In December last year, UK parliament had foreseen, yet overlooked, what is now an international crisis. We've all heard about Ebola, and the trail of devastation left behind, slowly deteriorating Africa. What you my not of heard, is that the UK dismissed the increasing cries for help during the course of a year. Ebola feels like internal torture. It's the symptoms of all illnesses combined. Our late reaction has resulted in over 5,000 unessasary deaths. This is on top of millions of traumatised and crumbled lives. Why? Why have we allowed this to happen?
I'm certain that the true scale of this outbreak reflects a worrying point; that it could potentially spread wherever, whenever. Even Barak Obama States that Ebola is 'spiralling out of control'. Margaret Chan, director of the World Health Organisation declares that 'there isn't even 1 bed to treat an Ebola patient in the whole of Liberia'.Imagine that, your internally bleeding and you aren't even accomodated with a matress even. Moreover, Chan mentions that Ebola is by far the 'most complex' and 'most severe' illness ever seen.
Africa is now over a year into the last epidemic in modern history. The number of new cases is moving faster than the capacity to manage them.
If your still not remotely appalled by the lack of integrity from our government, listen up. Imagine you're the mother of two young, vulnerable children. You begin to show the signs of the deadly virus, such as exsessive vomiting and a rising temperature. You're children are aged 3 and 5, and you are forced to send them to an orphanage immediately. Without even a split second to say just a simple 'goodbye', you are sent to a hospital. Your treated by unqualified 'doctors' and 'nurses' - or so they claim to be. Your just lying there on the agonising, cold floor of an overcrowded space. Before you pass away in the spur of the moment, your last memories repeat the screaming of your children. Your children overwhelmed, distressed, anguished, TRAUMATISED.
This is a true story, and occurred a couple of weeks ago. The two children, Dominic and Sony were interviewed. Although, words couldn't describe their pain, so they remained speechless.
Considering our country was aware of this situation, and the serious measures of the impact on lives, it's truly shocking and disturbing. Considering the thriving, economically developed country we are assumed as, it really isn't good enough. Only now we have begun to sent aid, but I am still disgusted about the late response. This late response has resulted in thousands of deaths, and is not justified.
Can you just imagine being a victim of Ebola? No, because you've never had it. You'll never care enough until it hits you. That's why our country has only began sending aid now, mainly because there could be a threat to our country.
Sometimes I wish we could all help others for their sake, instead of helping them in case of the threat to ourselves. It just shows we give no concert to the poorer countries, and Africa as a continent! A whole continent is predicted to be demolished, claims the guardian. Yes, that's one third of our world. Oh well, we haven't died yet to that's not our problem(sarcasm).
