Saturday, January 14, 2012

BOW hot zone

BIOLOGY BOW 18
If you were in charge of protecting the US from viruses like Ebola what safeguards would you put in place? Explain your reasoning


1.Everyone has to take a vaccine that will protect from virus.
   Reason: prevent spreading of viruses and diseases.


2. When a disease/ virus is a unknown, don't touch the samples or smell it when doctors or professors are trying to determine what kind of virus it could be.
  Reason: if its a virus like Ebola, it could spread to the doctors.


3. Handle the blood sample of an unknown virus as careful as possible.
  Reason: Its very dangerous if you don't handle this process safely.


4.  Make sure any animals import to US does not have any kind of viruses.
   Reason: Animals are most likely to be the carrier.

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