Covid-19 the virus of fear by Massimo Andreoni

Author:Massimo Andreoni
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paesi edizioni

ILLUSTRIOUS

PRECEDENTS

From the scientific point of view,

the nationality of the infected

or its origins are of little importance.

Phenomena happen.

FROM THE DOCUMENTARY «COVID-19»

Ever since, at the end of 2013, cases of hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus appeared in Central and West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and most recently, the Democratic Republic of the Congo), the international press began to report on extremely concerning analyses of the epidemic’s morbidity, that is, the rate of a disease in a population, and its potentially devastating effects on the African populations concerned as well as the large number of foreign residents on the continent. The opposite of Chinese censorship, the sensationalism of the Western press has undoubtedly exaggerated the “Ebola problem” giving it a more dangerous image than necessary.

The press was also prompted by press releases from the World Health Organization, the same that forced Italy to spend over €220 million on vaccines against AH1N1, which then proved to be much less dangerous than originally estimated. In 2020, on the contrary, the WHO underestimated the novel coronavirus, initially defining it as a moderate threat in five reports. Correcting its shot, the WHO amended its rating in subsequent reports, defining the virus as an elevated threat, and in a footnote its sixth situation report, merely mentioned that previous reports “incorrectly summarized the risk for global level to be moderate.”

That being said, Ebola is still a serious matter that deserves the attention of the science community in order to study possible effects and containment. Defined as a “very serious hemorrhagic fever,” Ebola originated from a virus discovered in 1967 that caused its first epidemic among humans in former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is believed that the virus lives undisturbed in the blood of some breeds of African bats (curiously defined as flying foxes in that part of the world) that could have infected Congolese monkeys. The first human infection occurred due to the fact that some local populations eat monkeys, who, in turn, were infected. Sound familiar?

Ebola is a disease with a sudden onset. After an incubation period ranging from two to twenty days, it develops quickly, resulting in the death of approximately fifty percent of those infected. The first symptoms are similar to a bad flu: fever, muscle aches, headache, fatigue. As the virus spreads throughout the body, more telling symptoms arise: widespread bleeding all over the body, from skin rashes to the gastrointestinal system, and blood poisoning. Unlike classic influenzas that travel primarily through airways with coughs and sneezes, Ebola is only transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids (mucus, blood, urine, feces, sperm, vaginal fluids.)

These methods explain why, on one hand, Ebola spreads in a limited way, and on the other, a high percentage of healthcare professionals are among its victims. To date, in fact, hundreds of doctors and paramedics have been infected in Africa, the majority of which did not survive.

One of the main ways Ebola spreads in Africa is during families’ ritual washings of dead relatives’ corpses.

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