What strikes me as peculiar in this article is that the United Nations are being accused as the sole cause for the cholera outbreak in Haiti. The article points out strong evidence that indicts the United Nations as the perpetrator, but I can’t seem to shake the idea that this is not the time to point fingers. Maybe the United Nations is solely responsible and maybe it isn’t but that doesn’t change the fact that they are being proactive about finding a solution to it. Bickering about whose fault it is just taking away from the real problem which is the thousands of Haitians suffering from the illness. The focus should be targeted toward finding better, faster, and overall more efficient methods of providing the citizens of Haiti with proper sanitation, clean food and water, and life-saving treatments.
I agree with Tyler. It seems like the article is more focused on how the Cholera Outbreak came to be rather than finding a way to cure it. The United Nations is being proactive to try to remedy the problem and yet people are still trying to argue whether or not it was their fault in the first place. I think they should worry about the cause after they've gotten the outbreak under control.
Tyler is completely right. While the United Nations may owe the Haitians an apology the most important thing is to stop the cholera outbreak. The focus should be on providing the citizens of Haiti with clean water and medication to save them from dying.
You guys are right they are focusing too much attention as to where the cholera came from rather than focusing that attention to curing the outbreak. Pointing fingers isn't going to stop children from dying from a curable disease.
I don’t understand why this article is placing all of the blame on the United Nations. The United Nations are the only people helping Haiti get back to where it was before the earthquake. I understand that they were not able to raise the money that was needed but that was due to donor fatigue because the United Nations has been asking for countries to donate money to Haiti since the earthquake happened and right now, especially with economic situation some countries are in they don’t have the money to donate to Haiti because they have to fix their own problems first before they go around trying to fix other countries problems.
I agree that many countries are going through their own difficulties right now. This, coupled with the fact that there have been so many humanitarian issues in the last few years, makes it difficult for donors to be able to provide enough money for everything that needs fixed. However, Haiti is slowly being abandoned by the groups that were promising to save it, and the fact that all of these groups are giving up is distressing.
You bring up a really good point WIll. The UN are the only ones helping Haiti get back on their feet after this outbreak and the UN are the ones who are getting all the blame. I do agree that not enough is getting done by the UN- let alone any abled country that could possibly help- but I guess at least theyre doing something
I can see why this article is pointing blame on the UN, they should be doing more to help. If those places are the suspected method of outbreak, money should go toward getting rid of the culprit. Stopping the culprit of the outbreak can very well help save money in having to treat those infected. Also, I do think that the UN does have an obligation to help those countries less fortunate than themselves. As the article stated, no one should be dying of cholera. Cholera is a treatable and preventable disease and funding a country to be able to protect/treat themselves against cholera shouldn't be a hassle for the UN.
I agree. It's no surprise that Haiti doesn't have a stable government let a lone a stable health care system. It shouldn't be a shock that they need support from the United Nations. The UN should definitely be doing more to make sure that this outbreak stops.
I agree with you in that the UN should certainly not be ignored as a likely cause of this problem. When you say "stopping the culprit", though, I'm confused as to how this would help save money to treat those infected. For all we know, human nature itself could be a leading cause of the cholera outbreak. While it helps to know who is responsible, I just think someone, even if it's not the UN, should be lending a hand.
What seemed to stick in my mind the most as I read this article, was how much everyone involved was dwelling in the past. Everyone is trying to figure out where exactly this cholera outbreak initiated, rather than using their energy to focus on a solution and/or cure to the problem. Of course I could see how tracing the outbreak might aid in the treatment of this disease, but it appears that majority of the focus rests in making sure someone is punished. Though some feel that heavy compensation should be shown toward the victims of cholera, I do question what type of compensation would actually be given in the long run. The solution to this problem is so vague, that we can't even outright state what type of compensation will be given to the victims, only warning that it must be "heavy". In my opinion, this situation brings back the article that we described today in class by Buchanan. This cholera outbreak and lack of treatment exercised toward it seems to me a clear example of the downfall of utilitarianism. Many of the donors which seem to lack in their financial support for Haiti are focusing on more pressing humanitarian issues, which greatly affect the majority. We see the problem with this course of action; while making sure that the majority is properly advantaged and taken care of, the minority (i.e. Haiti) inevitably suffers.
