We are currently facing a deadly Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Discuss parallels between this outbreak and the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague from 1348. What are the similarities and differences; can this happen again?
The Ebola virus and the Black death are two very serious illnesses. they are very similar in ways such as how contagious they are and how if you are infected you could die within a few week or even days. These illnesses have different ways of how they effect the body, the black death is when parts of your body start to actually turn black an it started with rats and fleas being transported over the silk road. the Ebola virus is said to have started with bats, and is transported through contact with a humans bodily fluids. The Ebola virus you don't know you have it for about a week and then you come down with a bad fever and you soon die afterwords. the black death was serious enough to be called a pandemic, I personally don't thing Ebola will get to that point. I believe that today we have the technology and science to find a cure and slow down the virus. These illnesses are serious and shouldn't be underestimated.
Like the Black Death the Ebola virus is a deathly illness. Both spread quickly and kill within a week or so. Yet the difference between the two illnesses is the time period. Back then there was not enough science to contradict rumors and popular belief. During the time of the Black Death, religion played a very large part in the world. The two common ideas of who to blame at the time included Jews or God's wrath. Nowadays, we have science to tell us that Ebola is a virus that can be spread only by bodily fluids. In addition with the modern technology there is less of a panic about the spread of the virus. Although Ebola is still a very serious threat to the world, especially since their is no cure yet, it is easier to contain than the black plague in the 1348. Thus there less panic and paranoia about the virus (at least in the United States).
We are currently facing a deadly Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Discuss parallels between this outbreak and the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague from 1348. What are the similarities and differences; can this happen again?
This can never happen again. With such a big understanding of modern medicine, diseases can be contained and entirely destroyed. Ebola can be contained in Africa, however back in 1350, diseases could not be contained. No one knew how the Plague spread.
The only similarities between Ebola and The Plague are the amount of people killed and the panic it caused. They are two different types of epidemics, in two different time periods. One is bacteria and is spread through fleas, the other is a virus. Both are very different killers.
Illness and diseases are fears that plague the population. Epidemics spread its deadly claws around the world. The Bubonic Plague, also known as Black Death, was an epidemic in the Europe and Asia regions in 1348. Ebola is an epidemic in Western Africa. Both these diseases infect the body of the host, a human, and eventually kill them. The Bubonic Plague comes from an infected flea that attaches itself onto a rat. These rats eventually die and then the flea must find a new host. A human. These infected people travelled on the trade routes with the diseases and with the infected fleas. Therefore the disease spread across Europe and Asia for about two years killing off many people. Almost one third of the population. A similar scare is happening today with Ebola. Ebola is passed from human to human. It is spread through bodily fluids like snot, blood, etc. And like the Bubonic Plague, people begin seeing symptoms a couple days after they are infected. Most of these infected people, either diseases, die because there is no cure or vaccine available. But, I think that’s where things begin to differ. When Bubonic Plague was a high risk danger, people had no idea where it was coming from. Even the smartest people in the populations had no idea what was happening to them or why it was happening to them. Therefore, medical help was basically impossible. Instead the resorted to looking at religion instead of medical theories. Today, medicine has advanced as well as the minds of the public. People are more likely to find the root of the cause now and give a more plausible way to stop it. I don’t think it’ll happen again to the point that Black Death was. Doctors have much more knowledge now. They would contain the disease and not let it travel like it did in 1348. Even with planes, I think that doctors and other people would be more strategic in containing Ebola. This has already been seen with the two infected people who came back during the summer. Therefore, I believe that Ebola can never reach the magnitude of the Bubonic Plague with such advancements in medicine.
Both Ebola and the Bubonic Plague were very serious diseases that had a huge effect on the population. They have some similarities, however they are also very different. The Bubonic Plague and Ebola both affect large groups of people. They are both deadly and can kill a large number of people once contracted. Another similarity is the symptoms of these diseases. They do not show until days after which is one of the reasons they are so deadly. On the other hand, the Bubonic Plague swept through the world and it was easily caught. Ebola is pretty much contained in West Africa as of now. Also, fleas were the cause of the Black Death in 1348 and that's how it was spread. Ebola is spread by bodily fluids. With the medicine that we have today it is very difficult to think Ebola will turn into the Bubonic Plague. We are more aware of how to stop this and that is why although it is a serious disease it will never reach the Bubonic Plague's degree.
The Ebola virus is similar to the Black Death in that it is capable of spreading to a large number of people and killing them very quickly. However, due to modern advancements in medicine, communication, and travel security, I believe that it is highly unlikely that Ebola will ever cause as much damage as the Bubonic Plague. With today's communication abilities, it is certain that any person who is infected with the Ebola virus will be identified and quarantined immediately. Also, with our knowledge of medicine, we would be bound to find a treatments for Ebola quickly, if it were to appear in the United States. The reason why the Black Death was so deadly was partially to people not knowing how to handle it, many people just prayed for forgiveness while they watched each other die. Also, the black death was spread by fleas on rats, while the Ebola virus is spread through bodily fluid, which is much harder to be exposed to. While it is possible that an outbreak could start in a highly populated area, the odds of an infected person getting back into the US are extraordinarily slim.
Ebola and the Black Death are two viruses that should not be taken lightly. They are similar in how contagious they are and how deadly they are. These illnesses have different ways of affecting the body and how they spread. The Black Death is started with rats and fleas being transported over the Silk Road. The rats are infected, thus the fleas would get infected. When the rat dies, the fleas go to a human thus giving that human the plague. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids, i.e. blood, saliva. With the Ebola virus, you don't know you have it for about a week and then you get a bad fever and soon die afterword. The Black Death was serious enough to be called a pandemic, but I do not feel that Ebola will get to that level. With modern science and medicine improving every day, I feel that Ebola will be controlled or even cured in the near future. I believe many will die from Ebola, but nowhere near as many as from the plague. Ebola will not turn into a pandemic solely on the advancement of modern medicine.
Although Ebola and the plague are similar in the ways they spread, they are very different. The plague was caused and brought over by a bacteria in rats. Ebola was started in bats. Both the Plague and Ebola can not be cured and most cases end in death. The plague was transmitted by coughing and sneezing but Ebola is only transmitted through bodily fluids. Because of this and the technology and advancement in modern medicine I feel that we should not be worried about the Ebola virus getting as bad as the Plague ever did.
Ebola and the bubonic plague are very similar. They both decimated thousands of people in the countries that they have entered. Even though they spread differently, they both have a deadly outcome. Airport securities are making sure that people who have travelled to Africa are scanned and checked out before entering back into the US to prevent the disease from coming here. Today it will be a lot easier to fight these types of diseases and come up with cures because all of our advances in medicine and technology. With that we should not be as worried about this virus turning into something like the Bubonic plague.
