Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Antibiotic Resistance. What Worked?
Creeping into a world where these super bacteria are broadening their ground, this science feature feature. With well balanced prickles and goo, CREs, a rare but growing form of antibiotic resistant bacteria are discusses. The articles is well organized being separated into subtitles: introduction, the trend, the alarm call, the spread, etc. Each section covers the usually deadly form of bacteria in great detail while not loosing the readers attention due to the focus on the topic. The article utilizes plenty of prickles in the form of statistics and quotes from CDC research. None of this information is too overwhelming though, as it is written in simple English. In fact, the entire article is written in easy to understand language. All of the information can easily be related to daily life and the topic is of great human interest. The author also maintains attention through creating a sense of urgency at the very beginning. He states that this strain of bacteria is rare but expanding yet also usually deadly. This speaks right to the human interest of sustaining life. This bacteria has the potential for killing life along with any human element, thus speaking directly to us. While it is usually easy to be critical of any type of science feature, whether it be not accessible enough or too dry, I don't feel the need to pick anything out of this one. I feel it is highly accessible and informative. If anything, it is not technical enough, forcing me to understand how complex this topic really is.
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