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A new strain of avian (bird)virus has popped up in China and has health officials at the WorldHealth Organization are worried. They fear it may jump acrossspecies and infect humans, causing a pandemic. The virus is 100%lethal in birds, killing them within 24 to 48 hours. A humanvaccine against the avian virus has been successfully manufacturedin the U.S. and there is enough to inoculate the entire U.S.population. You are a scientist at the Center for Disease Controland have been called before Congress where they are debatingwhether to make immunizations against this avian flu legallymandatory for all US citizens.
Ignoring theconstitutionality of such a law, choose one of the followingpositions and, in writing, present a scientifically persuasive casefor why Congress should adopt your position. If you choose position2, then, in addition to making a persuasive argument for why thisis the case, please state what the alternative strategy shouldbe.
Position 1: To prevent alethal epidemic in the United states all those living in the U.S.must receive the vaccine.
Position 2: One can protectthe entire U.S. population against an epidemic without having tovaccinate everyone.
A new strain of avian (bird)virus has popped up in China and has health officials at the WorldHealth Organization are worried. They fear it may jump acrossspecies and infect humans, causing a pandemic. The virus is 100%lethal in birds, killing them within 24 to 48 hours. A humanvaccine against the avian virus has been successfully manufacturedin the U.S. and there is enough to inoculate the entire U.S.population. You are a scientist at the Center for Disease Controland have been called before Congress where they are debatingwhether to make immunizations against this avian flu legallymandatory for all US citizens.
Ignoring theconstitutionality of such a law, choose one of the followingpositions and, in writing, present a scientifically persuasive casefor why Congress should adopt your position. If you choose position2, then, in addition to making a persuasive argument for why thisis the case, please state what the alternative strategy shouldbe.
Position 1: To prevent alethal epidemic in the United states all those living in the U.S.must receive the vaccine.
Position 2: One can protectthe entire U.S. population against an epidemic without having tovaccinate everyone.
Collen VonLv2
28 Sep 2019