While Ebola and the Plague are both very potentially harmful diseases, the time periods in which they struck are very different. They both have the potential to wipe out vast populations if not treated correctly. If the time period was not taken into consideration, both diseases would have killed large populations. This is because trade has been active in 1348, and still is today. In 1348, the Silk Road provided a complex network of trade routes. Today, the world is even more interconnected. Trade is why the Plague was able to spread all over the world, and if Ebola hit at the same time, it would have the same impact. Today, Ebola hasn't spread, and probably won't because our society is much more advanced. If someone in America contracted the disease, we would have the medicine and knowledge to treat it as well as prevent the spread. At the time when the Plague struck, no one had the technology to understand why the deadly Plague was spreading so much and how to stop it.
Ebola right now is invading the West African countries right now and is causing fear throughout various places in the world, and we should be scared... and this Ebola is actually similar a bit to another very familiar old pathogen that wrecked havoc on the old world during the 14th century called the Bubonic Plague (The Plague). The plague and Ebola are actually quite serious and the survival percentage of both are rather lower than one would want. Also both of these two were previously seen and documented before. Ebola was first seen back in 1976 and the plague was first documented in 541-544 C.E. They also have killed many pretty fast which is another similarity. But aside from this these two are very different. First off Ebola is a virus not a bacteria like the plague was and because of this, Ebola is harder to find a cure or just treat it with medicine because its not like you can treat it with antibiotics, you have to let it take its course and hopefully survive....The way the two are also transmitted are also different. Ebola is spread from bodily fluids while the plague wasn't, it was actually transmitted from infected fleas to rats and from fleas to humans. Although Ebola is getting out of control as of right now i believe we will be all right if we can contain it fast and send maybe more medical personnel. However even with modern technology and modern medicine since it is a virus and its harder to cure those we should take precautions and prepare in case if this became a pandemic like the plague. Fortunately for the world the Ebola strains aren't airborne which will help with containment and finding a way to decrease the spread.
When looking at both the current Ebola epidemic, and the Bubonic plauge of the 1300s, they are both something that should not be taken lightly. When comparing the two, there is one clear similarity. The fact that they were both spread by people traveling from one place to the next, spreading the disease as they go. But on the other hand, when we compare the two, there is also a clear difference, how many people that were killed because of them. Even though Ebola is noit a huge epidemic at the moment, that is what seperates it from the Black Death.
Ebola is an epidemic not much different from the Black death in the fact that they are both highly contagious and highly deadly. Their symptoms and how they are spread differ, but they are very similar. However, Modern medicine has developed a cure for bubonic plague, where we have yet to find a cure for ebola. Should ebola start to spread, it couls have devastating effects on the population just like the Black Death did.
Although occurring almost 700 years apart from each other, both the Black Death and Ebola are epidemics that took a large toll on society. People never found a cure for the Black Death and similarly, researchers have still not found a cure for Ebola. Another similarity between the two is that both epidemics were somewhat contained in a certain region. Similar to how Ebola is only concentrated in West Africa, the Bubonic Plague did spread very widely, but it never reached overseas. It seems surprising that we have not been able to find a vaccine for Ebola yet because the main difference between the two epidemics would be the depth of knowledge. People didn't understand the Black Death and took little precaution to keep it from spreading. For example, people would through dead bodies onto the streets and the smell of death would be overwhelming. With Ebola, medical practitioners are taking many precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. Because of the medical advancement we have made, I believe that an epidemic such as the Black Death will never happen again; we have the resources to keep it from spreading to that incomparable magnitude. However, epidemics such as Ebola outbreaks can occur again simply because not every country has the capability to continuously fight against different virus strains that may come up. Although an epidemic the size of the recent Ebola outbreak is rare, there certainly is a possibility that new epidemics will occur.
The Black Death and Ebola both have/had the potential to start a pandemic. In its time, the Black Death demolished counties, nearly halving populations. Similar to Ebola, it was easy to mass spread and it was incredibly painful. Where they start to differ is in how each one effected the body. The Black Death was very visible, and you knew you had it as soon as you got it. Ebola, however, doesn't show its effects until you've had it for a while, yet you can spread it to anyone you share your bodily fluids with, which may not seem like much but the chain reaction can be huge. In its time the Black Plague wasn't curable, which left a lot of people homeless. Ebola, however, is curable, but its incredibly length and costly, so there isn't enough time and money for everyone to be cured. A lot of people will/have died of these illnesses, and our only bet if surviving something this big is to contain it incredibly well
Even though right now Ebola isn't spreading in America, the chances aren't willing to be taken. The Black Death started on the other side of the world and was about to spread around from country to country. Both these illnesses are very serious and kill whoever gets it within a couple of weeks. On the other hand, when you're infected with the Black Death your body begins to turn black around your fingernails which was started from fleas and rats. When you have Ebola, you are unaware of it for the first week until you get a flu which will kill you within the next 2-3 days. I think Ebola won't be as serious as the Black Death but I do think it is just as important to treat and do research about. Also, because of the technology we have today compared to when the Black Death was occurring, it will be easier to help prevent the spread of Ebola so it doesn't turn into something as serious as the Black Death.
Ebola and the Plague are two diseases that are are both very deadly yet extremely different. The plague is different, as it was way more deadly. As soon as people got infected, it only took 2-7 days for them to die. In the case of ebola, it can take up to 3 weeks to start to experience symptoms, and then it kills you a couple days after. I believe that it is much easier for a global pandemic to happen now. The reason for this is because we are more connected than ever, and if a person gets infected with ebola, then they could travel all over the world and spread it without even noticing. It is more concerning in the fact that you can spread it without even noticing you have it. The two diseases are similar in the fact that both could very easily cause a global pandemic, and they both also have different strains as well. Ebola has 5, while the plague has 3. These two diseases should be taken seriously, as either one is just a plane flight away.
The Ebola epidemic and the bubonic plague are similar and different. The Black Death originated from East Asia, and spread through several trade routes to the Middle East, and from there it spread to Africa and Europe. It was not curable (at the time), just as Ebola doesn’t have a cure. Because Ebola doesn’t show symptoms for up to two weeks, it is not easily contained. Should someone with Ebola, and not know it, travel at all, Ebola could have the effect of the Black Death. People will go to cities, schools, work, and not know that they are sick until it is too late. It can become a global pandemic. What is different between the two plagues is that Ebola is in the modern world. Today, we have hundreds of flight every day to all over the country. We have thousands of universal shipments constantly happening. It can spread much quicker than the bubonic plague, and it won’t be contained.
The spread of Ebola and the spread of the Bubonic plague share some similarities, yet also differ in some aspects. Both the disease of Ebola and the Bubonic plague are/were suspected to reside among animals and then were therefore passed to humans. Ebola is suspected to come from bats while the Bubonic Plague was suspected to have come from the stomach rats. Both of these deadly diseases can affect anyone, therefore no one is 100% safe and clear of contracting the sicknesses. With that being said, one big difference between the two illnesses is that Ebola, currently, is being contained and not spreading like wild fire, although has the potential to do so while The plague was unable to be contained and killed many people. Both diseases are very deadly and should be taken seriously.
