Ebola Outbreak

Part 1

We are studying the Ebola outbreak in globalization. I have learned many things that I did not know about the Ebola virus when I was researching for our class project. From what it is to how it is spread.

One of the biggest things that I learned that I did not know before was that the main carrier of Ebola was the fruit bat, and that one fruit bat can also spread it to more bats. Another thing that I didn't know was that the Ebola virus can be transferred from the animals to humans. One more thing that I didn't know was that the Ebola virus can be spread through uncooked meats. I also didn't know that the environment plays a factor in the spread of Ebola. The reason why the environment plays a factor in the spread of Ebola is if you take the animal’s environment humans will have more chances in coming into contact with the virus.

Over the course of the class assignment I learned many things that I didn't know. From the spread of the Ebola virus to how the environment plays a factor on how the disease can spread. The Ebola virus is a scary thing but the more that we can learn about it the better off we can be.

Part 2

                   Globalization is everywhere; one of the things that we are studying in globalization is global health. A few questions are raised on the topic of global health one is how will the future population contain global health issues. Also another question is how will the environment affect the ability for disease to spread.

                Think of a virus, a virus does not stop spreading if not contained, because Diseases and health problems know NO BORDERS. A question that I mentioned earlier is; How will the future population contain the diseases that the current population is having problems containing. I believe that in the future there will be a vaccination and a cure for Ebola and that population will not have to worry about it. If a new virus were to arrive I believe that they will have the technology to confront the virus.

                Another question that I had mentioned earlier was how will the environment affect the ability for a disease to spread. Like for instance the Ebola outbreak, Ebola’s main carrier is the fruit bat and with the rising population we are taking some of the habitat of the fruit bat and other infected animals causing greater odds for human encounter with infected animals. Now in the future I believe that there will be stricter rules for deforestation so the odds won’t be as large for cross encounters.

    

                Globalization has ties to everything in the world even the bad diseases. How the future generations will react to the situations that we are facing right now will be interesting to see. The future holds many mysteries that we won’t know about hopefully cures are in one of the mysteries.

Health Care and Politics

Pharmaceuticals/health products spend 120,369,378 in lobbying
Lobbying totals peaked in 2009 at over $480 million
The top 2 recipients in 2013-2014 both were in the senate
The contributions increases rapidly on an election year
That the Republican Party has been on the higher end of paying out 9 out of 13 years
In 2014 our lobbying totals are less than half of what they were in 2009
Hospitals/ nursing homes spend $44,438,551 this year
Blue cross blue shield splits up their spending almost 50-50
Cooperative of American physicians spend almost all of their spending on outside spending groups
The contributing trends since 1990 have been climbing up to this year.

Sicko Review

We just watched a documentary called Sicko in globalization. The documentary showcases the “real” truth of American health care compared to a couple of foreign countries. The movie is produced by Michael Moore. I know what you are thinking the movie was very one sided, and it was but I think that the facts that he had weren't all lies.

                 Like said before the movie is very one sided. The side that it bashes is the American health care. In the movie Michael went to Canada, France, Great Britain, and Cuba. In all of those countries the government provides free health care for the population. Michael really wanted portray that all of those countries were better than the United States in the area of health care. I believe that those countries are cheaper because you don’t have to but health care, but I don’t think the people of those countries are not taken as good of care of like the citizens of the United States are. When It comes to the initial caring of the people.

                Overall I thought that the movie was a good movie. The movie was also an eye opener for me. It showed that there are different health care systems out there, and we as individuals have to find out which one will work the best for us. 

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is one of the largest growing crimes in the United States. We watched a mini-series called Human Trafficking along with a couple of clips. The clips showed a different side of human trafficking. They really showed how easy it is for human trafficking to take place.

The videos showed also a difference in the ways that the women could be abducted. The many different ways that women can be abducted was very eye opening to me. One was the women had to have sex with the man otherwise the bad guys would kill a person that was very close to that woman. I never really thought of that even being a possibility until we watched the videos. There are many others ways of abduction that really just shocked me.

Human trafficking is made up of a few branches. One form of trafficking human beings is for the use of work. An example would be like the African American slaves back in the 1800’s. Another branch of human trafficking is sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is basically a illegal prostitution that the women have no control over who or how many men that they service. I believe that both of these issues are morally wrong and need to be stopped.

Watching the mini-series and the video clips really was an eye opening experience for me. I hope that one day that the issue of human trafficking can on day be resolved. No person should be sold into slavery that is the reason for the 13^th amendment. The 13^th amendment stated that no human being should be sold into slavery.  I believe that all countries should form a law similar to the 13^th amendment maybe that will help to stop this horror. 

Women in Globalization

When we think of globalization we think of people around the world linked to the people places and things of the world closer through work, trade, and cultures. A very important branch of globalization is women work and how the women are treated in general. Women play an important role when it comes to globalization, but they also face discrimination at the same time.

According to my link women and globalization, globalization is affecting women by discriminating them through jobs and politics. Think of the higher ranking jobs all over the world.   How many of those jobs are held by men?   Many jobs are male dominant, and women are having difficulty working their way into these areas. In some countries, the only jobs that women can get are jobs in sweatshops with little pay. Another way that globalization affects women is through politics. Politics discriminates against women by ignoring them. Again, how many governments can you think of that are mainly run by women? The reason why globalization affects women in the form of government is because most of the countries have some form male dominated governments and it is hard for women to get into those positions.

Globalization isn't all bad for women; it actually helps them in some ways. Globalization helps women much like it helps everyone on the planet. Globalization helps women by being able to unite a large group of people with very little effort through technology and trade.  Globalization affects us all, some of us in a good way some of us not so much. Women work hard for what they receive and shouldn't be overlooked.