Thirty-eight years ago in the Congolese rainforest a scientist named Peter Piot from Ghent University, discovered the disease that is frightening the world today, Ebolavirus (Ebola).

Many fear that the deadly virus could reach the area soon.

“It’s dangerous and I feel that it can spread world wide,” junior Clarissa Gomez said. “If it ever came to El Paso, I would stay away from everyone so that I wouldn’t infect anyone.”

Ebola is spread through the contact of blood or body fluids of an infected victim, not by coughing.

“I don’t really care about Ebola but all I know is that it can transfer through unprotected sex and saliva,” sophomore Cesar Covarruvias said.

Some believe it’s all a contrivance, and conspiracy theories are cropping up.

“It’s all the government,” senior Alvaro Enriquez said. “The government set it up and like always the rest of America is left to suffer. It’s like we are the guinea pigs,”

The Center of Disease Control (CDC) set safety guidelines to avoid the spread of Ebola.

“Make sure that areas and yourself are clean at all times, and follow what we all learned in elementary school like wash our hands, throw away dirty tissues and all that,” school nurse Lucila Menchaca said.

Haaretz.com, scientists and the Department of Defense (DoD) have predicted that there could be between 15 to 130 cases of Ebola in the United States by the end of this December.

“We all just have to be aware of what’s going on in this world,” physics teacher John Villareal said. “Be safe and clean is the main priority.”