There are many differences between the current Ebola outbreak and the infamous Black Death that occurred throughout many parts of the world in the mid-1300s. One major difference is the amount of medical knowledge and technology available in our modern world. During the 1300s, the most advanced medical practices included praying to God for help curing the patient, cutting off infected limbs, or even nearly bleeding the patient dry to flush away “bad blood” in a practice known as bloodletting. Today, we have powerful antibiotics and much higher levels of hygiene than in Medieval Europe, even in Western Africa, one of the world’s poorest regions, and also the site of the recent Ebola outbreak. Ebola is slightly more difficult to combat than the Black Death, mainly because it is a virus, not a bacterium, and thus does not have any major weaknesses that medicine can exploit. The only way to fight the virus is to let our body’s immune system take care of it while treating the symptoms and trying to contain the outbreak. Even though we live in a very global society, I believe that through working together and cooperation, the many governments of the world will be able to contain and eliminate the Ebola virus as it threatens us today.
Ebola and the Bubonic plague are both very deadly viruses. Both of these have similarities and differences with each other, for example they both originated from animals and transferred over to humans. A big difference however is that the Plague spread all over Europe and Asia and most people who contracted the virus were killed. Ebola on the other hand is not spreading like the plague, people are attempting to contain it as quickly as possible.
Both deadly diseases, Ebola and the Black Plague are very harmful to the population. Both of these diseases spread quickly through large groups of people. They also have serious symptoms that don’t show right away which make them very deadly. Also these diseases can lead to death. Although they are similar, they have some differences. Ebola is not as easy caught like the Black Plague. While the Black Plague spread across Europe and other parts of the world killing millions, Ebola is mostly held in West Africa. Historians believed the Black Plague was spread through bacterial strains such as fleas and rodents like the black rat. Ebola is spread through body fluids and it is more difficult to catch than the Black Plague. We have evolved tremendously through medicine and can now treat the Black Plague if some do catch it. Unlike the Black Plague, there is no cure for Ebola, yet. With the technology we have today, I am sure we will be able to create a cure for Ebola and never let it get to the level of the Black Plague.
Although years apart from each others occurrences, both Ebola and the Bubonic plague are deadly epidemics that startled humanity. Although today we know the cause and cure for the bubonic plague and the recurrence of the disease doesn’t frighten us, looking back at it’s deadly effects is really unsettling. Ebola is, in a way, a modern version of the black plague in the sense that it also has a very high mortality rate and it is rapidly spreading. Also, just like people didn’t know the cure for the plague back then, today, the cure for Ebola is unknown to us. Even though both diseases share many similarities, there are also many differences. Firstly, they are both 2 completely different diseases with different causes and symptoms. But also, one big difference is that, as the result of our progression and increased scientific knowledge, we are handling Ebola much differently than the way people reacted to the plague back in 1348. Today, we have the technology and methods to contain and limit the spread of any deadly disease. There’s also better sanitation, better medical care and better instructions by authority to inform people about a disease. Back then none of this was available. People also brought religion into the matter. Christians blamed the Jews for the plague and attacked them. People turned towards the church and even the church couldn’t provide hope. So in all, there was utter chaos. Today, there’s much more order. People are more educated of the science behind the disease. So I don’t think such a chaos is likely to happen again. So with our advancements today, I don’t think that Ebola’s effects are going to be as big as the plague’s.
Ebola and the Black Death, both are the incurable death dealers of their age. Modern medicine allows us to now cure the pandemic the plague, but the main difference between the plague and Ebola is the simplest and the most deadly. Ebola is a viral pathogen while the Black Death is bacterial. While bacterial infections and be cured with an antibiotic, Viruses cannot be cured. The spread of the disease is also a problem. Due to current ability of transportation Ebola can be taken halfway around the world in a matter of hours, while the Black Death was limited to the Eastern Hemisphere and that killed half the afflicted population just by travel of rats. Now we have planes that can carry Ebola over to the Americas and it could continue to spread and cause a worldwide pandemic this time, much worse than the Black Death. To halt the spread and maybe prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the world as a hole should begin synthesizing a cure or at least a suppressant to help contain and control the disease.
The Bubonic Plague and Ebola are very different in many ways; one being that currently Ebola has only infected a small portion of Africa and the Plague spread throughout nations and killed millions. The Ebola outbreak has done quite the opposite because we knew about it and it was contained in Africa and it is being treated as we speak. One of the only similarities between these two outbreaks is that they have killed and caused some global alarm, but nothing to be worried about.
The Black Death and the Ebola virus are different but also similar in many ways. When the Black Death started back in 1348 it spread quickly, very quickly clearing through China, the Middle East, and Europe. In the existence of the Black Death it killed 25 to 45% of the populations it encountered. During this time when you got this plague you had a 50 to 80% chance of death, similar to Ebola where the chances are 25 to 90% death according to the World health organization. Each of these diseases broke out but in different parts of the world. Ebola broke out recently in the rainforests of Africa while the Black Death started in the Mediterranean and passed its way through Europe. Both diseases start from animals. The Black Death started was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships and Ebola transmitted to humans from wild animals. The main difference between Ebola and the Black Death is that the Black Death killed over 25 million people while Ebola hasn’t killed near to as many because of the prevention and medicine we have today. This leads into the question can this happen again. My answer is no because times are different now than they were more than 700 years ago. Our medicine is more advance, we have easy ways to spread the world about prevention and education and our immune systems are also more developed and better. I am not saying it would never happen on a smaller scale, but it is very unlikely. Our world today is just to advance for a disease like that.
Although both the Black Death and Ebola virus are similar in many ways, they have their differences. Both diseases stem from animals as the natural source. Plus the Black Death wiped out a large portion of society at the time and so far Ebola has been well contained. A main problem is the fact that Ebola is a viral infection not just bacterial like the Black Death. Due to our advances in medicine over the years, we can successfully combat bacteria with simple antibiotics, unlike the deadly Ebola. I do believe that we will be able to find a cure or at least a treatment to fend off the Ebola virus. Hopefully Ebola remains to be contained and doesn't break out nearly as widespread as the Black Death.
The Black Death and the Ebola virus have may similarities and differences. They are very similar in the way that they are both very deadly diseases and spread quickly from person to person. Black Death was believed to be spread from china over to Europe from fleas that lived on rats that traveled with cargo that was going to be traded. When the rats would die the fleas would look for another carrier and that's how the disease spread. Ebola on the other hand is not so complex it is spread from bodily fluid from human to human. A big difference in these two diseases is the Black Death wiped out around 5,000,000 people. Ebola has only killed a few thousand and is already beginning to be shut down. While the plague wiped out people from around the world, Ebola has really only struck Africa. I don't believe Ebola will spread to the rest of the world because we have stronger medicine. I do not believe a plague will ever happen again because of the medicine we have and I believe Ebola will be shut down in the coming months.
