Charlie Arnedt, Staff Writer
Our world is full of dangers. You certainly do not have to gain a degree in order to say this or understand it. Famine, war, natural disasters are a couple of threats that come to mind at once. Disease is another danger which, like the three aforementioned threats, affects people every single day. Now, with the recent outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa which has now spread to Texas and may have even spread to the Washington D.C. area, Americans find themselves fretting over another danger.
There are a variety of ways someone can deal with the troubling news of a fatal disease spreading to their own country. Some people fear to the drastic point of limiting all contact with other people. Others play it off as if it is nothing, and they never realize the gravity of the situation. Then there are those who simply take the proper precautions and keep vigilant of any people who have symptoms. As of now, in terms of location for those at Oratory Prep and all people in the northeastern United States, there is no immediate cause for alarm. That is not to say, however, that the Ebola crisis should garner no attention whatsoever.
From my point of view, and I say this as a recommendation to others who are aware of this disease, I just keep in mind the danger of the disease. There is the innate mentality of, ‘It can’t happen to me,’ but I still know that a disease has no boundaries; it just carries on and can fade away as fast as it can emerge. So I suppose that is all that can be said from the current disposition of many people in New Jersey and other northern states, there is no current danger for us but it could happen any day. Just try not to be too dismayed by the prospect of a disease such as Ebola, but never go to the point of thinking that it is merely nothing.