| Description |
208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Do infectious diseases pose a significant threat to humanity? -- Threat of infectious disease is serious / Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk -- Media exaggerate the threat of infectious disease / David Baltimore -- Bioterrorism is a serious threat / Richard Danzig -- Natural epidemics pose a greater threat than bioterrorism / Hospital Infection Control -- SARS epidemic reveals the need to improve disease prevention strategies / Mark Parascandola -- SARS epidemic reveals the dangers of overreaction to disease / Declan McCullagh -- AIDS epidemic is a serious global threat / Ed Susman -- Extent of the AIDS epidemic has been exaggerated / Rian Malan -- What can be done to curtail the AIDS epidemic? -- Emergency relief is needed to end the AIDS epidemic / George W. Bush -- Long-term strategy is needed to end the AIDS epidemic / Greg Behrman -- Promoting abstinence and fidelity would curtail AIDS in Africa / Christianity Today -- Promoting gender equality would curtail AIDS in Africa / Ndivhuwo Masindi -- Access to rapid HIV tests should be expanded / Arleen Leibowitz, Stephanie Taylor, Jonathan Fielding -- Access to rapid HIV tests should be limited / Terence P. Jeffery -- Social condemnation is needed to curtail the AIDS epidemic / Rod Dreher -- Improved education is needed to curtail the AIDS epidemic / Peter Aggleton -- Are vaccines harmful? -- Mandating vaccination is harmful / Barbara Loe Fisher -- Avoiding vaccination is harmful / Arthur Allen -- Vaccines may cause autism / Kelly Patricia O'Meara -- Vaccines do not cause autism / Marie C. McCormick -- Vaccinations benefit military personnel / Ronald D. Harris -- Vaccinations have harmed military personnel / John Richardson -- How can food-borne illness be prevented? -- Government should act quickly to protect the public from mad cow disease / Joel Bleifuss -- Mad cow disease is not a serious threat to the public / Steven Milloy -- New technologies can help prevent food-borne illness / B. G. Scott -- New technologies do not prevent food-borne illness / Monique Mikhail. |
| Subject |
Epidemics.
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Mary E., 1960-
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| ISBN |
0737722827 (lib. bdg.) |
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0737722835 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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