Ebola and the Black Death were similar in the fact that they killed many people. Although a difference is that the plague spread more easily but Ebola is spread through bodily fluids. People back then didnt know how to contain the plague or how it was spreading so it spread over a vast amount of area and affected more people. But now Ebola can be contained and we can recognize the symptoms and how it is spread with modern medicine.
I dont think Ebola is anything to worry about it this country because of modern medicine and the many ways we have of controlling it. Also because of airport security and the fact they check people for the disease in the airport.
The Black Death and The Ebola outbreak are two deadly epidemics, but they aren’t going to end the same way. Ebola is a virus, which is harder to treat; it spreads faster, and has a higher mortality rate. The Black Death was a bacteria which moved slower and had a lower mortality rate. The difference is people now and people then. During the Middle Ages people were unaware of what the plague was, how to treat it or why it existed, this resulted in anarchy, some believed God was to blame others the Jews, but nobody knew why. Now we are well aware of what happened then and how to deal with the current epidemic, we can treat Ebola, we can maintain it, and because of that we can stop it. The Black Death killed a third of the world, and although Ebola is more dangerous, it won’t because people now are smarter and more capable than people then.
The Black Death and the Ebola have many similarities and differences. The first similarity is that they are extremely deadly diseases and are highly contagious. They also had/have a lower than 50% chance if living after contracting the sickness. Additionally both diseases can be contacted though contact with animals which makes the speed of it spreader much quicker. Unfortunately, another similarity is that neither are/were curable during the time that they were rising. The most noticeably difference is that the speed at which the Ebloa spreads is much slower than the rate that the Black Death Plague spread because of modern medical advances. Antibiotics have now almost rendered the black plague against humans nearly ineffective disease.Due to the reality that ebola is a virus, which means it cant be cured by standard antibiotics. So at the moment, Ebola is quite threading to the worlds health. Those are the main similarities and differences between The Black Death and the Ebola.
The Ebola epidemic from West Africa and the Bubonic Plague from 1348 are similar diseases. They both are very contagious and can spread very easily from person to person. These diseases are also very different as well, not only because they are multiple centuries apart. The bubonic plague happened at a time when people didn’t understand how to control or contain this disease, or why it was even happening in the first place. Ebola is a disease that symptoms that can be noticed and quickly taken care of due to modern science. I don’t think that this can happen again because now scientists are able to study the disease and find ways of controlling it and curing it.
Both Ebola and the Black Plague are similar in various ways. Both diseases are very deadly and hard to contain. With the Black Plague, in few weeks you are gone. All people could do was lock you up in your home until you died or burn you. And same goes for Ebola in a matter of a couple weeks without treatment or luck you are done for. Now for the differences, both diseases come differently and are obtained differently too. First off, the Black Plague was said t be found in China and spread through the Silk Road by rats and fleas. As for Ebola, it has been said that it was found in West Africa and is spread through bats and other small animals. Also, with the black death it was said that even by breathing the same air as the sick would contaminate you. With Ebola only by the mixture of bodily fluids is how you can get it.
Now as for being on the look out, I believe that we should take it seriously. With the Black Plague, if someone were to get it now, we have the cure and the person can get treated. But for Ebola? Good luck. Even with our fancy technology there has not been a cure yet found. SO America along with the rest of the world should sleep with one eye open.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is undoubtedly a serious matter that should concern the entire world, because it contains the potential to wipe out entire nations, if not contained properly. Therefore, it can be claimed that the Ebola virus is much like the Bubonic Plague, due to it's deadly symptoms Other similar aspects between these two diseases include the mortality rates, although Ebola's fatality rate was as much as 30-40% higher than the Bubonic Plague. Disregarding the fact that some are comparing these two diseases, they are much more different than alike.
The Black Death was known to be spread by infected fleas that traveled around on rats, but after they were killed, they required to find a new host - humans. People with the Bubonic Plague experienced its symptoms within days, and were killed 50-60% of the time. The Black Death went viral, as people on trade routes infected more and more people from Europe, spanning as far as Asia. Due to this, Europe suffered a catastrophe that wiped out approximately one third of its entire population.
Ebola, on the other hand, yields a much more dangerous situation, but with today's advanced knowledge on diseases and containment, chances for this virus to spread are very slim. Ebola can only be spread through, bodily fluids, such as blood, and can even be spread indirectly, through needles or other things contaminated with these fluids. Infected ones will suffer headaches, body pains, or overall weakness throughout, with a mortality rate of 90%. The hazardous aspect is that some may not even realize these symptoms for up to 21 days after they are infected.
Even though the Ebola virus has the potential to spread like wildfire, I believe the chances of that occurring will be very slim. People would be extremely cautious if this disease infiltrated the United States. As far as my knowledge goes, all medical centers sterilize their needles or other operating equipment before using them on patients, so that would not be an issue for most people, and it would be very unlikely for people to deliberately exchange bodily fluids, except for the small risk that someone that is not showing symptoms infects others through intercourse. But, in most cases, if there is an outbreak anywhere, it will be identified and contained immediately.
The Ebola epidemic and the Bubonic Plague are similar and different in a variety of ways. They are similar by both being fatal illnesses and causing mass hysteria throughout the countries and the world. They are also similar because at the time there was no cure for the plague, and as of now there is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. Because the plague was spread very easily, the illness infected many people. As for Ebola, this illness can also be spread very easily. Although just it can only be spread through bodily fluids, people don’t realize how much our body excretes fluids, and how much we intake germs. Thus, making the Ebola virus very easy to infect people, like the Bubonic Plague. As much as the illnesses are similar, they are also very different. Where the plague had symptoms of vomiting, chills, high fever, delirium, rapid heartbeat, and the most famous “buboes” (inflamed swellings filled with pus), Ebola’s symptoms are similar to a cold or flu, except the hemorrhage and finally the failure of vital organs. Another difference between the sicknesses is that they spread in different parts of the world; Ebola is primarily affecting West Africa and moving around the world, the plague affected Europe and moved with the Mongols. The Pope took action to combat the Bubonic Plague, now physicians are taking action to combat Ebola. I don’t think the plague can happen again with Ebola because there are more advancements than there were in the 1300s. With the technology and medicine we have today, I think that will make a significant difference in this situation involving these fatal illnesses. Although there may not be any cures yet, there is a better chance of finding one in this day and age than there was during the Bubonic Plague.
Ebola and the black plague are both very serious and deadly diseases that can affect anybody. They both very contagious and spread very easily. Also, they both have flu like symptoms. Although, ebola spreads about 30 miles in about 2 days while the plague only spread about 100 yards a year. These diseases are both different towards people. Now we have more technology to understand what is happening and why it is happening, unlike back then when they all though God was punishing them. The mortality for ebola is about 90% and the plague as 50-60%. I don't really think this could happen again, well in America, or as bad, because we have all the isolation units that hospitals have.
