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Harris, Gardiner. "‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 03 Dec. 2014. Web. 04 Dec. 2014
In this article, Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat, by Gardiner
Harris, Gardiner explains a deadly epidemic that has a huge impact on India’s people. Over
thousands of new borns are dying. Before this scientists have created a cure to prevent this
tragedy, but this cure no longer works. The babies that are born are infected with a bacterial
and more fifty eight thousand babies died last year as a result. “Five years ago, we almost
never saw these kinds of infections,” said Dr. Neelam Kler, chairwoman of the department of
neonatology at New Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. “Now, close to 100 percent of the babies
referred to us have multidrug resistant infections. It’s scary.” Researchers say that evidence is a
significant share of the bacteria that is present in India. Babies are usually vulnerable because
their immune systems are fragile. A new born girl was a epidemic victim. After three days after
she was born her mother knew something was wrong, her stomach swelled up, her limbs began
to stiffen and her skin thickened. Nothing worked and the babies condition got worse and died
at seven days old.
This has a huge impact on a society because A lot of places have recently been affected
with a lot sicknesses. This article states that a lot of children are being affected by this and
could spread. In addition it awards people how important this disease is and is so tragic to be
affected new born babies.
This article was well written but lacked detail that could have been useful. For example,
it provided great examples and stories of families and scientists and researchers facts on this
infection.
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I read Lexi Raviol’s review of "Superbugs Kill India's babies and pose an Overseas Threat." In her writing, something Lexi did well was starting with the title of the article, so we have a clear understanding of what she is talking about. Also, she quoted Dr. Neelam Kler, which helped persuade her argument. Another thing Lexi did well in her review was
ReplyDeleteSomething Lexi that could be improved upon was the second and third paragraphs were a little brief. She could’ve added how the sicknesses could spread and which specific sicknesses are affecting newborn babies. Also, there were a few grammatical and mistakes, such as “newborn” was spelled “new born” and “baby’s” was spelled “babies.”
After reading Lexi’s review of "Superbugs Kill India's Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat," I learned more about how horrible diseases, which could kill week-old babies. Even though they created a cure, it is no longer working and now must come up with a new one to save the newborns’ lives.
Lexi did a great job of summarizing the article. It was written very well, however at times it was a little choppy. Using a quote helped get a better understanding of the article and was smart to quote a doctor on a medical issue. Lexi also used very detailed and many examples, such as the baby girl that died after 7 days.
ReplyDeleteShe could have worked on grammar mistakes. This can be resolved by editing done by other people. A second thing Lexi could have done was she could have explained more on how it affects society more.
I thought this article and the review was very interesting! The most fascinating fact I learned was that in the past year more than fifty-eight thousand babies died and that the numbers are only increasing.
While reading Lexi Raviol's review of "Superbugs Kill India's babies and pose an Overseas Threat," I noticed some really great aspects, but also ones that she could improve upon. One thing Lexi did well on was her summary of the article. It was concise, but still provided the reader with the essential background information. Another aspect I particularly liked was how she directly quoted the author, providing further validation of her review. Lexi also successfully related this information back to the reader and what they might face in their own life.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I did also find some parts Lexi could have improved on. For one, her connection and critique paragraphs were both very brief, so it would have been better if she had gone into a bit more depth in these sections. I also notices a few typos such as, "a epidemic" instead of "an", and "babies" instead of "baby's".
Finally, after I completed reading Lexi's review, I learned a lot about this epidemic, which prior, I knew nothing about. It's really shocking to hear that 100 percent of the babies that doctors see in India have drug-resistant infections, and this may even spread to other countries.
Lexi's review was very interesting and easy to understand. First of all, the way she put in input from people affected by this disaster, like the neonologist, helped me understand the concept of the article in an easier and quicker way. In addition, I liked how she put in a description of what happens to the babies affected by this disease, like the description about the baby that died when she was seven days old. This was an asset to her review as it helped visualize what the disease is like and how it affects newborns. Finally, the way that Lexi clearly stated that this disease could possibly spread oversea and was highly epidemic showed why this article is important to society.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that Lexi could improve on is the grammatical mistakes. Some of her sentences didn't make sense or they had some kind of typo. So, if Lexi had reread her review, she could have caught some of her mistakes. Furthermore, I thought that some of her sentences were too short and could have provided some more details. If Lexi had put some more details in her review, it would have made her review a bit more interesting.
Overall, this review was fascinating, I learned about a disease that I had no prior knowledge about and this opened my eyes to another world problem. So this review changed my perspective on how there are diseases in the world that most people don’t know about but are still very serious.
Lexi’s review of the article “Superbugs Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat” did a good job of summarizing the article. Lexi provided a good understanding of the article’s main idea while keeping it brief. Another good aspect of the article is that she included how this deadly epidemic is affecting society. She states that diseases are spreading and a lot of children are being affected by it. Another good aspect is the proper MLA citation that she included. On the other hand, Lexi could improve a few points of her article review. First, she should explain a few things more in depth to give the reader an even better understanding. For example, she states that the cure scientists invented no longer works, but what was this cure? Also, she could have developed her critique of the article more. I did not know before reading Lexi’s review that more than 85,000 babies died last year as a result getting a bacterial infection.
ReplyDeleteHarris, Gardiner. "‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat." The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Dec. 2014. Web. 04 Dec. 2014