I read the article “Ebola Is Diagnosed in Texas, First Case Found in the US” for my current events article. This article talks about how a man in Texas who was visiting Liberia brought the disease back with him when he arrived back in the U.S. The article states that health officials said that it would be a matter of time until the disease hit the United States, and finally it did. Ebola is only contagious when symptoms of it appear, so they have high hopes of containing the outbreak. Ebola is not contagious until symptoms begin to start forming, so there is “zero chance” that the person infected anyone else on the flight, said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the director of the disease centers. The article states that a team from the C.D.C is being dispatched to Dallas to trace any contact of Ebola back to family members and friends. Dr. Freiden stated that there was very little contact between the man infected and family members, so there is hope they were not infected. The health officals are remaining positive, describing these methods as “tried and true, I have no doubt that we’ll stop this in its tracks in the U.S.” As for the identity of the man, the article states that it is being kept confidential.
I think that this article was very informative about the Ebola outbreak, and gave me new insight into this deadly disease. I think that the topic of the article was very interesting, and it is scary/captivating to hear that Ebola is now in the US. I think that the article included a lot of great information, and it was all very narrowed down to what was truly needed in the article. I think that having the doctor’s perspective on the incident was very informative, and allowed us to gain firsthand knowledge on the epidemic. Although this article was highly informative, I think that it could have provided the symptoms of Ebola, so that the reader can understand how powerful this disease truly is. Overall, I think that this article was very informative, and had an interesting topic to start off with.
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I read Nanda Fraser’s article about the Ebola diagnosis in Texas. I really liked the details she gave about the content of the article. She explained the authors point of view also, instead of listing facts she was interesting and I was not bored. She got me intrigued and I would like to read more about the topic. She also gave a well developed opinion on the article and how it was written. A thing Nanda could work on is adding more. What would happen if he had given the disease to those on the flight? Also what are they doing with his family if he has had contact with them? I have heard about this case and I know that he was misdiagnosed three days before he actually was diagnosed with Ebola, and maybe you could find some information on what happened there. I was though, very impressed with the detail she included and I think it gave a great background, for those who haven’t heard about this case.
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When reading Nanda Fraser's article about the Ebola diagnosis in Texas, I found she did a really great job in including wide variety of facts, yet still mentioning opinions and views brought up in the original text. I also really liked how she was able to summarize the article concisely, while including enough necessary information to understand the topic. One more thing that helped her summary was how she referred to direct people and locations so that the events were understandable and valid. However, I do feel like some of her wording was repetitive, such as the phrase "I think". She also could have added a bit more detail to give the reader a better understanding. Overall, though, I think she did a great job and was very surprised to learn that there is a possibility he came in contact with friends and family while carrying the disease.
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DeleteThe review Nanda wrote allowed me to learn something new. I think Nanda did well on summarizing what the article was about and the main ideas it was trying to portray. I also think by adding the quote from the doctor you could understand more about Ebola and the article. Another thing she did well was the review because from it you could see that it was a decent article. The review could be even better if there were a couple more details from what the article was about. One more thing that could make the article better is sentences about how this article is affecting our community and are personal life.
ReplyDeleteI read Nanda Fraser's article on the breakout of Ebola in Texas. Nanda presented the information in the article in a very easy-to-read sort of way. Not mentioning the fact that this topic is bringing up global attention, the choice of facts and the way they were presented really got me involved in the response. Also, her opinion on the article was well developed and lets me know her reaction/point of view on this situation. I feel that Nanda could have provided more detail on the topic such as how people catch ebola, and i think she over uses the words "the article." Before I read this article I did not know much about the Ebola outbreak but, after reading the article and the response I learned some new facts.
ReplyDeleteNanda’s review of her article was very good. There were several things that I liked. One thing I though was good was how Nanda made sure to include a quote from an official, which made the information seem more important. Another thing I liked about this article was how she made sure to explain what measures being taken to prevent the spread of Ebola. A final thing I liked was how she explained where the person who got the disease got it from. One thing I felt she could have improved upon was if she could explain how Ebola actually spreads, like by air or water. Another thing she could improve upon was to try to answer more questions, like what Ebola does to the human body. One thing I learned from reading this article was how scary it is that one of the worlds most deadly diseases,which has no cure, has now arrived on U.S. soil.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading Nanda’s review of the article, “Ebola is Diagnosed in Texas, First Case Found in the US,” I thought that she used a lot of good background information on how Ebola came to the United States. An example of this is when Nanda mentioned the man who flew to Texas from Liberia, in the first paragraph. I also liked how she had an expert opinion in this article to provide us with definite facts. In this article, she gave us Dr. Thomas Freiden’s thoughts so that we could better understand the situation. Finally, I thought that Nanda had a great analysis of this article, stating her interpretation of the story and what it could improve or did well.
ReplyDeleteThough I think Nanda did a great job in writing this article, I feel that she repeated a couple things over again. An example of this is in the first paragraph where she noted how Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear twice in consecutive sentences. Also I think that Nanda could’ve added a little more description on Ebola in the US such as what could happen if they can’t contain Ebola in the United States and how it would affect us or even how one can get Ebola. Otherwise, I think she did a great job.
I found it kind of surreal that Ebola has finally reached the United States. It could potentially wipe out a large population, which is kind of a scary thing to think. I hope that health officials are able to contain Ebola safely and not get infected themselves.
This week I read Nanda Fraser’s article review on Ebola. I think that this article was over all very well written however I feel it lacked some needed information. Something that stood out to me that Nanda di particularly good was the reflection. I really liked how Nanda shared not only what she thought about the article but about the topic as a whole as well.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I thought that both of Nanda’s paragraphs were well written I think that the first paragraph was lacking some information. First off I think that Nanda should have written a short introduction explaining what Ebola is and where it came from as someone who maybe isn’t familiar with the disease might not have understood parts of what she was talking about.
I found this article very interesting. As I read this review I felt both intrigued and kind of scared at the same time. I wanted to find out more about this case but it is also very scary to think that this deadly disease has started to spread and has reached the U.S.
However as I read more into it I became calmer as it was reassuring to hear that it was very unlikely that the guy gave the disease to anyone and that it was most likely contained.
After reading Nanda’s review I felt that she reviewed it very well. It was a good give her opinion at the start on the disease and it made me want to see what else she had to say about the article. I also agree with Nanda that if they mentioned symptoms in the piece she included in her review then they should have included it either at the end of that piece or at the of the article. I also liked the way she wrote the summary of the article at the beginning of the review. It felt like it was a backstory to a movie or book and I liked that. Alternatively I felt there was a lot of word repetition which detracted from the review. She started almost every sentence in her second paragraph with “I think…” along with multiple uses of “very informative”. Some word repetition could have been hidden with a quote such as: (quote) The doctor’s perspective was very informative… or: I think the doctors perspective in this quote (attach quote) was very informative. In the end I was very surprised learn that the CDC was only going to send one team to Texas. This was very surprising to me because if I was chief of CDC or president or whoever is in charge there I would send multiple teams to completely shut down the disease in the us while doing everything possible for the man infected, not just sending one team. That’s like taking a paintball gun hunting.
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