Summer has a good point if utilitarianism is to maximize the good in a situation rather than the bad surely helping the Haitians would be the correct action to take. Just providing oral re-hydration salts which are the cheapest way to treat the disease while not curing the disease would help the Haitian's enough I believe to in time allow their own government to find ways to supply clean water and vaccinate their people.
The article says '"Gustavo Gallon, a special envoy for human rights in Haiti...urged the United Nations to establish a commission “to enable damages to be recorded, corresponding benefits or compensation to be paid, the persons responsible to be identified, the epidemic to be stopped and other measures to be implemented.”' I find fault with what he asks. Cholera is spread though water and that can include rainfall. While the UN outpost has been identified as the starting point they cannot be held as morally responsible for the spread due to nature. Therefore to compensate all the Haitian people that have been affected by this disease I think is rather extreme. However, I do think that they should do their best to provide all the aid they can.
You brought up a really good point. I think it's funny how everyone involved in this situation is desperately trying to pin the blame on "someone", namely the UN, when it actuality a strong portion of the blame may simply be tied back to human nature (rainfall, tsunamis, etc.). They're so focused on putting a face to the cause of the problem, that I believe they've become almost blind to alternative possibilities and most importantly, solutions.
The tone of this article is very negative and very accusatory. Whether or not the UN brought cholera to Haiti should not be the topic of conversation. The main thing that should be discussed is how to inexpensively help the impoverished people of the country afford the cure and the vaccine to prevent it. In any case, the UN may not have necessarily "brought" cholera to Haiti. It could have shown up due to the earthquake or the tsunami the country has recently experienced. I think this article relates back to the day in class that we were all looking at worldlifeexpectancy.com and noticed that some countries are dying from diseases like pneumonia or the flu. Cholera, like these other diseases, is easily preventable and curable, and so this epidemic shows that the healthcare system in Haiti has never recovered since the earthquake.
It makes me sick to think that people are dying from something as curable as cholera. Especially since it doesn't require a lot of resources to cure someone of cholera. Just water purification tablets and medicine to help aid the diarrhea. Haiti's healthcare system is in shambles so this is the responsibility of the United Nations. I think that it is even more sickening to think that the ones who were supposed to be protecting these people might have been responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti in the first place. I think the abled 's responsibility to aid this country who can obviously not help themselves.
I feel like the intent of this article was to show the horrendous problems that Haiti is currently facing with Cholera but it is overshadowed by the constant blaming of the U.N. Why does it even matter at this point where the disease came from? It is in Haiti and it is plaguing the population. Placing the moral blame on the U.N. or any other factor will not aid in that situation now. What should be looked at is how this situation can be solved because Cholera isn't a disease that so many people should be dying to. The article even references that it has spread to several other countries and the outbreak in those countries is nowhere near as bad due to their healthcare systems being superior to Haiti's. This shows that Haiti's healthcare system is still in disarray from the earthquake several years ago. However rather than focusing on this problem the article just wants to find someone to blame for the Cholera outbreak.
I think it's tragic that so many are becoming infected with cholera and dying in Haiti. At this point, it probably is not wholly important where the disease might of come from (unless that would somehow affect treatment or stifling the outbreak, or if there was something outlandish like some kind of malicious intent). What matters here is how we can help these people attain appropriate health care and access to clean water. It's pretty unbelievable to think of our own developed country compared to the majority of the world that is in poverty. It is incredible to think of the high standard of living we Americans often desire to maintain, sometimes to excess, when so many do not even have the basic necessity of water. It's an eye-opener to say the least.