The Ebola virus and the Black death are two very serious illnesses. they are very similar in ways such as how contagious they are and how if you are infected you could die within a few week or even days. These illnesses have different ways of how they effect the body, the black death is when parts of your body start to actually turn black an it started with rats and fleas being transported over the silk road. the Ebola virus is said to have started with bats, and is transported through contact with a humans bodily fluids. The Ebola virus you don't know you have it for about a week and then you come down with a bad fever and you soon die afterwords. the black death was serious enough to be called a pandemic, I personally don't thing Ebola will get to that point. I believe that today we have the technology and science to find a cure and slow down the virus. These illnesses are serious and shouldn't be underestimated.
ReplyDeleteLike the Black Death the Ebola virus is a deathly illness. Both spread quickly and kill within a week or so. Yet the difference between the two illnesses is the time period. Back then there was not enough science to contradict rumors and popular belief. During the time of the Black Death, religion played a very large part in the world. The two common ideas of who to blame at the time included Jews or God's wrath. Nowadays, we have science to tell us that Ebola is a virus that can be spread only by bodily fluids. In addition with the modern technology there is less of a panic about the spread of the virus. Although Ebola is still a very serious threat to the world, especially since their is no cure yet, it is easier to contain than the black plague in the 1348. Thus there less panic and paranoia about the virus (at least in the United States).
ReplyDeleteWe are currently facing a deadly Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Discuss parallels between this outbreak and the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague from 1348. What are the similarities and differences; can this happen again?
ReplyDeleteThis can never happen again. With such a big understanding of modern medicine, diseases can be contained and entirely destroyed. Ebola can be contained in Africa, however back in 1350, diseases could not be contained. No one knew how the Plague spread.
The only similarities between Ebola and The Plague are the amount of people killed and the panic it caused. They are two different types of epidemics, in two different time periods. One is bacteria and is spread through fleas, the other is a virus. Both are very different killers.
Illness and diseases are fears that plague the population. Epidemics spread its deadly claws around the world. The Bubonic Plague, also known as Black Death, was an epidemic in the Europe and Asia regions in 1348. Ebola is an epidemic in Western Africa. Both these diseases infect the body of the host, a human, and eventually kill them. The Bubonic Plague comes from an infected flea that attaches itself onto a rat. These rats eventually die and then the flea must find a new host. A human. These infected people travelled on the trade routes with the diseases and with the infected fleas. Therefore the disease spread across Europe and Asia for about two years killing off many people. Almost one third of the population. A similar scare is happening today with Ebola. Ebola is passed from human to human. It is spread through bodily fluids like snot, blood, etc. And like the Bubonic Plague, people begin seeing symptoms a couple days after they are infected. Most of these infected people, either diseases, die because there is no cure or vaccine available. But, I think that’s where things begin to differ. When Bubonic Plague was a high risk danger, people had no idea where it was coming from. Even the smartest people in the populations had no idea what was happening to them or why it was happening to them. Therefore, medical help was basically impossible. Instead the resorted to looking at religion instead of medical theories. Today, medicine has advanced as well as the minds of the public. People are more likely to find the root of the cause now and give a more plausible way to stop it. I don’t think it’ll happen again to the point that Black Death was. Doctors have much more knowledge now. They would contain the disease and not let it travel like it did in 1348. Even with planes, I think that doctors and other people would be more strategic in containing Ebola. This has already been seen with the two infected people who came back during the summer. Therefore, I believe that Ebola can never reach the magnitude of the Bubonic Plague with such advancements in medicine.
ReplyDeleteBoth Ebola and the Bubonic Plague were very serious diseases that had a huge effect on the population. They have some similarities, however they are also very different. The Bubonic Plague and Ebola both affect large groups of people. They are both deadly and can kill a large number of people once contracted. Another similarity is the symptoms of these diseases. They do not show until days after which is one of the reasons they are so deadly. On the other hand, the Bubonic Plague swept through the world and it was easily caught. Ebola is pretty much contained in West Africa as of now. Also, fleas were the cause of the Black Death in 1348 and that's how it was spread. Ebola is spread by bodily fluids. With the medicine that we have today it is very difficult to think Ebola will turn into the Bubonic Plague. We are more aware of how to stop this and that is why although it is a serious disease it will never reach the Bubonic Plague's degree.
ReplyDeleteThe Ebola virus is similar to the Black Death in that it is capable of spreading to a large number of people and killing them very quickly. However, due to modern advancements in medicine, communication, and travel security, I believe that it is highly unlikely that Ebola will ever cause as much damage as the Bubonic Plague. With today's communication abilities, it is certain that any person who is infected with the Ebola virus will be identified and quarantined immediately. Also, with our knowledge of medicine, we would be bound to find a treatments for Ebola quickly, if it were to appear in the United States. The reason why the Black Death was so deadly was partially to people not knowing how to handle it, many people just prayed for forgiveness while they watched each other die. Also, the black death was spread by fleas on rats, while the Ebola virus is spread through bodily fluid, which is much harder to be exposed to. While it is possible that an outbreak could start in a highly populated area, the odds of an infected person getting back into the US are extraordinarily slim.
ReplyDeleteEbola and the Black Death are two viruses that should not be taken lightly. They are similar in how contagious they are and how deadly they are. These illnesses have different ways of affecting the body and how they spread. The Black Death is started with rats and fleas being transported over the Silk Road. The rats are infected, thus the fleas would get infected. When the rat dies, the fleas go to a human thus giving that human the plague. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids, i.e. blood, saliva. With the Ebola virus, you don't know you have it for about a week and then you get a bad fever and soon die afterword. The Black Death was serious enough to be called a pandemic, but I do not feel that Ebola will get to that level. With modern science and medicine improving every day, I feel that Ebola will be controlled or even cured in the near future. I believe many will die from Ebola, but nowhere near as many as from the plague. Ebola will not turn into a pandemic solely on the advancement of modern medicine.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Ebola and the plague are similar in the ways they spread, they are very different. The plague was caused and brought over by a bacteria in rats. Ebola was started in bats. Both the Plague and Ebola can not be cured and most cases end in death. The plague was transmitted by coughing and sneezing but Ebola is only transmitted through bodily fluids. Because of this and the technology and advancement in modern medicine I feel that we should not be worried about the Ebola virus getting as bad as the Plague ever did.
ReplyDeleteEbola and the bubonic plague are very similar. They both decimated thousands of people in the countries that they have entered. Even though they spread differently, they both have a deadly outcome. Airport securities are making sure that people who have travelled to Africa are scanned and checked out before entering back into the US to prevent the disease from coming here. Today it will be a lot easier to fight these types of diseases and come up with cures because all of our advances in medicine and technology. With that we should not be as worried about this virus turning into something like the Bubonic plague.
ReplyDeleteWhile Ebola and the Plague are both very potentially harmful diseases, the time periods in which they struck are very different. They both have the potential to wipe out vast populations if not treated correctly. If the time period was not taken into consideration, both diseases would have killed large populations. This is because trade has been active in 1348, and still is today. In 1348, the Silk Road provided a complex network of trade routes. Today, the world is even more interconnected. Trade is why the Plague was able to spread all over the world, and if Ebola hit at the same time, it would have the same impact. Today, Ebola hasn't spread, and probably won't because our society is much more advanced. If someone in America contracted the disease, we would have the medicine and knowledge to treat it as well as prevent the spread. At the time when the Plague struck, no one had the technology to understand why the deadly Plague was spreading so much and how to stop it.
