Then the floods made this situation worse. 2. How does this outbreak compare to the Broad Street pump cholera epidemic in London in 1854? The reservoir for Vibrio cholerae was water in both examples. Haiti experienced the largest cholera outbreak in history.
When the world could not speak Octavia E. Butler’s, “Speech Sounds”, an apocalyptic story that portrays how disease has caused the ability to speak impossible and has shattered society and causes many to die from the disease or its latent effects. The loss of speech could impact a society to the point where only the desire to survive is the main focus of human existence. History records periods were naturally occurring diseases have caused unimaginable suffering and the death of millions. These periods involved a slow progressive process that ended in a relatively short period, for instance, The Plague of Europe lasted from 1348 to 1351 and the “death toll throughout Europe was at least 25 million out of a total population of 40 million” (Bugl par.16).” During these times the knowledge of the disease process was unknown because the science of medicine was not as developed as it is today. While “Plague” is still present today it does not affect the speech of those who contract the disease.
Arjan Singh Kohli CTA-8A Date: May 5th 2014 References: Richard Knox. Oct 23, 2013. “Haitian Cholera Strain Spreads to Mexico.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/23/239803890/haitian-cholera-strain-spreads-to-mainland-with-mexico-outbreak The article I have chosen talks about the spread of Cholera and how it is affecting different countries. Cholera is an infectious and bacterial disease of the small intestine, which is contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea. It can often prove to be fatal.
The third case refers to Pfizer’s 1996 case that took place in Northern Nigeria during an epidemic of bacterial meningitis. Trovan was a drug administered to children during this period, the drug was proven to have life threatening side effects and was not approved eleven children died due to the effects of this drug. What ethical issues are similar in the 3 cases? The common ethical issues that the three cases encounter are the ability to show honesty, reliability and open communication in consumer relationships as well as performing in an open and transparent environment. They also struggle with the ability to agree to take ethical responsibilities of on-site catastrophes, leaks, spills and misfortunes.
The two pieces I found most moving during the History class this semester were “Disaster Apartheid: A World of Green Zones and Red Zones” and “An Inconvenient Truth” Both articles made reference to the radical adversity being faced by human, be it internationally through the constant threat of Global Warming, or be in nationally through the threat of discrimination due to ones race or social creed. In Naomi Klein's book, 'The Shock Doctrine' the chapter entitled "Disaster Apartheid" is the author’s interpretation of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe for the many flaws in the actions taken by the government in prevention, survival, and rehabilitation in New Orleans. She points out the lack of planning that allowed the effects of the hurricane to have impact of such magnitude while criticizing efforts made towards evacuation. Her writing argues the segregation of classes in New Orleans, allowing the middle and upper classes to drive to safety while the predominately black lower class was left helpless. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina show other mishandlings of the fragile situation by the government.
His first experiment was on the diseases syphilis. Syphilis could be spread through sexual contact. In 1905 Prussian scientist Fritz Schaudinn identified syphilis is caused by protozoa. The hard work of Paul Enrlich and Gerhard Domagk discovered a red dye called Prontosil which has a compound called sulphanilamide was effective against syphilis protozoa and later discovered related compounds called sulpha drugs. Alexander Fleming was sick of the way World War wounds were treated.
: witch doctors, prayer, isolation, herbs and other non- traditional methods. The cost of paying for a doctor in early America, weighed heavy on whether a family would call on a doctor. Many people died or illnesses went without being adequately treated.Health care in early America looked nothing like today, but the issues surrounding access to healthcare are similar. The danger of diseases such as smallpox, measles, consumption, the common cold and the cost associated with its prevention or cure was at the forefront of many debates. Health epidemics forced early America to gravel with the question of the government’s role in the nation's health.
This will lead us into a case where, Pfizer failed to keep its commitment to corporate social responsibility as one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies, the choice they made to choose to bear unethical behavior in 1996. “Given the risks and costs of developing a new drug, pharmaceutical companies will jump at oppor- tunities to reduce them, and Pfizer thought it saw one” (Hill, pg 139, 2011). The case in point is the event that Pfizer gave its novel antibiotic “Trovan” to allegedly sick children without the consent of the parents when there was a serious outbreak of meningitis in Kano Nigeria. Pfizer’s choose the risk route and chose to ignore the children’s personal safety in testing. For personal gain and envious reason, this is was a violation of commercial ethics.
Though the reasons for this were not understood, the very beginning of the studies of medical geography. Another major turning point in this field was the major outbreak of cholera in the mid 1800s in London, when Doctor John Snow plotted the distribution of deaths from cholera throughout London on a map. A major point in medical geography is the spreading of diseases, which was the main storyline in the movie Contagion. The highly contagious unfamiliar, unnamed disease, which killed people at unbelievably high rates, started from one person, Beth Emhoff who made contact with many people in Chicago, and later spread to her son, who went to his school and spread it to people there, before he died from it. This is known as an epidemic, meaning a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time, with the exception that this outbreak was taking place almost worldwide.
“Industrial Britain was hit by an outbreak of cholera in 1831-32, 1848-49, 1854 and 1867.” ("Diseases in industrial cities in the Industrial Revolution" 1). Commentary: The Industrial Revolution saw an outbreak of diseases, including cholera, which infected humans, livestock, and pets. Cholera was so prevalent and feared in Industrial Age Britain that it earned the nickname “King Cholera”. “The cause was simple – sewage was being allowed to come into contact with drinking water and contaminating it. As many people used river water as their source of drinking water, the disease spread with ease.” ("Diseases in industrial cities in the Industrial Revolution" 1).