Epidemics
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Mary E. Williams, book editor.
Contributors: Williams, Mary E., 1960-
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Epidemics; Communicable diseases -- Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Do infectious diseases pose a significant threat to humanity?; title: 1. The threat of infectious disease is serious / Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk; title: 2. The media exaggerate the threat of infectious disease / David Baltimore; title: 3. Bioterrorism is a serious threat / Richard Danzig; title: 4. Natural epidemics pose a greater threat than bioterrorism / Hospital Infection Control; title: 5. The SARS epidemic reveals the need to improve disease prevention strategies / Mark Parascandola; title: 6. The SARS epidemic reveals the dangers of overreaction to disease / Declan McCullagh; title: 7. The AIDS epidemic is a serious global threat / Ed Susman; title: 8. The extent of the AIDS epidemic has been exaggerated / Rian Malan; title: ch. 2. What can be done to curtail the AIDS epidemic?; title: 1. Emergency relief is needed to end the AIDS epidemic / George W. Bush; title: 2. A long-term strategy is needed to end the AIDS epidemic / Greg Behrman; title: 3. Promoting abstinence and fidelity would curtail AIDS in Africa / Christianity Today; title: 4. Promoting gender equality would curtail AIDS in Africa / Ndivhuwo Masindi; title: 5. Access to rapid HIV tests should be expanded / Arleen Leibowitz, Stephanie Taylor, Jonathan Fielding; title: 6. Access to rapid HIV tests should be limited / Terence P. Jeffery; title: 7. Social condemnation is needed to curtail the AIDS epidemic / Rod Dreher; title: 8. Improved education is needed to curtail the AIDS epidemic / Peter Aggleton; title: ch. 3. Are vaccines harmful?; title: 1. Mandating vaccination is harmful / Barbara Loe Fisher; title: 2. Avoiding vaccination is harmful / Arthur Allen; title: 3. Vaccines may cause autism / Kelly Patricia O'Meara; title: 4. Vaccines do not cause autism / Marie C. McCormick; title: 5. Vaccinations benefit military personnel / Ronald D. Harris; title: 6. Vaccinations have harmed military personnel / John Richardson; title: ch. 4. How can food-borne illness be prevented?; title: 1. The government should act quickly to protect the public from mad cow disease / Joel Bleifuss; title: 2. Mad cow disease is not a serious threat to the public / Steven Milloy; title: 3. New technologies can help prevent food-borne illness / B.G. Scott; title: 4. New technologies do not prevent food-borne illness / Monique Mikhail.