Rise Of The Super Bug: Video Analysis

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After viewing every episode of the Rx for survival (2005), series, I would usually commence my paper by brainstorming and responding to the questions asked (if one were given). A paramount aspect of every assignment was to create an outline and addressing what I believed to be the critical issues in that particular episode. For example, in The Rise of the Super Bug, I primarily wanted to discuss the reason MDR-TB was on the rise in developing countries and how the behavior and beliefs of a community impacted their treatment. Other times I just simply summarize as I watch the video and I focused on the areas I wanted to discuss within my paper. If by the culmination of the video, I felt additional Information was needed to complete my assignment, I would resort to external sources.
The Rx for survival (2005) series aim to increase awareness of the day-to-day global health issues people encounter in different parts of the world. The episodes addressed viruses such as, cholera, river blindness, AIDS, tuberculosis smallpox, and obesity. Although, the film renders a portion of the program for the diseases that are affecting people in developed
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Due to the rapid growth of technology, which has facilitated the way people travel around the world, this has allowed for the rapid spread disease. Although global trade has its benefit, and has provided an income for families and health care affordability this has also increased the spread of disease with the exporting of agricultural products that occasionally come in contact with an infected animal, hence carrying disease to different parts of the world. Other areas of globalization are the pollutants that have forever changed our biology and ecology. These changes increase our susceptibility to disease, and the changes in the environments affect the migration of animals, that may carry

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