There are two things that we talked about in class that I want to talk about. The Zika virus and the science not being perfect. The World Health Organization who announced that Zika had become an epidemic last February just announced that the Zika virus is no longer a public health emergency. After the rise of the Zika virus it has no lowered to the point where the group that made the declaration is now receding its warning about the virus. But not everyone agrees with this.
According to the research and data from the World Health Organization, Zika is no longer a problem. But what happens if their research is incorrect? After all there was confusion on how the virus spread to begin with, was it sexually transmitted or was it from mosquitoes? There is a lot that can be said about this but this is a perfect example of what we have discussed in class about science admitting ignorance but working to find the truth.
Work cited
Goldschmidt, Debra. “WHO Ends Zika Public Health Emergency.” CNN. Cable News Network, 18 Nov. 2016. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
The Zika Virus received a lot of attention over the past couple of months in the United States. This post would have been a bit more thorough and useful if you included actual research conducted by scientists that allowed them to come to the conclusion that Zika is no longer a serious problem. You did address the fact that the scientists could have made a mistake, but it is unclear from your post whether it would have been a false positive or a false negative. You did a good job of connecting the post to how science involves working to find the truth and admitting flaws and ignorance, but including more of the actual science and research would improve this post.