The author then provides evidence from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, using the statistic of only 46% of Americans receiving the flu vaccination, yet it kills 3,000 in this country in a good year, and 50,000 in a bad one. Many of these deaths could have been prevented, yet we choose to sit and let it happen, whereas we could choose to make people aware of how deadly it is, and encourage the public to get this vaccination, as we have done with then Ebola virus. How many people has the Ebola virus killed? One?.
Through the end of the third paragraph and carrying on to end of the fourth paragraph, the author provides examples, such as the number of death rates from car crashes. How hard is it to pull a strap over our chest? Then there is the death rate of skin cancer; people choose to ignore the fact that it is a real thing. They continue not to wear the sunscreen and sunhats to protect themselves. Even though Ebola is a serious thing, and requires our full attention, that does not dismiss the fact that there are greater threats to our health. Bruni writes, "We would be wiser to reacquaint ourselves with those, and recommit to heeding them, than worry about our imminent exposure to Ebola." Through these paragraphs, Bruni uses an emotional appeal by relating to those families and loves ones who have had to deal with these issues. It does well at drawling the reader in and persuading them to change and make a difference for our country.
Regarding back to the previous statement about citizens blowing the Ebola crisis out of proportion, the author provides evidence by using sources such as Jeffery Duchin, who is the chairman of the public health committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He states, "People get very fearful and stressed out and have a lot of anxiety about things like Ebola that aren't a general health risk. Dr. Duchin also points out that between 2.
