In recent days, the ebola virus has continued to spread and, according to the french newspaper figaro, the french ministry of health officially launched the ebola hotline on 11 october, in order to alleviate the population's fears about the virus and to avoid false rumours about reports of suspected cases. Why is the ebola virus so terrible
Currently, some 20 medical experts are on duty at the french cdc in the north-eastern part of the capital, paris, to answer questions on ebola 24 hours a day. According to the french minister of health, mariso turena, the hotline has received over 2,000 telephone calls from the french public, with an average of 20-30 telephone calls per day per specialist。
Medical specialists on duty receive one to two hours of “induction training” before they answer the phone, and there are documents issued by the ministry of health on the telephone machine where they work, including the route of transmission of ebola haemorrhagic fever, the main symptoms, the epidemic country, etc. The quality director of the ebola hotline, elena le roux, said: “our experts are enthusiastic in trying to answer all the questions about ebola and to avoid the use of words that cause negative emotions”
At present, many countries, including china, have urgently tightened their borders, especially for tourists returning from the african region. Why is the ebola virus so terrible
What's ebola?
In the democratic republic of the congo, in 1976, a village on the ebola river, a virus that had never been seen before, was raging there, with 318 people infected, resulting in 280 deaths and a death rate of 88 per cent。
Since then, this highly lethal virus has been named the ebola virus。
What happens when you get infected?
Once infected with the ebola virus, the disease is very rapid, beginning with fever, extreme weakness, muscle pain, headaches and throat pain, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rashes, kidneys and liver damage, and in some cases internal and external bleeding。
And hemorrhage is scary, and, according to wikipedia, it is a haemorrhage from a hole in the whole body, which means that, in addition to what we often call the “seven-tip bleeding”, holes in other parts of the body, such as anals, genitals and even small wounds accidentally punctured, are bleeding, because by that time, the organs within the body are basically dead and dead, and the blood is running, without holes。
The ultimate death of a human being is either due to a defilement or a low blood capacity shock, in other words, a “blood drain”。
Where did the virus come from? How did it spread?
It is not certain where the ebola virus came from, and the medical community simply suspects that its original host is an african bat, that the animals infected with it are not limited to humans, and that in several outbreaks other mammals, such as monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes, hogs, etc., were first infected。
Human infection of the ebola virus is generally due to exposure to the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of these animals, and the spread of the virus in human society as a result of the many opportunities for intimate human contact, as well as the use of blood, endocrines, etc。
Where's the ebola virus?
First and foremost is its high rate of disease and death, 90 per cent according to the world health organization. If you cannot understand how exaggerated this is, then let me give you another figure. In china, where sars was ravaging in 2003, it had a rate of 7 to 15 per cent。
