Ebola

Overcoming Your Geography

The geographical themes Interactions of Humans With The Environment and Place  prove that geography is not destiny in West Africa because even though they can’t control certain things like the fact that they were born into the infected Ebola environment, they can still do something about it. For example, they are building hospitals in order to isolate the infected, and they are changing their citizens immune systems by giving them approved drugs to make them healthier.  

The interactions of humans with the environment is a huge example of how geography is not destiny. It shows how even though a huge problem that they couldn't control was thrown at them, they didn't just accept that it was Destiny and that it was suppose to happen, they did many things about it. According to the article, ‘Obama Commits Military Assets for the Ebola Health-Care Surge’ found in Africa News Service, the US military are changing the environment by building special hospitals to contain the infected. They are preventing it from reaching the US by bringing equipment and building special isolation units to West Africa. This proves that just because of what is going on in where they live, they are in the process of changing the outcome. 

The geographical theme place very well demonstrates how geography does not in fact control your destiny. It proves that even though your culture or where you live is struggling with health issues or the economy, both human and physical characteristics can change the end result. For example, in the article, ‘Obama- International Response Needed for Ebola Outbreak’ found in Africa News Service, Liberia is “at a standstill” in their economy. This makes it even more challenging for the country to provide its citizens with basic health care. Liberia is worried and needs help because of how they are struggling. This makes it harder for them to fight off Ebola or treat the infected by placing them in isolation units because they don’t have those in their country. Even though they don’t have money for vaccines or health care, they are still putting in all their effort to change the outcome. This shows how just because of the physical and human characteristics of where you live are not promising, you decide how whether or not you want to change the outcome and make your environment a better place.

                        

   
SOURCE:  http://www.cdc.gov 

This is a picture of the geographical spread of the 

Ebola virus.