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What strikes me as peculiar in this article is that the United Nations are being accused as the sole cause for the cholera outbreak in Haiti. The article points out strong evidence that indicts the United Nations as the perpetrator, but I can’t seem to shake the idea that this is not the time to point fingers. Maybe the United Nations is solely responsible and maybe it isn’t but that doesn’t change the fact that they are being proactive about finding a solution to it. Bickering about whose fault it is just taking away from the real problem which is the thousands of Haitians suffering from the illness. The focus should be targeted toward finding better, faster, and overall more efficient methods of providing the citizens of Haiti with proper sanitation, clean food and water, and life-saving treatments.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tyler. It seems like the article is more focused on how the Cholera Outbreak came to be rather than finding a way to cure it. The United Nations is being proactive to try to remedy the problem and yet people are still trying to argue whether or not it was their fault in the first place. I think they should worry about the cause after they've gotten the outbreak under control.
DeleteTyler is completely right. While the United Nations may owe the Haitians an apology the most important thing is to stop the cholera outbreak. The focus should be on providing the citizens of Haiti with clean water and medication to save them from dying.
DeleteYou guys are right they are focusing too much attention as to where the cholera came from rather than focusing that attention to curing the outbreak. Pointing fingers isn't going to stop children from dying from a curable disease.
DeleteI don’t understand why this article is placing all of the blame on the United Nations. The United Nations are the only people helping Haiti get back to where it was before the earthquake. I understand that they were not able to raise the money that was needed but that was due to donor fatigue because the United Nations has been asking for countries to donate money to Haiti since the earthquake happened and right now, especially with economic situation some countries are in they don’t have the money to donate to Haiti because they have to fix their own problems first before they go around trying to fix other countries problems.
ReplyDeleteI agree that many countries are going through their own difficulties right now. This, coupled with the fact that there have been so many humanitarian issues in the last few years, makes it difficult for donors to be able to provide enough money for everything that needs fixed. However, Haiti is slowly being abandoned by the groups that were promising to save it, and the fact that all of these groups are giving up is distressing.
DeleteYou bring up a really good point WIll. The UN are the only ones helping Haiti get back on their feet after this outbreak and the UN are the ones who are getting all the blame. I do agree that not enough is getting done by the UN- let alone any abled country that could possibly help- but I guess at least theyre doing something
DeleteI can see why this article is pointing blame on the UN, they should be doing more to help. If those places are the suspected method of outbreak, money should go toward getting rid of the culprit. Stopping the culprit of the outbreak can very well help save money in having to treat those infected. Also, I do think that the UN does have an obligation to help those countries less fortunate than themselves. As the article stated, no one should be dying of cholera. Cholera is a treatable and preventable disease and funding a country to be able to protect/treat themselves against cholera shouldn't be a hassle for the UN.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's no surprise that Haiti doesn't have a stable government let a lone a stable health care system. It shouldn't be a shock that they need support from the United Nations. The UN should definitely be doing more to make sure that this outbreak stops.
DeleteI agree with you in that the UN should certainly not be ignored as a likely cause of this problem. When you say "stopping the culprit", though, I'm confused as to how this would help save money to treat those infected. For all we know, human nature itself could be a leading cause of the cholera outbreak. While it helps to know who is responsible, I just think someone, even if it's not the UN, should be lending a hand.
DeleteWhat seemed to stick in my mind the most as I read this article, was how much everyone involved was dwelling in the past. Everyone is trying to figure out where exactly this cholera outbreak initiated, rather than using their energy to focus on a solution and/or cure to the problem. Of course I could see how tracing the outbreak might aid in the treatment of this disease, but it appears that majority of the focus rests in making sure someone is punished. Though some feel that heavy compensation should be shown toward the victims of cholera, I do question what type of compensation would actually be given in the long run. The solution to this problem is so vague, that we can't even outright state what type of compensation will be given to the victims, only warning that it must be "heavy". In my opinion, this situation brings back the article that we described today in class by Buchanan. This cholera outbreak and lack of treatment exercised toward it seems to me a clear example of the downfall of utilitarianism. Many of the donors which seem to lack in their financial support for Haiti are focusing on more pressing humanitarian issues, which greatly affect the majority. We see the problem with this course of action; while making sure that the majority is properly advantaged and taken care of, the minority (i.e. Haiti) inevitably suffers.
ReplyDeleteSummer has a good point if utilitarianism is to maximize the good in a situation rather than the bad surely helping the Haitians would be the correct action to take. Just providing oral re-hydration salts which are the cheapest way to treat the disease while not curing the disease would help the Haitian's enough I believe to in time allow their own government to find ways to supply clean water and vaccinate their people.
