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... There’s a warning on the Pepperidge Farms chicken breast in my refrigerator, warning that poorly kept poultry can cause salmonella, alerting me to the threat of disease. But the government can’t put warning labels on every public threat of disease, there’s no warning someone against a tuna can that was manufactured near the same equipment used to harvest organs that could contain a virus, and there’s no warning against the coughing man sitting next to you on a plane to Nairobi. ... Regardless of public opinion, a government’s role regarding disease is pivotal for a nations survival and should be the highest priority, to contain the threat, to protect the public, and to protect a nation’s economy and reputation.
When a highly contagious disease first enters a nation, its government takes certain steps and precautions to isolate and contain the threat while figuring out where it came from. ... Medical students set up a make shift hospital outside of the village, with only a moat of bleach separating them from the outside threat. ... ) Ever since the emergence of SARS, embroidered news stories and headlines have exaggerated the threat in the public’s eye.
Approximate Word count = 1513
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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