Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Its Not A Shark it's Ebola in the Water- Makenzye Prince

Near the northern most point of the Congo's flow, a tributary merges in from the north just west of Lisala, the Mongala, a river that flows essentially longitudinally from north to south. Near the head waters of the Mongala, the Ebola, "a tributary of the tributary," itself a 155 mile river, flows into the Mongala from the northeast adding to its volume and energy. At the point where the Mongala enters the Congo mainstream, the great river is flowing almost due west from the continent's interior.
The Ebola River gave its name to viral disease which has now reach epidemic proportions in West Africa having, by official statistics already taken the lives of 5,000 people. As statistical analysis in Sub-Sahara Africa is far from precise, it is possible that the actual number of victims is quite higher and that frankly, there is no accurate estimate of how widely the disease has managed to extend its range. According to Pierre Piot, the Flemish (Dutch speaking Belgian) researcher who, in 1976 first identified the disease as a unique new pathogen, it is quite different from Marburg's Virus with which it was first confused.

This worries me because ebola was already spreading through contact of people just imagine if it got into our water stream. It would affect all of us. I dont personally drink water but when i do i like and sorta enjoy the privilege. It would be horrible if we didn't have that anymore.

www.ihavenet.com/Africa/Ebola-A-Symptom-of-Economic-Inequality.html

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