Last week I watched the movie
Resident Evil and it made me think of Oryx and Crake. The movie “Resident Evil”
depicts the theme of Bioterrorism such that the entire movie is about infected persons killing non-infecting persons. In the movie, a pharmaceutical company
called Umbrella invents a sort of deadly virus. This special virus has the ability to
transform a normal individual into a zombie and which causes a huge epidemic.
Now the way this relates to Oryx and Crake is really obvious, Crake spreads out
a virus that causes huge epidemic and destroys the entire human race.
Bioterrorism in today’s world is not seen as something really threatening
among normal citizens, but as a matter of fact, the governments have a whole
different vision on it. In our actual society, with all this tension and
intolerance among the nations, we are actually in a great risk of being a
victim of bioterrorism. Many governments
have initiated protocols to follow in case of such an attack. I think that
scientists should perhaps work on finding better solutions for such treats
instead of passing their time in cloning and genetically engineering genes
which does not really help during a viral epidemic. Another possible solution
would be to raise awareness among the people. The social network could play an
important role in this case. If the government health organizations in each
country take critical measures in creating awareness among the citizens, it
could be the first step towards achieving the goals. Now, what do you guys
think of a better solution against this severe issue?Friday, April 20, 2012
Bioterrorism
Last week I watched the movie
Resident Evil and it made me think of Oryx and Crake. The movie “Resident Evil”
depicts the theme of Bioterrorism such that the entire movie is about infected persons killing non-infecting persons. In the movie, a pharmaceutical company
called Umbrella invents a sort of deadly virus. This special virus has the ability to
transform a normal individual into a zombie and which causes a huge epidemic.
Now the way this relates to Oryx and Crake is really obvious, Crake spreads out
a virus that causes huge epidemic and destroys the entire human race.
Bioterrorism in today’s world is not seen as something really threatening
among normal citizens, but as a matter of fact, the governments have a whole
different vision on it. In our actual society, with all this tension and
intolerance among the nations, we are actually in a great risk of being a
victim of bioterrorism. Many governments
have initiated protocols to follow in case of such an attack. I think that
scientists should perhaps work on finding better solutions for such treats
instead of passing their time in cloning and genetically engineering genes
which does not really help during a viral epidemic. Another possible solution
would be to raise awareness among the people. The social network could play an
important role in this case. If the government health organizations in each
country take critical measures in creating awareness among the citizens, it
could be the first step towards achieving the goals. Now, what do you guys
think of a better solution against this severe issue?
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If its related to Oryx and Crake then wouldn't that mean that if their happens to be an outbreak of some deadly disease there would also be an antidote close by for companies to profit off? Just a theory im suggesting to be very possible.
ReplyDeleteI think that if governments tell the people that we have to be prepared for an attack. I think that it could create certain panic among the population because people could think that we are going to be attacked very soon. But, As you said it is a serious issue that governments should keep in mind, I think that it is good that the governments are creating protocols to follow if there is a threat of a possible attack.
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