Ebola a living virus takes over the Western Africa

What is Ebola

Ebola is an infectious fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids.

What the public thinks

Dead patients after being tested with Ebola

The public have different attitudes and opinions about the deadly virus and social media has a very big impact about the virus, causing everyone to panic about the misinformation about the virus. inaccurate information spread so fast on social media networks like Twitter and Facebook. Social media made it sound like Ebola was everywhere , mentions of the virus on Twitter went from 100 per minute to more than 6000.

Health officials have tested potential cases from Miami beach and Washington bringing more worry though the patients have been tested negative, many people are still tweeting as if the disease is in the city. If people did not believe and spread false information quickly about the virus, many people will not have the worry that the virus has spread to other cities.

Twitter and Facebook

"Tweeps" making fun of the Ebola virus on twitter

Social networks like Twitter and Facebook had posts saying that Ebola can be spread through food, air and water which was false information. If social media did not have so much power people would know and read correct information through mass media. The public should change their attitudes about the powerful role of social media because a single false statement can quickly affect thousands of people. The public like to believe that they are not capable to fall for a rumor but that is not always the case. If information is from a trusted source people are most likely to spread it everywhere.

The public

"A traveler you know is better than the traveler you do not know" and that was the argument. The Republican lawmakers who wanted to know information to know why the government hasn't banned commercial travel from the West African countries. The answer was given that authorities preferred a system whereby people can be screened that are trying to come into the United States. 

The public does not take the virus seriously as many people still make fun of how you can get infected by the virus and how you can prevent yourself from getting the virus. People that are infected with the virus or have died are still human and should not be seen like they are infected by a disgusting virus.

Using social media positively

Public awareness against Ebola virus.

The public should use social media to share correct information so that people have the correct things to say, learn and spread positive information. Social media is being used for the wrong reasons at times because not everyone is a trusted source for information to be spread fast.

Lets us support the people who are infected with the virus, sponsorship to be given and correct equipment to be used in the labs.