Enemies Within Us!

In this article by Julie Parsonnet, she tells us about the mysteries of microbes that bring us bad tidings. We are outnumbered by some type of enemy, within our own bodies. Humans are walking ecosystems that have more microbes than cells in our bodies, which interact as well as go into our cell’s bodies. So with that, I’m basically saying that we are vessels of protection for the microbes. Some people find it hard to believe that microbes can be bad for us, even though we hear good things like, “we have successfully produced cheese and yogurt suitable for human consumption.” But a Mr. Paul Ewal wrote a book called Plague Time expressing the ways microbes can pose a threat to us. Even though Ewal wants us to know more about microbes, he ends up being over whelming to the audience with all of his information. I thought Parsonnet’s idea was ok. It was a little broad and could use more time venturing through it. She could have stated why Ewal was overwhelming in her own perspective. Nothing was unclear or confusing just because there was so little detail in it to begin with. Some questions were, why was he overwhelming and what could he have done differently? I guess she used ethos because she did persuade me to think negatively towards Ewal. Not really, only because there wasn’t a really clear message that had details and evidence backing up what she wanted to say.

http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/the-enemy-within