ReplyDeleteEbola right now is invading the West African countries right now and is causing fear throughout various places in the world, and we should be scared... and this Ebola is actually similar a bit to another very familiar old pathogen that wrecked havoc on the old world during the 14th century called the Bubonic Plague (The Plague). The plague and Ebola are actually quite serious and the survival percentage of both are rather lower than one would want. Also both of these two were previously seen and documented before. Ebola was first seen back in 1976 and the plague was first documented in 541-544 C.E. They also have killed many pretty fast which is another similarity. But aside from this these two are very different. First off Ebola is a virus not a bacteria like the plague was and because of this, Ebola is harder to find a cure or just treat it with medicine because its not like you can treat it with antibiotics, you have to let it take its course and hopefully survive....The way the two are also transmitted are also different. Ebola is spread from bodily fluids while the plague wasn't, it was actually transmitted from infected fleas to rats and from fleas to humans. Although Ebola is getting out of control as of right now i believe we will be all right if we can contain it fast and send maybe more medical personnel. However even with modern technology and modern medicine since it is a virus and its harder to cure those we should take precautions and prepare in case if this became a pandemic like the plague. Fortunately for the world the Ebola strains aren't airborne which will help with containment and finding a way to decrease the spread.
ReplyDeleteWhen looking at both the current Ebola epidemic, and the Bubonic plauge of the 1300s, they are both something that should not be taken lightly. When comparing the two, there is one clear similarity. The fact that they were both spread by people traveling from one place to the next, spreading the disease as they go. But on the other hand, when we compare the two, there is also a clear difference, how many people that were killed because of them. Even though Ebola is noit a huge epidemic at the moment, that is what seperates it from the Black Death.
ReplyDeleteEbola is an epidemic not much different from the Black death in the fact that they are both highly contagious and highly deadly. Their symptoms and how they are spread differ, but they are very similar. However, Modern medicine has developed a cure for bubonic plague, where we have yet to find a cure for ebola. Should ebola start to spread, it couls have devastating effects on the population just like the Black Death did.
ReplyDeleteAlthough occurring almost 700 years apart from each other, both the Black Death and Ebola are epidemics that took a large toll on society. People never found a cure for the Black Death and similarly, researchers have still not found a cure for Ebola. Another similarity between the two is that both epidemics were somewhat contained in a certain region. Similar to how Ebola is only concentrated in West Africa, the Bubonic Plague did spread very widely, but it never reached overseas. It seems surprising that we have not been able to find a vaccine for Ebola yet because the main difference between the two epidemics would be the depth of knowledge. People didn't understand the Black Death and took little precaution to keep it from spreading. For example, people would through dead bodies onto the streets and the smell of death would be overwhelming. With Ebola, medical practitioners are taking many precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. Because of the medical advancement we have made, I believe that an epidemic such as the Black Death will never happen again; we have the resources to keep it from spreading to that incomparable magnitude. However, epidemics such as Ebola outbreaks can occur again simply because not every country has the capability to continuously fight against different virus strains that may come up. Although an epidemic the size of the recent Ebola outbreak is rare, there certainly is a possibility that new epidemics will occur.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Death and Ebola both have/had the potential to start a pandemic. In its time, the Black Death demolished counties, nearly halving populations. Similar to Ebola, it was easy to mass spread and it was incredibly painful. Where they start to differ is in how each one effected the body. The Black Death was very visible, and you knew you had it as soon as you got it. Ebola, however, doesn't show its effects until you've had it for a while, yet you can spread it to anyone you share your bodily fluids with, which may not seem like much but the chain reaction can be huge. In its time the Black Plague wasn't curable, which left a lot of people homeless. Ebola, however, is curable, but its incredibly length and costly, so there isn't enough time and money for everyone to be cured. A lot of people will/have died of these illnesses, and our only bet if surviving something this big is to contain it incredibly well
ReplyDeleteEven though right now Ebola isn't spreading in America, the chances aren't willing to be taken. The Black Death started on the other side of the world and was about to spread around from country to country. Both these illnesses are very serious and kill whoever gets it within a couple of weeks. On the other hand, when you're infected with the Black Death your body begins to turn black around your fingernails which was started from fleas and rats. When you have Ebola, you are unaware of it for the first week until you get a flu which will kill you within the next 2-3 days. I think Ebola won't be as serious as the Black Death but I do think it is just as important to treat and do research about. Also, because of the technology we have today compared to when the Black Death was occurring, it will be easier to help prevent the spread of Ebola so it doesn't turn into something as serious as the Black Death.
ReplyDeleteEbola and the Plague are two diseases that are are both very deadly yet extremely different. The plague is different, as it was way more deadly. As soon as people got infected, it only took 2-7 days for them to die. In the case of ebola, it can take up to 3 weeks to start to experience symptoms, and then it kills you a couple days after. I believe that it is much easier for a global pandemic to happen now. The reason for this is because we are more connected than ever, and if a person gets infected with ebola, then they could travel all over the world and spread it without even noticing. It is more concerning in the fact that you can spread it without even noticing you have it. The two diseases are similar in the fact that both could very easily cause a global pandemic, and they both also have different strains as well. Ebola has 5, while the plague has 3. These two diseases should be taken seriously, as either one is just a plane flight away.
ReplyDeleteThe Ebola epidemic and the bubonic plague are similar and different. The Black Death originated from East Asia, and spread through several trade routes to the Middle East, and from there it spread to Africa and Europe. It was not curable (at the time), just as Ebola doesn’t have a cure. Because Ebola doesn’t show symptoms for up to two weeks, it is not easily contained. Should someone with Ebola, and not know it, travel at all, Ebola could have the effect of the Black Death. People will go to cities, schools, work, and not know that they are sick until it is too late. It can become a global pandemic. What is different between the two plagues is that Ebola is in the modern world. Today, we have hundreds of flight every day to all over the country. We have thousands of universal shipments constantly happening. It can spread much quicker than the bubonic plague, and it won’t be contained.
ReplyDeleteThe spread of Ebola and the spread of the Bubonic plague share some similarities, yet also differ in some aspects. Both the disease of Ebola and the Bubonic plague are/were suspected to reside among animals and then were therefore passed to humans. Ebola is suspected to come from bats while the Bubonic Plague was suspected to have come from the stomach rats. Both of these deadly diseases can affect anyone, therefore no one is 100% safe and clear of contracting the sicknesses. With that being said, one big difference between the two illnesses is that Ebola, currently, is being contained and not spreading like wild fire, although has the potential to do so while The plague was unable to be contained and killed many people. Both diseases are very deadly and should be taken seriously.
