埃博拉病,也被称为埃博拉出血热,死亡率一度高达88%,是仅次于狂犬病的死亡率最高的传染病。人们一旦感染埃博拉病毒,就会出现发热、头痛、肌肉痛、呕吐和腹泻等症状,继而出现内脏出血和坏死,最终患者会在极为恐怖的状态下死亡。据一位参与埃博拉病救治的塞拉利昂医护人员介绍,“埃博拉病患者的病房到处都是血迹,患者几乎全部死亡。”虽然相距遥远,但是,我们仍然能从中感受到埃博拉病带给人们的“死亡的味道”。 Ebola disease, also known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, was once as fatal as 88% of all deaths and was the second most infectious disease in rabies. Once people have been infected with Ebola virus, fever, headache, muscle aches, vomiting and diarrhea can occur. Followed by visceral hemorrhage and necrosis, patients eventually die in horrific conditions. According to a Sierra Leone health worker involved in Ebola treatment, “Ebola patients’ wards are full of blood and almost all of them die.” Although we are far apart, we can still feel Ebo Sickness brings people “taste of death ”.