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选择性必修一 一个关于埃博拉病毒的故事 一个关于埃博拉病毒的故事（上） The Story of Ebola This is a story of how my village survived Ebola. Bats brought the tiny Ebola germs. Too small to see. So small yet so dangerous. Without realizing, grandfather rubbed a little blood in his eye. Ebola germs came into his body. Days went by. Then grandfather got a terrible fever and weakness. We thought it was malaria but he was soon much worse. He had vomiting and diarrhea. His fever got even higher. I ran to get the nurse. But grandfather had already died. I was heart-broken. The nurse thought it might be Ebola, a disease caused from bushmeat but which spreads from person to person. Others in our region had already died of this new disease. Unless we understood the disease and follow their rules, it could spread further and kill many more people. She explained that Ebola was in the body fluids of someone who was sick or had died of Ebola. Their sweat, tears, mucus, saliva, vomit, diarrhea, urine, breast milk, sexual fluids and blood. When we touch a sick person’s body fluids, the Ebola germs can get into small small breaks in our skin, or into our eyes, nose or mouth. The Ebola germs spread into our body and make us sick. When somebody died of Ebola, that body is much more contagious. No one should ever touch the dead body. The nurse advised us to wash our hands with soap and water right away. She contacted the trained burial team to help us bury grandfather’s body safely. The burial team came. They comforted us and explained what they had to do to protect us. The team wore protective clothing that kept them safe from the dangerous germs. This spreads grandfather’s room and his body with chlorine to destroy the Ebola germs. They put his body safely away in a bag to prevent the spread of Ebola. No one could touch the body of anyone who had died with signs of the disease. They also burned his mattress bedding and clothes, anything that might have this germs. All these actions made us safer. It was too great a