ReplyDeleteThere are many differences between the current Ebola outbreak and the infamous Black Death that occurred throughout many parts of the world in the mid-1300s. One major difference is the amount of medical knowledge and technology available in our modern world. During the 1300s, the most advanced medical practices included praying to God for help curing the patient, cutting off infected limbs, or even nearly bleeding the patient dry to flush away “bad blood” in a practice known as bloodletting. Today, we have powerful antibiotics and much higher levels of hygiene than in Medieval Europe, even in Western Africa, one of the world’s poorest regions, and also the site of the recent Ebola outbreak. Ebola is slightly more difficult to combat than the Black Death, mainly because it is a virus, not a bacterium, and thus does not have any major weaknesses that medicine can exploit. The only way to fight the virus is to let our body’s immune system take care of it while treating the symptoms and trying to contain the outbreak. Even though we live in a very global society, I believe that through working together and cooperation, the many governments of the world will be able to contain and eliminate the Ebola virus as it threatens us today.
ReplyDeleteEbola and the Bubonic plague are both very deadly viruses. Both of these have similarities and differences with each other, for example they both originated from animals and transferred over to humans. A big difference however is that the Plague spread all over Europe and Asia and most people who contracted the virus were killed. Ebola on the other hand is not spreading like the plague, people are attempting to contain it as quickly as possible.
ReplyDeleteBoth deadly diseases, Ebola and the Black Plague are very harmful to the population. Both of these diseases spread quickly through large groups of people. They also have serious symptoms that don’t show right away which make them very deadly. Also these diseases can lead to death. Although they are similar, they have some differences. Ebola is not as easy caught like the Black Plague. While the Black Plague spread across Europe and other parts of the world killing millions, Ebola is mostly held in West Africa. Historians believed the Black Plague was spread through bacterial strains such as fleas and rodents like the black rat. Ebola is spread through body fluids and it is more difficult to catch than the Black Plague. We have evolved tremendously through medicine and can now treat the Black Plague if some do catch it. Unlike the Black Plague, there is no cure for Ebola, yet. With the technology we have today, I am sure we will be able to create a cure for Ebola and never let it get to the level of the Black Plague.
ReplyDeleteAlthough years apart from each others occurrences, both Ebola and the Bubonic plague are deadly epidemics that startled humanity. Although today we know the cause and cure for the bubonic plague and the recurrence of the disease doesn’t frighten us, looking back at it’s deadly effects is really unsettling. Ebola is, in a way, a modern version of the black plague in the sense that it also has a very high mortality rate and it is rapidly spreading. Also, just like people didn’t know the cure for the plague back then, today, the cure for Ebola is unknown to us.
ReplyDeleteEven though both diseases share many similarities, there are also many differences. Firstly, they are both 2 completely different diseases with different causes and symptoms. But also, one big difference is that, as the result of our progression and increased scientific knowledge, we are handling Ebola much differently than the way people reacted to the plague back in 1348. Today, we have the technology and methods to contain and limit the spread of any deadly disease. There’s also better sanitation, better medical care and better instructions by authority to inform people about a disease. Back then none of this was available. People also brought religion into the matter. Christians blamed the Jews for the plague and attacked them. People turned towards the church and even the church couldn’t provide hope. So in all, there was utter chaos. Today, there’s much more order. People are more educated of the science behind the disease. So I don’t think such a chaos is likely to happen again. So with our advancements today, I don’t think that Ebola’s effects are going to be as big as the plague’s.
Ebola and the Black Death, both are the incurable death dealers of their age. Modern medicine allows us to now cure the pandemic the plague, but the main difference between the plague and Ebola is the simplest and the most deadly. Ebola is a viral pathogen while the Black Death is bacterial. While bacterial infections and be cured with an antibiotic, Viruses cannot be cured. The spread of the disease is also a problem. Due to current ability of transportation Ebola can be taken halfway around the world in a matter of hours, while the Black Death was limited to the Eastern Hemisphere and that killed half the afflicted population just by travel of rats. Now we have planes that can carry Ebola over to the Americas and it could continue to spread and cause a worldwide pandemic this time, much worse than the Black Death. To halt the spread and maybe prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the world as a hole should begin synthesizing a cure or at least a suppressant to help contain and control the disease.
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The Bubonic Plague and Ebola are very different in many ways; one being that currently Ebola has only infected a small portion of Africa and the Plague spread throughout nations and killed millions. The Ebola outbreak has done quite the opposite because we knew about it and it was contained in Africa and it is being treated as we speak.
ReplyDeleteOne of the only similarities between these two outbreaks is that they have killed and caused some global alarm, but nothing to be worried about.
The Black Death and the Ebola virus are different but also similar in many ways. When the Black Death started back in 1348 it spread quickly, very quickly clearing through China, the Middle East, and Europe. In the existence of the Black Death it killed 25 to 45% of the populations it encountered. During this time when you got this plague you had a 50 to 80% chance of death, similar to Ebola where the chances are 25 to 90% death according to the World health organization. Each of these diseases broke out but in different parts of the world. Ebola broke out recently in the rainforests of Africa while the Black Death started in the Mediterranean and passed its way through Europe. Both diseases start from animals. The Black Death started was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships and Ebola transmitted to humans from wild animals. The main difference between Ebola and the Black Death is that the Black Death killed over 25 million people while Ebola hasn’t killed near to as many because of the prevention and medicine we have today. This leads into the question can this happen again. My answer is no because times are different now than they were more than 700 years ago. Our medicine is more advance, we have easy ways to spread the world about prevention and education and our immune systems are also more developed and better. I am not saying it would never happen on a smaller scale, but it is very unlikely. Our world today is just to advance for a disease like that.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough both the Black Death and Ebola virus are similar in many ways, they have their differences. Both diseases stem from animals as the natural source. Plus the Black Death wiped out a large portion of society at the time and so far Ebola has been well contained. A main problem is the fact that Ebola is a viral infection not just bacterial like the Black Death. Due to our advances in medicine over the years, we can successfully combat bacteria with simple antibiotics, unlike the deadly Ebola. I do believe that we will be able to find a cure or at least a treatment to fend off the Ebola virus. Hopefully Ebola remains to be contained and doesn't break out nearly as widespread as the Black Death.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Death and the Ebola virus have may similarities and differences. They are very similar in the way that they are both very deadly diseases and spread quickly from person to person. Black Death was believed to be spread from china over to Europe from fleas that lived on rats that traveled with cargo that was going to be traded. When the rats would die the fleas would look for another carrier and that's how the disease spread. Ebola on the other hand is not so complex it is spread from bodily fluid from human to human. A big difference in these two diseases is the Black Death wiped out around 5,000,000 people. Ebola has only killed a few thousand and is already beginning to be shut down. While the plague wiped out people from around the world, Ebola has really only struck Africa. I don't believe Ebola will spread to the rest of the world because we have stronger medicine. I do not believe a plague will ever happen again because of the medicine we have and I believe Ebola will be shut down in the coming months.
