Writing 1 final 28 11

Writing 1:
What roles does communication play in providing people in communities with
common knowledge of how to protect them from communicable diseases?
Nowadays, communication is essential to our daily life. In some certain
circumstance, communication and its information can decide life or death. In
particular, it can not be denied the role of communication in providing people in
communities with common knowledge of how to protect them from communicable
diseases.
Firstly, communication, both direct and indirect ways, helps people from all
over the world achieve common knowledge of communicable diseases. It provides
clear, concise and helpful information about the causes, the pathogens, the
symptoms, the risk factors that enhance the transmission, the preventive measure
of communicable diseases. In addition, communication also plays a significant role
in warning people when diseases occur. For instance, during the first SARS
outbreak in China in 2002, communication took its duty seriously by quickly
providing all the information about the dangerous SARS. With the help of internet,
television, newspaper…, all of SARS causes, symptoms and the way to prevent
was immediately available to everybody.
Secondly, having the knowledge brought by communication, people in
community are able to protect themselves from communicable diseases. For
instance, thanks to communication, people are well aware of how dangerous SARS
is. They step by step change their habits and behaviors as being recommended.
They start wearing mask when going out, avoiding contact with people who seem
ill, checking themselves in clinic as soon as feeling similar-to-SARS symptoms.
All of those will protect them from getting infected by SARS. The more people
know how to defend themselves against communicable diseases, the less damage it
will cause to society.
In conclusion, communicable disease is considered quite serious but not
fearsome. If all of us have common knowledge about it, we definitely can protect
ourselves. It’s undeniable that having communication by our side, we will have
nothing to fear.