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Bismuth83 · 2024-10-15T09:58:13-07:00

The following is an article in a medical journal by researchers at Albion University. We have conducted a recent study with mice that indicates that Virus Alpha is contagious in a subject up to 3 weeks after infection. This result was found by placing recovering mice, which had been infected more than two weeks prior, into healthy mice communities. More than half of the healthy communities then developed a Virus Alpha outbreak. This finding belies our earlier hypothesis, which posited that Virus Alpha was reduced by the immune system to non-contagious levels in the subject within 1 week of infection. Clearly, this means that we must re-visit our response to Virus Alpha, especially with regards to citizen outreach. To ensure the most prompt public notice, our research team plans to send a service announcement to the major web-based news magazines, radio stations, and television networks with recommendations about methods of prevention, when and how to avoid contagion, and symptom recognition.The following is an entry in the blog Communications and Culture. A major drawback of the Information Revolution is the ease with which an unfounded panic spreads. There is a tendency in our culture to try to prepare for every single contingency; any report of bad news, however small, triggers an avalanche of "preparedness recommendations". This situation is exacerbated by a litigious culture in which "misfortune" becomes regularly redefined as "culpability." Because no agency wants to be liable for withholding crucial facts, information on every new health risk is disseminated almost as soon as it is discovered, many times without much verification. Too often this data becomes inflated via the rumor-mill of the Internet into a "crisis" or "epidemic," causing lowered productivity as workers stay home from fear of infection, and medicine shortages as shoppers make runs on pharmacies. Thus, attempts by the health industry to educate the citizenry via the Internet and newsfeeds result in less public security, not more.

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How long would it take for someone to become infected with Virus Alpha?: No What is one component of the researchers' proposed public service announcement about the virus?: Yes Why do people panic when confronted with information about viral contagion?: No

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		How long would it take for someone to become infected with Virus Alpha?
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		Why do people panic when confronted with information about viral contagion?

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How long would it take for someone to become infected with Virus Alpha?: No What is one component of the researchers' proposed public service announcement about the virus?: Yes Why do people panic when confronted with information about viral contagion?: No

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Responses to public health announcements should always be anticipated by the leaders of the health industry.: No It is more important to provide health alerts to the workers in a society than to the consumers.: No The public does not quickly receive balanced and correct information via the Internet to counteract exaggerated speculations and rumors.: Yes

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2. For each statement, indicate whether it provides an assumption necessary to the conclusion of the blog post.

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		Responses to public health announcements should always be anticipated by the leaders of the health industry.
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Responses to public health announcements should always be anticipated by the leaders of the health industry.: No It is more important to provide health alerts to the workers in a society than to the consumers.: No The public does not quickly receive balanced and correct information via the Internet to counteract exaggerated speculations and rumors.: Yes

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The healthy mouse communities were isolated for three weeks prior to the introduction of the infected mouse.: No The mice in the healthy communities had all been born of parent mice that had previously been infected with Virus Alpha.: Yes In some cases, the virus could be transmitted on the gloves of the researchers handling the mice.: Yes

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3. For each statement, indicate whether the statement would weaken the researcher's conclusion about the period of contagion for Virus Alpha.

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		The healthy mouse communities were isolated for three weeks prior to the introduction of the infected mouse.
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		In some cases, the virus could be transmitted on the gloves of the researchers handling the mice.

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The healthy mouse communities were isolated for three weeks prior to the introduction of the infected mouse.: No The mice in the healthy communities had all been born of parent mice that had previously been infected with Virus Alpha.: Yes In some cases, the virus could be transmitted on the gloves of the researchers handling the mice.: Yes

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