to keep it from spreading. For example in 2014 there was a deadly case of Ebola from West Africa that had worked its way up to many different regions. Health care workers did a tremendous job to keep it from spreading any further and surprisingly we dodged a big epidemic that could've killed millions of people around the world.
So do we have all the right necessities for the next outbreak? Health care workers , blood transfusions , vaccines , is this enough to stop an outbreak? In the TED talk video Bill Gates was discussing about the Ebola epidemic and how we could have done a better job. the virus crushed health systems and economies from the African Nations. If we don't start planning now the next outbreak can be far worse that's why its time to make a change now. With the recent virus (Ebola 2014) the first wrong step we made was sending very little heath care workers , there were not enough workers to treat every Ebola patient and therefore many people lost their lives. There were no blood testing and there was no research to what was keeping survivors alive. There were no research on where the virus came from and how far it had spread and there were many delays. There was very little treatment and with all that has gone wrong Bill Gates described it as a "Global Failure"
However in 1918 there was a vast epidemic from the flu that killed over 33 million people. Everyone knows that the flu can be spread through air or face to face contact but that wasn't the case for Ebola. No one really knew how people contracted the virus but by the time they would it be too late. To prepare for the next outbreak we have to start making bigger decisions such as investing more money on treatments and health care systems. We have to help one another out , such as making hospitals for poor countries where a woman can safely have here baby , we should invest in more doctor offices were a mother can take her ill son and give him the proper care he needs. So to stop germs and viruses from spreading we should take a chance and start making some decisions.
We have a lot of things to work on to save our world from future viruses , and if we don't make a change now it could be too late.
So do we have all the right necessities for the next outbreak? Health care workers , blood transfusions , vaccines , is this enough to stop an outbreak? In the TED talk video Bill Gates was discussing about the Ebola epidemic and how we could have done a better job. the virus crushed health systems and economies from the African Nations. If we don't start planning now the next outbreak can be far worse that's why its time to make a change now. With the recent virus (Ebola 2014) the first wrong step we made was sending very little heath care workers , there were not enough workers to treat every Ebola patient and therefore many people lost their lives. There were no blood testing and there was no research to what was keeping survivors alive. There were no research on where the virus came from and how far it had spread and there were many delays. There was very little treatment and with all that has gone wrong Bill Gates described it as a "Global Failure"
However in 1918 there was a vast epidemic from the flu that killed over 33 million people. Everyone knows that the flu can be spread through air or face to face contact but that wasn't the case for Ebola. No one really knew how people contracted the virus but by the time they would it be too late. To prepare for the next outbreak we have to start making bigger decisions such as investing more money on treatments and health care systems. We have to help one another out , such as making hospitals for poor countries where a woman can safely have here baby , we should invest in more doctor offices were a mother can take her ill son and give him the proper care he needs. So to stop germs and viruses from spreading we should take a chance and start making some decisions.
We have a lot of things to work on to save our world from future viruses , and if we don't make a change now it could be too late.