COVID-19 VS EBOLA MICRONS
THOUGH The final novel
I had intended to write this piece later, this is a particular response to the request by coronavirus, my childhood friend and former high school mate, a fellow Canisian now re
Respiratory droplets are nowned Accountant Moonga the main routes of trans- Hamukale who wanted mission. They are classi- the final work
comparison between mispronunciation by the EBOLA HAS ONLY BEEN Then from fied there as small, it’s man intermedi- Covid-19 and Ebola. French legbala a local name for AN EPIDEMIC NOT A to man transmission ate and large through according I wrote a piece I called “The the river which means “white PANDEMIC to their sizes. Small are bodily fluids of the infected
less than 5 microns in summit of the viruses,“where I water” in ngbandi. Sir Piot This is because it has been which include blood, faeces,
diameter, the intermedi- was imagining HIV calling for named the outbreak after the mainly concentrated to certain vomit, tears, semen, breast
ate are between 5 and a Summit of Viruses in attenriver and not the town to avoid parts of Africa and not any othmilk, sweat, 100 urine, microns mucus. and The the dance being Ebola, Measles, the town from being stigmaer continent. High risk of death routes of transmission large ones are could over 100 COVID: THE MYTHS, THE FACTS,
Chicken pox, Polio, etc with the tised. up to 90 percent death rate. In be through microns. eyes, mouth, nose, Agenda to address SARSCOV 2014 it infected about 28, 616 cut, open wounds, abrasion 2 who seems to have come and killed about 11, 310 people. etc.
THE DEBATES, THE UNKNOWNS from nowhere and taken the Mayinga N’Seka is a West Africa was most affected Even after recovery Ebola spotlight. (May share this later 22-year-old nurse laying in the with Guinea, Sierra Leone and virus may persist in breast maybe in December). bed in the photo below. She is Liberia topping the list. milk and also in semen. So
mistakenly thought to be the there is possibility of a recov
THAT
we are at war can first To case begin (index with, case) I think of Ebola let’s ignore ered breast-feeding this part then mother both you to never be overemphasised. start from the basics, just what and I have failed humanity and Ebola is a Viral in the world. To date her blood infect her baby, and also the
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Sometimes I just wish I could THE MYTHS AND you and I can make a difference. ness in which fever and haemfrom attending to the sick in they test negative twice constand on top of Lusaka’s Fin- CONSPIRACY THEORIES The Infectiobility of Sars Cov orrhage deco House (bleeding) with a are big caused mega- Yambuku. 2. secutively to be considered by phone a virus. screaming my lungs out Some Mayinga of the died many from myths, internal con- safe. Corona virus is believed to reminding Sir Peter the Piot people named that our the bleeding spiracy theories a few days and just after weird this have an r note that is a repro- disease formidable after adversary the Ebola knows River no photo things that was have taken, been she said was and on duction number of 2 to 3, this rest and is claiming lives day by are still being said about Coro- means one infected person can which is about 111km away her way to advanced studies in
day. navirus are as follows: infect up to 2 to 3 people. from I passionately Yambuku want the town to reach the the United States of America. Le’ts say its 3 this means 1 outbreak out to as many was first people reported as possi- in She *Its 5G had related. already gotten the person infects 3 new people now ble before then Zaire corona (now itself DRC) reaches in visa. There Sister have been Fermina rumours also who The each incubation infect 3 new period people is 1976. to them; for there is no telling died that coronavirus while preparing came to about go to as and from the 2- cycle 21 days. goes Thus on and from on what it can do. a side effect of trying to increase such that by the 3rd cycle about Ebola itself was a Belgium for treatment. infection to time when one
I’m doing this not as the cellular network connectivity 40 people will be infected and spokesperson of the Ministry from 4G 4th Generation to 5th Ge- shows symptoms, the earlier
that can be in just a couple of of Health as I am extremely far netration 5 G.Samsung was the days, symptoms by the are 10th Flu cycle like about comfrom that. I write these articles first phone to have 5g. 80, mon 000. being This fever, is why fatigue, corona musvi- in my own capacity as a front- Of course this is not true, the rus cle spreads pain, headache, so fast and muscle, has the line medical doctor who has virus has nothing to do with 5g potential to infect everyone on
sore throat. These usually start
attended close to 200 Covid-19 or any orher Gs. this globe.
by the eighth day then about
patients in the hope that most, if not all of us can at least start three days after these the fol
seeing things from the same lowing appear.
