Thursday, February 12, 2015

Still Wrong Ebola

1. What does Betsy McCaughey identify as a problem in her commentary?
That the people who work in the hospitals aren't being as cautious as they should be. The patients should be sent to the right hospital that is set up for Ebola patients.

2. What solutions does she offer?
That people with the infection should be sent to the hospital specific for that instead of risking infection across local hospitals.

3. How does infection expert Sean Kaufman view the CDC's guidelines for protective gear in treating Ebola patients?
He viewed them as irresponsible because it left some parts exposed to the infection.

4. What point did Rep. Michael Burgess make about CDC head Thomas Frieden?
He showed how someone should dress when working with a patient infected with Ebola

5. Ms. McCaughey concludes her commentary by recommending: "The best Ebola strategy is to protect out local hospitals, health-care workers and patients by relying on the nation's bio-containment facilities. That's what they were built for."
A) I agree because why were the facilities built? Why not use them and stop an epidemic from happening to the hospitals and having an outbreak? It's obvious that the facilities would have better equipment for this kind of thing.
It's better to be safe than sorry.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Summary

In the article titled "Is Tomato a Fruit?" Rebecca Rupp discusses the difference between fruits and vegetables, and if they really are what people say they are. First, Rupp points out "a fruit is an entity that develops from the fertilized ovary of a flower. This means that tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, corn kernels, and bean and pea pods are all fruits; so are apples, pears, peaches, apricots, melons, and mangos". Next, she informs readers that vegetables are "botanically, is any edible part of a plant that doesn't happen to be a fruit, as in leaves (spinach, lettuce, cabbage) roots, (carrots, beets, turnips), stems (asparagus), tubers (potatoes), bulbs (onions), and flowers (cauliflower and broccoli). Also, Rupp explains, finding humor, that the way they taste shows why fruit is so tempting. In addition, Rupp mentions that even Saint Augustine stole a few pairs back in the day. Finally, Rupp concludes by stating that Mark Twain even got caught stealing a watermelon, and that no one would go through that much trouble for a vegetable.