The U.S. is doing everything in its power to prevent the spread of Ebola -- a deadly viral hemorrhagic fever which had killed 4,00 people in West Africa over the past few months -- from entering the country. Additional screenings will begin for airline passengers travelling from West Africa to New York's JFK Airport this week, as well as airline passengers travelling to Newark’s Liberty, Washington’s Dulles, Chicago’s O'Hare, and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airports next week. Public health workers at the five airports will use no-touch thermometers to take the temperatures of travelers from the three countries which have been most affected by the virus -- Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. In addition, those found to have fevers will be quarantined and interviewed to determine whether or not they may have come in contact with someone infected with the Ebola virus. Of the 150 people that travel daily to the U.S. from or through the three countries affected most, nearly 95 percent of them land at one of the five airports at which screenings are being increased.
This information was presented to the American public by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C) and the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection Wednesday, October 8th. Citing sources such as President Obama and backing up their actions with the 1944 Public Health Service Act which allows the federal government to take action to prevent communicable diseases -- including viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola -- from spreading into the country, the ethos of the announcement is clearly established. Both pathos and logos are established as well through the mentioning of the death toll caused by the Ebola virus, as it causes emotion in the listener or reader to want to put a stop to the virus, as well as a logical argument in which it seems that the increased screenings are necessary in order to keep the country safe.
The reporting agency relaying the information to the American Public, Fox News, uses an allegory to convince the reader of the necessity of the increased screenings as well as statistics backing the actions of the government, showing clear support of the Ebola screenings. The allegory used in the article is in support of the opposing view that the additional screenings are useless, as it mentions that additional screenings implemented with the three countries hit hardest by the disease has seen nothing but failure. This helps to build credibility as it shows full knowledge on the situation and is, therefore, more convincing to the reader.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/12/advanced-us-airport-screening-for-ebola-begins-saturday-at-new-york-kennedy/
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