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time. Usually I write around 03
ney failure, liver injury…then
hours. This is my gift to Mother Zambia in whose soil my umbil- ical cord is buried.
I hope you’ll take what you read with the seriousness it de- serves and then take necessary action as we are all soldiers in this war and literally so even in God’s eyes. Each one of us has a role play in defeating this invis- ible enemy.
In the coming series, I will be sharing knowledge on Covid-19 with some stories of success and some of the battles lost at the battlefront.
Also a segment called “In their own words,” in which I will be interviewing Covid-19 patients, those who have recovered and those in isolation, with their identities withheld of course as a matter of privacy, especially that there is still stigma associ- ated with this disease in some sectors of the community.
As words or information is the greatest weapon in every battle so is this one. Amidst so much information some so outra- geous I have taken upon myself to try and share with the public.
WHAT IS EBOLA? Mayinga N’Seka.
*Global conspiracy to vacci- nate people and enrich some people like Bill Gates etc.
I would have been very rich by now, probably closing a deal on buying an airport in Dubai or some exotic island in the pacific. *Sexually transmitted
Once I had a patient who was being stigmatised by her com- munity saying she got corona from having sex with truck driv- ers.
*It’s the Mark of the beast 666.
WHAT CAUSES EBOLA?
cently saying for there to be Covid-19, it means there has
Ebola is caused by an RNA
been Covid-1 to Covid-18 be- virus fore and called that Ebola since we virus. survived It is believed the first 18 to there be originally is no need from to fear the 19th.
its natural habitat the Fruit bats. Ebola FACTS; virus belong to a family of viruses called filoviradea The which following mean facts elongated are cur- as rently its long agreed about upon a micron by the long, gen- eral scientific community.
very big in viral sizes. There
We will talk about the origins are of the six virus, species its or transmission, types of the virus Covid-19, most treatment, virulent is preventive the Zaire Ebola measures, virus. then also areas of re- search Ebola .Today attacks will the only dendritic end on Transmission.
cells, the top cop of the body’s
Treatment and the rest will be defence tackled later. system. Further Ebola cause *This immune Corona cells Virus into is called holding “The flags novel” saying because “we it’s are a new infected form of come Corona destroy viruses. me” and
As a group corona viruses
they are destroyed by other
have been around for a very Immune long time. cells. They mostly live in bats One and other avian thing birds that which stands are out believed about to be the their Ebola natural virus res- is the ervoir. ability Some of other its glycoprotein types of co- rona viruses ae those that cause
to change shape and attach to
the common cold (chinfine).
different receptor sites, doesn’t
As long as they stay in their need reservoir a specific there is lock no problem, and key mechanism but the moment like SARSCOV2 they mutate .
and then jump from bats to an intermediate then mutate again and jump to humans and then mutate again and pass from human to human, then there is trouble, very big trouble as we are experiencing at the moment.
The word CORONA VIRUS was coined in 1966 by June Almeida and David Tyrrell to describe the appearance of these viruses under an Electron Microscope, which appear as a crown
*SARS COV 2 which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 is the name given to this virus as it re- sembles the SARS virus of 2003 by about 70 percent;
* SARS COV 2 causes the dis- ease Covid-19 which is short for Coron Virus Disease of 2019.
* First cases were reported in China somewhere in late 2019 November, The infection December. spreads from
* Declared a Pandemic by
Fruit Bats through bodily flu
WHO.
ids or organs of infected wild
Transmission
animals such as chimpanzees,
To forget everything else I
gorillas, monkeys, forest ante
have written so far is ok but to
lopes or porcupines through to humans either dead or alive.
THE TRANSMISSION THE STAGES OF EBOLA AND THE EXPECTED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN EACH STAGE
Respiratory droplets are the main routes of transmission. They are classified as small, in- termediate and large according to their sizes. Small are less than 5 microns in diameter, the inter- mediate are between 5 and 100 microns and the large ones are over 100 microns. The diame- ter of human hair is about 80 microns, in comparison viruses are very tiny particles, ranging from 0.1 to 0.3 micron. The size of corona virus particles called virions is about 0.06 microns to about 0.3.These are the main ways currently agreed upon as way there through is internal which and coronavirus external spreads. bleeding, oozing from gums, or *Droplet blood in transmission. stool. The Ebola virus This attacks involves the membrane respiratory par- that ticles of about 5 to 10 microns
covers blood vessels leading to in diameter. When an infected
internal and external bleeding. person not wearing a mask re-
Usually after this a person gets into shock due to blood leases these air particles from their saliva, cough, sneezes, or sings. These are believed to fly balistically and other in fluid the air losses up to we about call a it meter Hypovolemic away. shock which eventually *Aerosol Transmission leads to death. (air- borne From transmission) 25 to 90 percent of the
These are air particles less
sick die.
than three microns. Recent multiple studies have a shown that coronavirus can spread by this No route cure, as Treatment well. These is small just particles symptomatic, are able such to travel as fluid up reto
placement.
