The World Wakes Superbugs
In the editorial, “The World Wakes Up to the Danger of Superbugs” (2016), the New York Times Editorial Board reports that excessive use of existing drugs and slow research of new drugs is causing people to die of drug resistant infections. The Board uses a serious tone, logos, and diction to support their claim. The Board suggests that overuse of antibiotics by doctors and farmers along with insufficient research to create new antibiotics and vaccines has contributed to the amount of deaths from antibiotic resistant diseases. The Board’s audience consists of those who are concerned about antibiotic resistant disease or about health in general.
The board uses a serious tone to cause people to realize that antibiotic resistant diseases are an …show more content…
This causes people to feel as though something has to be done immediately. The board creates this through the repeated use of words such as “need” and “must”. An example of this is, “Consumers must make sure they and their children are vaccinated, which helps prevent infections in the first place”. Diction also allows the board to create a sense of security. The board ends the editorial with measures that are being taken to prevent future deaths from antibiotic resistant disease. This causes the reader to feel that things are being done and they don’t have to worry about antibiotic resistant disease. Another use of diction is when the board describes the practices currently being used by doctors and farmers. The use of diction makes the reader believe that changes need to be made to current practices, such as feeding animals antibiotics or prescribing antibiotics for common infections, by using words such as “useless”. An example of this is, “Doctors need to be instructed in the dangers of prescribing antibiotics for viral flus and other common infections for which they are largely useless”. The board uses diction to create a sense of security when they write, “Because the indiscriminate use of drugs in animals can destroy the drugs’ effectiveness for humans, the Food and Drug Administration has issued regulations that it says will reduce antibiotic use in
The board uses a serious tone to cause people to realize that antibiotic resistant diseases are an …show more content…
This causes people to feel as though something has to be done immediately. The board creates this through the repeated use of words such as “need” and “must”. An example of this is, “Consumers must make sure they and their children are vaccinated, which helps prevent infections in the first place”. Diction also allows the board to create a sense of security. The board ends the editorial with measures that are being taken to prevent future deaths from antibiotic resistant disease. This causes the reader to feel that things are being done and they don’t have to worry about antibiotic resistant disease. Another use of diction is when the board describes the practices currently being used by doctors and farmers. The use of diction makes the reader believe that changes need to be made to current practices, such as feeding animals antibiotics or prescribing antibiotics for common infections, by using words such as “useless”. An example of this is, “Doctors need to be instructed in the dangers of prescribing antibiotics for viral flus and other common infections for which they are largely useless”. The board uses diction to create a sense of security when they write, “Because the indiscriminate use of drugs in animals can destroy the drugs’ effectiveness for humans, the Food and Drug Administration has issued regulations that it says will reduce antibiotic use in