The one reason why they needed to move fast with the specimen and why they did not want to get held up was because of the time limit in diagnosing them. They knew that the best action to act upon was to get a quick diagnosis on the specimens to see if those specific specimen were infected with the virus. They knew that it would benefit everyone if the diagnosed the Ebola right away. Nancy also explained how she was almost sure that if some one "left an Ebola monkey inside a plastic bag for a day, you'd end up with a bag of soap" (Preston 250) and it will not be useful for further experiments as well. It is mostly common sense, you can not keep a dead specimen with the Ebola virus just laying in bags there for a long time without dissecting it and figuring out wether it is really present or not. It is good for scientist to bring about experiments on time, there are many experiments where you can not way a long time to continue it because a factor that is part of it may not work and they will not get exact or approximate results after wards. Nancy and the rest knew they had to carry the specimen across and continue the experiment on the specimen quickly in order to prevent an incident in which the Ebola may cause further problems when dissecting it or while in the bags.
Like Gaby explained, it is important to move fast with the specimens because it is not sanitary to have a dead specie with the Ebola virus. The Ebola virus can still cause further damage to the body after it is dead. It will disintegrate the body. That is why, it is important to move fast with the specimens so that it wont be too late to conduct experiments on them. Also, moving fast with the specimens will bring a faster result. It will contribute to bringing a stop to this virus or at least new things will be learned that others did not know.
The one reason why they needed to move fast with the specimen and why they did not want to get held up was because of the time limit in diagnosing them. They knew that the best action to act upon was to get a quick diagnosis on the specimens to see if those specific specimen were infected with the virus. They knew that it would benefit everyone if the diagnosed the Ebola right away. Nancy also explained how she was almost sure that if some one "left an Ebola monkey inside a plastic bag for a day, you'd end up with a bag of soap" (Preston 250) and it will not be useful for further experiments as well. It is mostly common sense, you can not keep a dead specimen with the Ebola virus just laying in bags there for a long time without dissecting it and figuring out wether it is really present or not. It is good for scientist to bring about experiments on time, there are many experiments where you can not way a long time to continue it because a factor that is part of it may not work and they will not get exact or approximate results after wards. Nancy and the rest knew they had to carry the specimen across and continue the experiment on the specimen quickly in order to prevent an incident in which the Ebola may cause further problems when dissecting it or while in the bags.
ReplyDeleteLike Gaby explained, it is important to move fast with the specimens because it is not sanitary to have a dead specie with the Ebola virus. The Ebola virus can still cause further damage to the body after it is dead. It will disintegrate the body. That is why, it is important to move fast with the specimens so that it wont be too late to conduct experiments on them. Also, moving fast with the specimens will bring a faster result. It will contribute to bringing a stop to this virus or at least new things will be learned that others did not know.
DeleteHi Gaby, how long does the Ebola virus remain inside of a dead specimen?
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