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Ecology And Plague Essay Research Paper Ecology

Ecology And Plague Essay, Research Paper


Ecology is a branch of science concerned with the interrelationships of


organisms and their environment. An ecosystem is a community, together with its


nonliving factors existing together. Scientifically, a community consists of a


collection of creatures that live in a particular place together. The Coming


Plague was a novel that outlined how each epidemic has been a direct result of


each step of human progression. The diseases covered in layman?s terms were


Machupo, Marburg, Yellow Fever, Meningitis, Lassa Fever, Ebola, Swine, Flu,


Legionaire?s Disease, HIV/AIDS, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hantavirus, Malaria,


Seal Plague, Tuberculosis and Cholera. Humans have not been exempt from the


catastrophic results of a disruption in atmosphere nor disruption of the food


chain. By humans viewing themselves master, their methodology in progression has


resulted in devastation. The discovery that most epidemics were bacterial or


parasitic came only after a campaign in 1955. Dr. Jonus Salkis established the


Polio Vaccine and Americans felt as though nothing could go wrong in terms of


health. By 1963 everything fell apart; developing countries such as India


contributed as much as 1/3 of their budgets towards Malaria control. Also during


that period of ?Health Transition? diverse plant life yielded effects of


pesticides and the long term results were overwhelmed with destructive insects.


Consequently, resistance amongst insects increased significantly. By the


1970?s society acknowledged that there was a direct effect of pollutants on


human existence. At that point it was recognized that environmental destruction


could not be corrected within a time fram

e that contemporary humans would


witness at their rate of progression, the analogy used for human survival was


the Cretaceous period dinosaur die-off. The time had come to look at ecology


beginning at the macro-level in order to allow nature to run its course and


avoid any further destruction for the sake of progress. Even still the issues


were even greater than global awareness and cleaning. In 1981 the emergence of


the human immunodeficiency virus was seen as an indication of things to come.


Humans had learned little from prior diseases; response and reaction to new


microbes that attack the defensive weapons used to protect human beings, was no


greater than thirty years before. The initial responses being that ignoring the


severity of the new microbe would have made it go away. The author provided a


chronological summary of the emergence of new microbes and the research methods


implemented in order to isolate the source as well as the support or lack of


from society. The book was informative and easy reading, while heightening


awareness about the ecosystem and the human role. The author was successful in


capturing attention and maintaining interest through simple accounting of


events. The emotions of those involved were given as the events were presented


and the actual research was detailed and well incorporated. Surprisingly, The


Coming Plague was enjoyable and intense. At each new search for the source of an


epidemic there was anticipation of what the cause was that particular time. The


only aversion with the book was the paranoia that I have developed. The book


struck an interest to learn more about the ecosystem and made me aware that


learning need not be agonizing.

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