If you have Nosocomephobia
(fear of hospitals) then you might find the following quite disturbing. A
common view of a typical hospital visit is one where someone goes to be treated
for illnesses, diseases or infections...not contract one. The article I read explained
how 44 patients at an Illinois hospital were affected with a bacterium called carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Out of all the patients who were affected, 38 of them obtained
CRE through endoscopic procedures. The article stated that the bacterium is
highly resistant to treatment. In total, 243 patients were exposed to the
bacterium through endoscopic procedures but only 10 people experienced ill-like
symptoms; the remaining patients were “colonized,” meaning that they obtained
the bacterium but didn’t experience medical problems. The potential outcomes
for people who are infected with CRE can be a urinary tract infection or even
death if the bacterium gets into your bloodstream. The author, Bob Grant,
delivered an unbiased and informative message about a hospital passing a
potentially harmful bacterium to their patients. His intended audience must be
the general public because it is a public issue. His purpose was to expose this
issue and promote awareness about CRE. Grant used mainly ethos and logos to
send his message. Grant used ethos when he quoted a CDC infectious disease
doctor named Alex Kallen who said “It’s the largest outbreak that
we’ve seen in the U.S. of this bacteri[um] ever.” Grant used the status/identity
of a CDC doctor to send his message. Grant’s use of logos was shown when he
said “CRE was first reported in 2009, and through 2012, only 27 infected
patients have been confirmed. Since January 2013, the CDC has confirmed that 69
patients were infected with CRE.” By giving the dates when people were
infected, Grant showed the spike in infected patients in 2013. One thing I
found confusing was that if 243 people were exposed to the bacterium, why was
it that only 10 people exhibited symptoms of infection?
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38828/title/Superbug-Sickens-Dozens-in-Illinois/
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