Liberian President Pleads for Assistance in Ebola Outbreak by Bella Dekhtyar

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/world/africa/liberian-president-pleads-with-obama-for-assistance-in-combating-ebola.html

 Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, has recently asked, more like pleading, Obama for assistance in the ever-increasing ebola outbreak. For those who don't know, Ebola is an incredibly infectious disease with fatal symptoms including fever and internal bleeding; some of these cases have been discovered in the United Sates. The virus has been spreading like wild fire across west Africa. So far over 2,000 people have died from this epidemic, and over 1,000 are from Liberia. In fact, there has been a 68% increase in ebola cases in Liberia just over the past 3 weeks. It has been categorized as a national security priority. The United States has been called to help contain the spread of Ebola in Africa. The Defense Department has been actively working to provide capabilities that can help stop this terrible epidemic.

It wasn't until this article that I realized that this outbreak is far more serious and dangerous than I could've imagined. And, although it's subtle, the editor of this article had truly tried to communicate the desperation of Liberia and following countries in Africa just by using the word "Pleading"in the title. I think this helps make a point to those, like me, that this is an ever-increasing struggle that is in dire need to be dealt with. Surely, it's definitely far worse than what we could've imagined. In the article, recent accounts from  doctors in  Monrovia have said, “'Two months since I have been less than two feet of another human without P.P.E,' or personal protective equipment." It is only in our hopes that the United States could fight this.