Julien Mae E.

Galang
Medical Technology

CONTAGION

When Beth, a woman on a business trip to Vegas, comes down with a vicious virus, her

husband Mitch rushes her to the hospital. Shortly after arrival, she dies, and the virus cannot

immediately be properly identified. When Mitch comes home and finds his son also dead, he

is quarantined from the rest of the public, but it's soon revealed he is immune to the virus

and free to go. When Mitch and his other child try to leave town, they learn that the state

borders have been sealed. Meanwhile, in Atlanta at the Center for Disease Control, they

attempt to figure out where the virus came from, how it spreads, and most importantly of all,

how to cure it. A doctor named Mears sets out to organize the control of the disease, but

inadvertently catches it and dies shortly after. Dr. Hextall, a curt and brilliant young woman,

discovers that the disease is a mix of two existing viruses: a bat virus and a pig virus. While

Hextall gets hard at work trying to create a vaccine to help fight this virus, spreading like

wildfire and killing millions, a conspiracy theorist posts on his blog that a particular plant

will cure the illness. This, however, only makes the illness spread more quickly, as the sick

and healthy both seek out this flower that will keep them safe. All of the storylines intersect

heading toward the end, as we watch Mitch try to find a way to keep his daughter safe and

Hextall test her vaccines on herself in order to hopefully rush them into production.

The lesson I learned in this movie in terms of moral way is that in order to decrease the risk

of infecting yourself or others , with a little common sense and the proper precautions, we

can avoid infectious diseases and avoid spreading them. Some things that should always be

reminded to all of the people is that first,

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Wash your hands often. This is especially important before and after preparing food, before

eating and after using the toilet. In this movie contagion the chef don’t wash his hands

properly that’s why he passes it to Beth and the viruses had already begun to spread, next is

to Get vaccinated Immunization can drastically reduce your chances of contracting many

diseases. Keep your recommended vaccinations up-to-date. Stay at home if you have signs

and symptoms of an infection. Don't go to work or class if you're vomiting, have diarrhea or

are running a fever. Travel wisely. Don't fly when you're ill. With so many people confined to

such a small area, you may infect other passengers in the plane. And your trip won't be

comfortable, either. Depending on where your travels take you, talk to your doctor about any

special immunizations you may need. And lastly People panic. The film is at its strongest in

showing how people are likely to react during a pandemic when insufficient drugs or

vaccines are available. Next in terms of Professional way, you have to take care of yourself

first or you will have nothing left to give others. It is our responsibility to take good care of it

and treat it with ultimate respect. As a community health worker or professionals, we have

to take care of ourselves too while taking care of our patients because our mission is to

contain and stabilize the spread of a disease or virus not to infect others. In the movie we can

see that a doctor name Mears dies because she is already infected because of lack of self-care,

instead of finding a cure easily, she already lose that chance because she sick already. The

ethical problems associated with a global epidemic like that portrayed by the movie also

arise with many more familiar cases of transmissible infectious disease, from seasonal

influenza (actually a real killer, especially of vulnerable people) to sexually transmitted

diseases, including HIV/AIDS, a global killer already tragically familiar in the real world.

Ethical problems associated with infectious disease are everywhere, even those of smaller
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scale — problems that may be just as interesting but possibly more amenable to solutions.

Contagion depicts a worst-case scenario, but that does not mean we should not pay attention

to less dramatic but still challenging real-life scenarios involving any disease that passes

from one human being to another. The Contributing factor that caused the infliction is the

chain of contagion involving bats and pigs is reminiscent of the trail of the Nipah virus (which

infects cells in the respiratory and nervous systems, the same cells as the virus in the movie),

which similarly involved the disturbance of a bat colony by deforestation and because of that

the bat flew onto pigs farm and that bat holds a virus which leads to combination of both bat

and pig virus. The chef who touches the pig doesn’t clean his hands at all and infected beth

by shaking her hands and people don’t take simple signs and symptoms seriously. The

disease depicted in the story, causative agent and mode of transmission is the MEV-1 is based

on a real pathogen, called Nipah virus, which causes respiratory symptoms, encephalitis,

seizures, and kills 45 to 90 percent of its victims. And because of that, my role as a community

health worker is to have community responsibility, community responsibilities are an

individual's duties or obligations to the community and include cooperation, respect and

participation. As a Community health worker, in order to prevent the worsening of the

problem, I should often have a disease or population-based focus, such as improving

nutrition, promoting immunization or providing education around a specific health issues

and educating people to have a proper hygiene and proper lifestyle. I will determine the

cause and symptoms and I will try to identify if I can manage to contain and find a cure or

solution on that specific problem. And lastly the preventive measures for such infliction not

to exist in my opinion is to have this tips such as: First is to handle & prepare food safely
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Food can carry germs. Don’t leave food out – refrigerate promptly. Also wash hands often

because one of the most important healthy habits to prevent the spread of germs is to clean

your hands. Our hands can carry germs, so it is important to wash them often, even if they

don’t look dirty. Next is to clean & disinfect commonly used surfaces germs can live on

surfaces. Disinfect other areas if someone in the house is ill. Another one is to cough and

sneeze into a tissue or your sleeve. If you are sick, the air that comes out of your mouth when

you cough or sneeze may contain germs. Someone close by can breathe in your air, or touch

a surface contaminated with your germs, and become ill. An important thing also is Avoid

sharing personal items that can’t be disinfected. People should also Get Vaccinated

Vaccines can prevent many infectious diseases. Most common things also is Avoid Touching

Wild Animals, You and your pets should avoid touching wild animals which can

carry germs that cause infectious diseases. Lastly is to Stay Home When Sick

When you are sick, stay home and rest. You will get well sooner, and will not spread germs.