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ISSUE 01 / DECEMBER 2014

Ebola has been making headlines in the news for the past few weeks; ever since it made its way America. Although students may be aware of the issue, many don’t know exactly what it is or how it got here.

After the disease broke out in West Africa, many Americans traveled over there to help the sick, but became sick themselves and were brought back to the U.S. for treatment.

While there are only a handful of people in the U.S. who have the disease, newspapers, news reports, and social media sites around the country are updating people on the disease.

Many Villages High School students said they only know a limited amount on the subject, despite hearing about it in the news.

“I watch the news and see things about it everywhere,”Freshmen Nicole Poulin states, “ But I only know the basic information. I know where it came from, how its spread, where it’s at, and other stuff like that.”

While students are glad that news outlets

are keeping them informed, some are beginning to worry about getting the deadly disease.

“All you here about now is Ebola,” Stephanie Dannells says. “People say we are all going to die. It gives me anxiety thinking about death, but Ebola is all anyone ever talks about.”

But not everyone takes the threat so seriously. According to history teacher Manisha Grant, some of her students believe it’s all a joke.

“Some of my students today asked if I believed all this Ebola talk was just a hoax,” says Mrs. Grant. “ They said they thought the government was making it up to scare us.”

Health science teacher Stacey Townsend said Ebola is real, and that it’s important for students to educated about the disease. She also stated its important for everyone to do their part in keeping the disease from spreading.

“We’ve had other diseases before and there are ways to prevent them,” Mrs. Townsend said. “You have to use precautions and people dealing with patients with Ebola just have to take their time, think about what they are doing, and they have to think about safety. “

Mrs. Townsend also believes their could soon be a way to help people avoid getting the disease.

“Right now there are actually two potential vaccines,” said Mrs. Townsend. “But they haven’t been approved.”

According to Oxford University scientist, Adrian Hill, the two possible vaccines are showing positive results.

“The two vaccines have demonstrated remarkable efficiency and have no side effects to Ebola patients,” Hill said. “We anticipate their deployment will commence in January.”

Spreading the Word About Ebola

By: Taner Yoder

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Stacey Townsend (left) leading a class discussion on Ebola

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