DeleteThe article says '"Gustavo Gallon, a special envoy for human rights in Haiti...urged the United Nations to establish a commission “to enable damages to be recorded, corresponding benefits or compensation to be paid, the persons responsible to be identified, the epidemic to be stopped and other measures to be implemented.”' I find fault with what he asks. Cholera is spread though water and that can include rainfall. While the UN outpost has been identified as the starting point they cannot be held as morally responsible for the spread due to nature. Therefore to compensate all the Haitian people that have been affected by this disease I think is rather extreme. However, I do think that they should do their best to provide all the aid they can.
ReplyDeleteYou brought up a really good point. I think it's funny how everyone involved in this situation is desperately trying to pin the blame on "someone", namely the UN, when it actuality a strong portion of the blame may simply be tied back to human nature (rainfall, tsunamis, etc.). They're so focused on putting a face to the cause of the problem, that I believe they've become almost blind to alternative possibilities and most importantly, solutions.
DeleteThe tone of this article is very negative and very accusatory. Whether or not the UN brought cholera to Haiti should not be the topic of conversation. The main thing that should be discussed is how to inexpensively help the impoverished people of the country afford the cure and the vaccine to prevent it. In any case, the UN may not have necessarily "brought" cholera to Haiti. It could have shown up due to the earthquake or the tsunami the country has recently experienced. I think this article relates back to the day in class that we were all looking at worldlifeexpectancy.com and noticed that some countries are dying from diseases like pneumonia or the flu. Cholera, like these other diseases, is easily preventable and curable, and so this epidemic shows that the healthcare system in Haiti has never recovered since the earthquake.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sick to think that people are dying from something as curable as cholera. Especially since it doesn't require a lot of resources to cure someone of cholera. Just water purification tablets and medicine to help aid the diarrhea. Haiti's healthcare system is in shambles so this is the responsibility of the United Nations. I think that it is even more sickening to think that the ones who were supposed to be protecting these people might have been responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti in the first place. I think the abled 's responsibility to aid this country who can obviously not help themselves.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the intent of this article was to show the horrendous problems that Haiti is currently facing with Cholera but it is overshadowed by the constant blaming of the U.N. Why does it even matter at this point where the disease came from? It is in Haiti and it is plaguing the population. Placing the moral blame on the U.N. or any other factor will not aid in that situation now. What should be looked at is how this situation can be solved because Cholera isn't a disease that so many people should be dying to. The article even references that it has spread to several other countries and the outbreak in those countries is nowhere near as bad due to their healthcare systems being superior to Haiti's. This shows that Haiti's healthcare system is still in disarray from the earthquake several years ago. However rather than focusing on this problem the article just wants to find someone to blame for the Cholera outbreak.
ReplyDeleteI think it's tragic that so many are becoming infected with cholera and dying in Haiti. At this point, it probably is not wholly important where the disease might of come from (unless that would somehow affect treatment or stifling the outbreak, or if there was something outlandish like some kind of malicious intent). What matters here is how we can help these people attain appropriate health care and access to clean water. It's pretty unbelievable to think of our own developed country compared to the majority of the world that is in poverty. It is incredible to think of the high standard of living we Americans often desire to maintain, sometimes to excess, when so many do not even have the basic necessity of water. It's an eye-opener to say the least.
ReplyDeleteMy husband was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease at 57.his symptoms were shuffling of feet,slurred speech, low volume speech, degradation of handwriting, horrible driving skills, right arm held at 45 degree angle, things were tough for me, but now he finally free from the disease with the help of Dr Akhigbe herbal home, he now walks properly and all symptoms has reversed, he had trouble with balance especially at night, getting into the shower and exciting it is difficult,getting into bed is also another thing he finds impossible.we had to find a better solution for his condition which has really helped him a lot,the biggest helped we had was the Dr Akhigbe herbal home he walked us through the proper steps,am highly recommended this drrealakhigbe@gmail.com He also cures other diseases with his natural herbal remedy. he cured diseases like
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