SOAPSTone: Subject:The failure to have the ability to do something successfully or efficiently Occasion:"Last year, a similar, Gallup poll showed that the C.D.C's approval rating had dropped to 60 percent,..." Audience: CDC administration, CDC diagnosed individuals, people who have the viruses the CDC were responsible for, Barrack Obama supporters/people who don't support,people who have Obamacare, Purpose-He wanted to give his opinion on how incompetent the CDC is and how he wanted them make better decisions of handling their responsibilities as the C.D.C.(this was implied through out the article) Speaker- Joe Nocera Tone:Accusatory "For years, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has been.."Trusted, Topped, excellent, good- these are words that are used to emphasize how the public viewed the CDC in order to make the shift in tone afterwards. After the shift it will lead to the occasion of why he is writing this article and all the things the CDC failed to achieve over the years. "The Ebola outbreak is not exactly enhancing the CDC reputation.."-Enhancing, Reputation, Competence enforces the authors claim of the CDC being incompetent because it leads to a mistake that they made with the Ebola virus. Nocera states that the CDC didn't immediately go and act on the sick Eric Duncan when they were informed about it "Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, the CDC did not immediately fly...."-This also relates to the authors claim because it brings about more commentary on how the CDC reputation is ruined because of this simple mistake. "Are there extenuating circumstances? To hear..."-the word extenuating means make(guilt or offense) seem less serious or more forgivable. This enhances the author's claim because it gives the audience a larger and more powerful word to make the question really stand out. He then follows the question with data of actual scientists and they give their facts on how they can understand that the CDC could not be fully blamed because they had great intentions for themselves. "disease specialists tell it, the answer is yes. Like federal agencies,the CDC saw significant funding thanks to sequestration." |