Current Connection #1

     According to an article by Mary Murray, producer of NBC News, a boy named Camilo, a 7 year old in Cuba, has always asked his Grandmother when she took a trip to Havana, a big shopping mall 90 miles away, for candy, litle gags second grade boys would enjoy; things like that. So when he asked for some soap she was a little worried because as anybody would know a little boy asking for anything that would resemble clean is like asking for the impossible.
     I have babysitted a 2 year old before and having him try and take a bath or stay clean is really hard. This outbreak must be really bad if this boy can look someone straight in the face and ask for soap and be completely honest about it. He is well informed to know that this diesase can seriously hurt him and he needed to take precautions to keep himself from gettintg hurt. There about "5 million cases and more than 10,000 deaths from cholera worldwide."
      Apparently, there has been a cholera outbreak where 51 new cases have been diagnosed in Cuba. What is cholera? Cholera is, "a bacterial infection in the intestine that can range from mild to severe. In latter cases, an infected person will experience 'dehydration and shock' that, if left untreated, can lead to death 'within hours.' There are up to 5 million cases and more than 100,000 deaths from the diesease worldwide."
     Cholera hasn't made it's way here to the United States yet, however; I am looking forward to seeing the disease show up here. If one country can get such a diesease then Cholera can easily spread to here really easlily, especially when their are illegals coming from all over the place just to get a job and be free no one can tell what just might show up here in the United States.
     So Cholera in Cuba...such a shame because knowing how much of a hassel this must be to know that everyone has to boil water just to drink and having to sterilize shoes and clothes before they can be worn must be exhasting. Hopefully this is only a small outbreak and does not hit a world wide outbreak. If Cuba can control Cholera, tthen I know we are afe for another day.