History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Surgeon General Of The United States, Living Colour
22 Feb 2016
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January 18, 2016: disease of the month club, big pharma, if it bleeds, it leads. , punditry, ebola 2014-2015, plague in glorious living colour. Incorrect predictions in history we shouldn"t: still latch onto certain procedures, blame groups scapegoating. Not that harmful, bc better treatment options. Government still attacked the poor for spreading the disease: referred to them as literally pigs". Declare the war against pestilence won us surgeon general: urban legend not sure if he really said it. Where we need to focus our attention: message: don"t panic over exotic communicative diseases, panic over cancer, heart disease that kill many and are chronic . Nothing wrong w fear, but make sure you fear the right things. Last week"s diseases: now largely conquered: at the time, they created large scale panic. Today, diseases have also caused intense panic. Difference is: haven"t killed millions of people why panic: medical sciences have improved considerably treatment.