MANAGEMENT PREVENTION
Prevention thorough washing and cooking of meats thoroughly, hand hygiene and other good public health measures.
COMPARISSON COVID-19
SIMILARITIES
Both are caused by RNA viruses, Covid-19 by SARSCOV2, Ebola by Ebola virus
eight meters away and can stay in Both the atmosphere viruses are up to believed about three to come hours. from bats as their natural This simply habitat, means then through it can spread an intermediate just like TB to hence humans, even one meter social distance is not
Covid-19 it’s a …. Bat, Ebola it’s
enough. This simply means it can a Fruit spread Bat just like TB hence even Both one transmissions metre is not enough. to humans Some is studies related in to China handling found such bodily aerosols fluids or with organs coronavirus of in
particles in air conditioners of
fected animals
rooms that housed Covid-19 pa-
Both diseases similar
tients, while some have shown infection symptoms transmission at some point during espechoir cially with practice, the respiratory fitness classes form and of in Covid-19 restaurants. which include
In addition to masking up
fever, headache, sore throat,
and socially distancing, good
muscle aches etc
air ventilation, avoiding indoor meetings Both need and crowded public health places are measures essential. to contain. Both need *Contact patients Transmission to be treated in This isolation occurs (quarantine). when contami- No
nated hands touch the muco-
cure for both. Treatment just
sa of the mouth, nose, or eyes; Hands symptomatic. pick the virus from fo- mites, that is contaminated places such as doors, etc where it can Covid-19 stay in these is a places pandemic even up to days. This puts especially
(world over), Ebola was an ep
marketeers at risk who have to
idemic (only in some parts of
constantly handle cash that has
Africa especially Central and West Africa).
DIFFERENCES
WITH passed so many different hands. Hand hygiene is extremely im- portant to prevent the spread of the With Covid-19 Ebola virus one becomes infectious *Also possibility only after of faecal showing Oral to signs be discussed and symptoms later.
Transmission With Covid-19 can the be corpses im- ported that is across borders
are not considered infectious, usually through planes. This was with the Ebola most that common is when way they the virus ae most spread infectious. fron China to the rest Ebola of the has globe. a vaccine Also it can called be through rVSV-ZEBOV, roads like as for our Covid-19 borders
trials are ongoing.
TRIBUTE TO DR AMEYO STELLA ADADEVOH
Dr Ameyo Adadevoh was a Nigerian Physician who literally put her life on the line. She stopped Liberian official Patrick Sawyer who had Ebola, the index case or patient zero for Nigeria in 2014 from leaving quarantine to go for a conference in Lagos even despite pressure from the Liberian government. Sawyer would remove drips and splash blood at
in Chirundu bordering Zim- babwe health or care Nakonnde workers in bordering protest
Tanzania. stating he only had a bad case of Once Malaria. in the She country said there no matcan be ter local what transmission “for the greater from pubthe infected person to close con-
lic good I would not release
tacts. him.” There Sawyer can also died be four Hospital days transmission later on July where 24, 2014. infected Her person bravery passes saved it many on to other lives pa- but tients unfortunately and health she care herself workers. got
Finally there is Communi-
infected by Sawyer in the pro
ty spread which means people
cess, tested positive on August
have been infected with the virus 4, 2014 in and an area, succumbed some are to not the even Disease sure on how August or where 19, they 2014. be- came MHSRIEP.A infected. Here movie is where 93 days we are now as a country.
was made in her honour.
So please kindly consider EVERY PERSON you meet as a
PLEASE REMEMBER:
potential carrier of the virus and has “ALUTA the potential CONTINUA, to infect THE you
STRUGGLE CONTINUES.”
and others and you should as well consider yourself as such.
With this brief background
SO PLEASE KINDLY STILL
information I hope we can all
#MASK UP WHENEVER
play our part by observing the
NECESSARY!!!
laid down health measures. Re- member if we don’t it’s either we
#OBSERVE HAND
are committing suicide by put- ting ourselves at risk or indeed
HYGIENE!!!
committing murder by putting others at risk.
#SOCIALISE WISELY!!!