This picture shows the region of Dehat in the country of India.
Found at: http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread.php?p=2405
(Can be found near middle of page)
- A mysterious virus has been killing people in the Kanpur Dehat villages.
- The death toll has been raised to 210 deaths over a series of 350 villages
- The virus is spreading to other neighboring villages and districts.
- The doctors and medical staff do not know how to stop the virus.
- The worst affected villages are Dhar and Malasa.
Reflection
This story caught my eye right away when I saw it. "Mystery Virus" had me thinking about what we were discussing in class, a few weeks ago. The movie, "Outbreak" has a similar story line. The thought of a big epidemic and no idea where it came from or how to cure it reflects the first part of the movie. However, while the movie is made up, this virus is real and is killing actual people in an actual environment. This story also reminded me of the swine flu when scientists did not know what it really was. Maybe this mystery virus is actually a different strain of the H1N1 virus. The effects of the virus are also predictable; chaos and fear of infection are clearly the biggest concerns. I believe that the leader of the area should appeal to the government for help and they should consider it a state of emergency, because it is an unknown virus that is threatening to spread to other places on the globe. It is sad that some people have no money and cannot afford better treatment for themselves or their family. I think the first step to stopping the virus is clearly identifying it and finding out what can stop it. This has shown me that new things are still being discovered everyday and that science isn't always perfect.
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