ReplyDeleteEbola and the Black Death were similar in the fact that they killed many people. Although a difference is that the plague spread more easily but Ebola is spread through bodily fluids. People back then didnt know how to contain the plague or how it was spreading so it spread over a vast amount of area and affected more people. But now Ebola can be contained and we can recognize the symptoms and how it is spread with modern medicine.
ReplyDeleteI dont think Ebola is anything to worry about it this country because of modern medicine and the many ways we have of controlling it. Also because of airport security and the fact they check people for the disease in the airport.
The Black Death and The Ebola outbreak are two deadly epidemics, but they aren’t going to end the same way. Ebola is a virus, which is harder to treat; it spreads faster, and has a higher mortality rate. The Black Death was a bacteria which moved slower and had a lower mortality rate. The difference is people now and people then. During the Middle Ages people were unaware of what the plague was, how to treat it or why it existed, this resulted in anarchy, some believed God was to blame others the Jews, but nobody knew why. Now we are well aware of what happened then and how to deal with the current epidemic, we can treat Ebola, we can maintain it, and because of that we can stop it. The Black Death killed a third of the world, and although Ebola is more dangerous, it won’t because people now are smarter and more capable than people then.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Death and the Ebola have many similarities and differences. The first similarity is that they are extremely deadly diseases and are highly contagious. They also had/have a lower than 50% chance if living after contracting the sickness. Additionally both diseases can be contacted though contact with animals which makes the speed of it spreader much quicker. Unfortunately, another similarity is that neither are/were curable during the time that they were rising. The most noticeably difference is that the speed at which the Ebloa spreads is much slower than the rate that the Black Death Plague spread because of modern medical advances. Antibiotics have now almost rendered the black plague against humans nearly ineffective disease.Due to the reality that ebola is a virus, which means it cant be cured by standard antibiotics. So at the moment, Ebola is quite threading to the worlds health. Those are the main similarities and differences between The Black Death and the Ebola.
ReplyDeleteThe Ebola epidemic from West Africa and the Bubonic Plague from 1348 are similar diseases. They both are very contagious and can spread very easily from person to person. These diseases are also very different as well, not only because they are multiple centuries apart. The bubonic plague happened at a time when people didn’t understand how to control or contain this disease, or why it was even happening in the first place. Ebola is a disease that symptoms that can be noticed and quickly taken care of due to modern science. I don’t think that this can happen again because now scientists are able to study the disease and find ways of controlling it and curing it.
ReplyDeleteBoth Ebola and the Black Plague are similar in various ways. Both diseases are very deadly and hard to contain. With the Black Plague, in few weeks you are gone. All people could do was lock you up in your home until you died or burn you. And same goes for Ebola in a matter of a couple weeks without treatment or luck you are done for. Now for the differences, both diseases come differently and are obtained differently too. First off, the Black Plague was said t be found in China and spread through the Silk Road by rats and fleas. As for Ebola, it has been said that it was found in West Africa and is spread through bats and other small animals. Also, with the black death it was said that even by breathing the same air as the sick would contaminate you. With Ebola only by the mixture of bodily fluids is how you can get it.
ReplyDeleteNow as for being on the look out, I believe that we should take it seriously. With the Black Plague, if someone were to get it now, we have the cure and the person can get treated. But for Ebola? Good luck. Even with our fancy technology there has not been a cure yet found. SO America along with the rest of the world should sleep with one eye open.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is undoubtedly a serious matter that should concern the entire world, because it contains the potential to wipe out entire nations, if not contained properly. Therefore, it can be claimed that the Ebola virus is much like the Bubonic Plague, due to it's deadly symptoms Other similar aspects between these two diseases include the mortality rates, although Ebola's fatality rate was as much as 30-40% higher than the Bubonic Plague. Disregarding the fact that some are comparing these two diseases, they are much more different than alike.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Death was known to be spread by infected fleas that traveled around on rats, but after they were killed, they required to find a new host - humans. People with the Bubonic Plague experienced its symptoms within days, and were killed 50-60% of the time. The Black Death went viral, as people on trade routes infected more and more people from Europe, spanning as far as Asia. Due to this, Europe suffered a catastrophe that wiped out approximately one third of its entire population.
Ebola, on the other hand, yields a much more dangerous situation, but with today's advanced knowledge on diseases and containment, chances for this virus to spread are very slim. Ebola can only be spread through, bodily fluids, such as blood, and can even be spread indirectly, through needles or other things contaminated with these fluids. Infected ones will suffer headaches, body pains, or overall weakness throughout, with a mortality rate of 90%. The hazardous aspect is that some may not even realize these symptoms for up to 21 days after they are infected.
Even though the Ebola virus has the potential to spread like wildfire, I believe the chances of that occurring will be very slim. People would be extremely cautious if this disease infiltrated the United States. As far as my knowledge goes, all medical centers sterilize their needles or other operating equipment before using them on patients, so that would not be an issue for most people, and it would be very unlikely for people to deliberately exchange bodily fluids, except for the small risk that someone that is not showing symptoms infects others through intercourse. But, in most cases, if there is an outbreak anywhere, it will be identified and contained immediately.
The Ebola epidemic and the Bubonic Plague are similar and different in a variety of ways. They are similar by both being fatal illnesses and causing mass hysteria throughout the countries and the world. They are also similar because at the time there was no cure for the plague, and as of now there is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. Because the plague was spread very easily, the illness infected many people. As for Ebola, this illness can also be spread very easily. Although just it can only be spread through bodily fluids, people don’t realize how much our body excretes fluids, and how much we intake germs. Thus, making the Ebola virus very easy to infect people, like the Bubonic Plague.
ReplyDeleteAs much as the illnesses are similar, they are also very different. Where the plague had symptoms of vomiting, chills, high fever, delirium, rapid heartbeat, and the most famous “buboes” (inflamed swellings filled with pus), Ebola’s symptoms are similar to a cold or flu, except the hemorrhage and finally the failure of vital organs. Another difference between the sicknesses is that they spread in different parts of the world; Ebola is primarily affecting West Africa and moving around the world, the plague affected Europe and moved with the Mongols. The Pope took action to combat the Bubonic Plague, now physicians are taking action to combat Ebola.
I don’t think the plague can happen again with Ebola because there are more advancements than there were in the 1300s. With the technology and medicine we have today, I think that will make a significant difference in this situation involving these fatal illnesses. Although there may not be any cures yet, there is a better chance of finding one in this day and age than there was during the Bubonic Plague.
Ebola and the black plague are both very serious and deadly diseases that can affect anybody. They both very contagious and spread very easily. Also, they both have flu like symptoms. Although, ebola spreads about 30 miles in about 2 days while the plague only spread about 100 yards a year. These diseases are both different towards people. Now we have more technology to understand what is happening and why it is happening, unlike back then when they all though God was punishing them. The mortality for ebola is about 90% and the plague as 50-60%. I don't really think this could happen again, well in America, or as bad, because we have all the isolation units that hospitals have.
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