Ebola virus. Photo courtesy NIAID. CC/BY
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The EBOLA Epidemic - To What Degree is Science Being Heard?
“It’s just incredibly disappointing to be doing the work you love — and then to come back and because politicians want to gain some votes, they make this into a re-election campaign (issue) instead of what it should be: which is a real public-health debate," Nurse Kaci Hickox, criticizing government response to the EBOLA epidemic.
Source: Penetta, Alexandra. "U.S.’s quarantine-fighting nurse rips Canada’s Ebola policy." The Globe and Mail. Your Task
Day One: Understanding the Science
1.) Read the World Health Organisation`s Fact Sheet on Ebola. Take point-form notes using the subheadings provided in the article. 2.) Read the article in Nature by Erika Check Hayden titled "The Ebola Questions". 3.) Using a Venn Diagram, show similarities and difference between Ebola and Escherichia coli |
Day Two: Science in Society
1.) Canada has published a document outlining the government`s response to the Ebola epidemic. To learn what Canada is doing, each computer pod will summarize part of the response and present it briefly to the class. The work is assigned as follows:
Pod A:
a.) Opening: "Canada's Response to Ebola"
b.)"What is being done to prevent the spread of Ebola to Canada?"
c.) "Online Public Awareness Campaign." Be sure to click on the "Ebola public awareness campaign" link below the heading.
Pod B:
a.) "Enhanced Border Measures."
b.) "Visa Applications"
c.) "How is Canada Helping With the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa"
Pod C
a.) "Funding for Domestic Preparedness."
b.) "Canadian Phase 1 Clinical Trials."
c.) Canada's Financial Contributions." Please do not list every agency.
2.) American Kaci Hickox nursed Ebola patients in Sierra Leone while working with Doctors Without Borders. She has criticized the government of Canada's immigration policy suggesting it does not have a scientific basis. Read the entire story in the Globe and Mail. Then make your own determination.
3.) Write a paragraph outlining the Canadian government's response to the Ebola epidemic and provide an evaluation of it with respect to whether the government's response reflects politics or science or both.
4.) In class discussion: How does Science play out in society?
Pod A:
a.) Opening: "Canada's Response to Ebola"
b.)"What is being done to prevent the spread of Ebola to Canada?"
c.) "Online Public Awareness Campaign." Be sure to click on the "Ebola public awareness campaign" link below the heading.
Pod B:
a.) "Enhanced Border Measures."
b.) "Visa Applications"
c.) "How is Canada Helping With the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa"
Pod C
a.) "Funding for Domestic Preparedness."
b.) "Canadian Phase 1 Clinical Trials."
c.) Canada's Financial Contributions." Please do not list every agency.
2.) American Kaci Hickox nursed Ebola patients in Sierra Leone while working with Doctors Without Borders. She has criticized the government of Canada's immigration policy suggesting it does not have a scientific basis. Read the entire story in the Globe and Mail. Then make your own determination.
3.) Write a paragraph outlining the Canadian government's response to the Ebola epidemic and provide an evaluation of it with respect to whether the government's response reflects politics or science or both.
4.) In class discussion: How does Science play out in society?