A common theme found between both of the articles is that although some bacteria and viruses may be extremely dangerous, society as a whole is using the knowledge available and working together to fight back against threats to the public. This theme is shown in part by the following excerpt from “Virus Tamer”: “Jensen’s job is to protect the public against attacks that use biological agents to sicken people.” This sentence implies that there are brave people working to stop the spread of dangerous microorganisms, which is critical to the health of society. If valiant medical volunteers did not come forward to sacrifice their time and possibly their health, outbreaks of destructive pathogens would storm the world and widespread epidemics would
