12. The Dangers of Overreacting

 In his article, Jeremy Samuel Faust talks about Ebola and the many people (especially health organizations) who are overreacting because of it. He starts of talking about several incidents where passengers of planes had to be evacuated and isolated in a negative pressure place because they displayed symptoms of Ebola. Not only did these passengers have to be tested, but all the other 100 or more passengers on board with them also had to go through a series of tests to see if they had indeed gotten the disease. Faust then argues that the government and health organizations should not keep wasting money on these cases, but on actual cases where people are dying from it. He makes a good point as to saying that stopping the disease itself is much more important than trying to prevent it in many ways. He says that the process of isolating a single patient costs a lot, and that if the patient were truly infected, the process would be beneficiary. However, he says that many of the cases in which people suspected of being infected are isolated, they are actually not infectes and are completely fine. But the process has been done and the money has been used.
 Jeremy Samuel Faust makes sure to show that he is writing an essay in which he is opposing the use of constant isolation of patients suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus. Though he does mention that Ebola is a concern to many, he mentions that many people are overreacting- and overreacting can lead to something bad at times. He also argues that many people are constantly going to doctors in order to see if they have been infected (now that flu season is starting). This hoards of people going to the doctor is the result of people and the media overreacting from the virus. In the last sentence of his essay, Faust uses "I" to show that it is truly his opinion, not something that he is writing for. By being biased and informative, the author is convincing and strict as to the message he is transmitting to the public. Though I believe that his essay could have been a slight bit longer, he has successfully transmitted the desired message and has supplied enough information for a basic reader to understand what he is trying to say. It is, overall, a good article with a successful argumentation.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/10/ebola_panic_and_overreaction_hazmat_suits_and_negative_air_pressure_are.html