TOW #25: Dear Parents, You Are Being Lied To

Reading goals: Interesting article, read for the article and not for devices
Writing goals: Interesting intro, smooth transitions

   Only 100 years ago, getting the influenza virus was an immediate death sentence. Merely even a sinus infection could leave someone bed-ridden for a week. Today, when someone comes down with a sinus infection, a few pills for the week and they are on their way. But for many people around the world, the mindset of western medicine is changing. Instead of a push for antibiotics, many are resisting them, opting for more "natural" approaches to cure diseases. Is the Western world pushing for antibiotics too much? Is the resistance beneficial for humans today? Jennifer Raff, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas with a Ph.D. in genetics and anthropology, delves deeper into this debate. Using anaphoras and imperative sentences, Raff takes a stance that antibiotics are necessary for a human's immune system and advises parents to take action to protect their children.
   Raff opens with a series of phrases "They say that..." and follows with arguments made by anti-vaccine activists. She responds with simple clauses such as "But it is," refuting the claims made by anti-vaccine activists. This introduces her stance that everything anti-vaccine activists have said is wrong, and it is disproven by scientific evidence. She quotes a recent saying by an astrophysicist, "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Despite what the natural-medicaters believe, science is backed up by proven experiments and studies. Studies show the dangerous effects of not getting vaccinated, and the evidence the anti-vaccinaters are using is based merely on opinion and experience. Raff uses this to convince the parents to continue researching the truth to vaccines and their good potentials. She advises for parents to become informed and not listen to anyone except the proven facts.
  As well as anaphoras, Raff uses short, imperative sentences. This makes it easy for the reader to understand what Raff wants them to do. The sentences are clear and to the point of declaring what to do. The sentences are used to tell parents to act for their children, and educate themselves. She mentions specific scientists to listen to, specific studies to look in to, advises for parents to learn about the immune system, and stay up to date with new scientific studies. The use of the declarative sentences creates an easy claim of policy for readers to follow.
  Raff refutes claims made by anti-vaccine activists effectively by using anaphoras, and advises readers to take action by using imperative sentences. Raff supports her purpose that anti-biotics and vaccines are vital for humans to live in this day and age effectively.