Topic 3

What is the topic you are reading about? Infectious Diseases

What is the source citation? Just copy and paste it from the bottom onto your blog. DO NOT COPY THE URL! "Infectious Diseases." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Summarize the central idea of the overview in one or two sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS. This topic includes the most common infectious diseases such as Ebola, and it talks about how antibiotics were used against these diseases as well as protections we can make against these diseases.

List two to four specific details that support the central idea IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Antibiotics were considered the "miracle medicine", yet pathogens started to grow resistance against it.

Many infectious disease can be transmitted via blood and sexual contact. Therefore we can prevent getting infected by being cautious with blood and sex. 

Create an opportunity for further research by writing down two questions the text raises about the central idea (explicitly or implicitly). Explicit means stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt, while implicit means implied though not plainly expressed. What are more different protections people can make against contagious diseases?

Why shouldn't we overdose antibiotics?

Write down one word or phrase whose meaning you do not fully understand. Congenital

Next, write down what may be preventing you from understanding it (is it an unrecognizable term? an unfamiliar person, place, or allusion?) An unrecognizable term.

Use a third party resource (dictionary, thesaurus, Google search) to find its definition or meaning. Write it down. Congenital: having a particular trait from birth or by firmly established habit.

Write one question about the overview that you can pose to your peers in a discussion. Why is it important to ask for doctor's advice before taking antibiotics?