Ebola is compared to the Black Plague that devastated Europe in the 14th century, killing an estimated 100 million people. While Ebola was first discovered in the 1970s in central Africa, it has since had several outbreaks and become a global threat without borders. Ebola is a double-stranded RNA virus that has left scientists struggling to develop effective treatments. There are concerns that if a cure is not found, Ebola could become as widespread and deadly as some of the most devastating diseases in history like AIDS, cancer, and heart disease.

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Ebola: the re-emerging Black Plague?
Back in History:
Itwas October 1347,
instead of merchandiseof
silk and cotton
fromAsia and Black Sea region,
twelve Genoese merchant ships delivered
undesirablecargoes of corpses;
undelectable gift and present
at Italian port of Sicily,
in the city of Messina.
A gift that turned a curse-
a pandemic disease of
international dimension;
a bubonic diseaseof groin,
a pneumonic diseaseof lung, and
more so, a flea and rodent
carrying disease,
which ravaged Europe,
destroyed Asia, and decimated Africa.
Within ten years down the road,
Europe had lost about
hundred million souls of its own;
a loss that took Europe
another 150 years to recover.

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TodayinHistory:
About forty years ago,
at Nzara, Sudan and
Yambuku, Congo at
Ebola River tributary in Africa-
we were told, five Ebola species
were discovered.
Zaire ebolavirus-oneof the
quintet viralcarrying diseases
the mostdangerous is
like the 14th
-century-bacillus-
Yersina-Pestis-thecarrier-agentof
Black Plague.
Fromthen on,
Ebola-a-death-dealing-virus
has created a notorious personality,
personality of affliction-
turned to both political and
economic gains around world capitals;
by international bloodsuckers:
money beforecommon good-
pharmaceutical industrialcomplex.
Ebola a thread-like-viral-infection,
whenever in action, it can bring
a nation on its knees;
shutdown a government,
makes ships stand-stillat deep sea,
crash-land jumbo-jets,
de-rails a-thousand-coach-train.

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Ebola, once mentioned
man becomes fearful,
when Ebola sneezes,
man- anywherehe is-
catches cold.
Ebola-the cruel and tormentor-
its presence leaves nothing good,
but trail of woes, anguish, cry, and pain;
a bitter pill that leaves sour
taste in mouth for a long
time to come.
MankindandtheFutureof
Ebola:
Ebola-the double-
stranded Ribonucleic Acid (RNA),
a monster that turns all
scientific solutions to naught,
a giant that makes
scientists look like Lilliputians.
Ebola fear by all,
but hated by everyone-
is now on global rampage;
it carries no passport-
freely, it enters country of choice-
Ebola pays no fare,
yet, it rides on public transport-
anytime, anywhere, any day.

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Is Ebola the modern day-
Pandora of Greek mythology-
whosedisobedience resulted
in evils escaping from-
do-not-open-boxin her care?
Or is EBOLA-the new
found acronym:
Everything, But Our Life At
risk,
because of man’s moral
decadence, permissiveness
and lust?
Whichever way, pray
Ebola without cure has
not come to stay,
even as Ebola made it on
list of seven world deadliest
diseases;
pray, Ebola should not join
the league of: AIDS, cancer,
diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and
Alzheimer.
Because the world has
more than enough problems
in hand to deal WITH.

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