As we all know a really bad disease can cause a huge
epidemic on a worldwide scale but typically we focus on our nation and its safety.
But recently our nation’s leader quickly and effectively solved the Ebola epidemic
in Africa by looking at it as a worldwide problem. He got help from Britain and
France to send nurses and doctors to help minimize spread and provide sterile medical
assistance. Obama shocked a lot of people with how well this worked. When he
refused to discontinue public travel to the Ebola infected areas people reacted
very badly implying it was because of his race or because he felt we should
suffer with Africa and so on. The point is people wanted to close off America to
keep us safe. However, the CDC calculated if outside assistance wasn’t provided
then it would have become a much bigger issue with possibly 1.4 million cases
in Liberia and Sierra Leone in just over a year. Obama handled the issue the
best possible way he could and it was incredibly impressive compared with a lot
of his previous attempts to other issues. Now there is a new virus called Zika
and Obama has asked for 1.8 billion from congress. They are hesitant to give it
to him even after the remarkable example he set with the Ebola virus. The fear
of most is that if they don’t the money soon they will have to later when the
Zika virus invades America.
