Fungi, Viruses, Bacteria, and Parasites: What's the Difference?

Prompt 1: 

Microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, bacteria, and parasites cause most diseases in the world right now. Various drugs are designed to fight these microorganisms; however, certain organisms are able to develop resistance to the drugs (Chin, 2015) . Pharmaceutical companies lack adequate economic incentives to keep up their research with the rate at which the microorganisms are becoming stronger. The lack of laws and regulations regarding how prescriptions are done has been an accelerating factor for the spread of antibiotic resistance. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics in people and animals accelerates the resistance of microorganisms to drugs (Chin, 2015) . The current government regulations allow for poor professional oversight when administering these drugs leading to misuse and overuse. There needs to be regulation on the use of antibiotics and better solutions focused on creating more awareness on how giving prescriptions increases antibiotic resistance.

Prompt 2: 

Polls are treated like weather forecasts since voters on most occasions are usually highly unpredictable. Elections in the US go through two stages, where the people vote, and then the Electoral College follows. One can get the popular vote, but still lose the election by filing to clinch the Electoral College vote. Polls can be wrong since they are more focused on predicting opinions rather than paying more attention to them and understanding them. Some people also lie to pollsters. Most people might give answers that they think will reflect well on them to look more appealing to the one who may be inquiring. For example, in the last election, Trump was not the people’s favorite hence some of his supporters may have lied and implied that they wanted Clinton to seem more likeable. This leads to an opinion poll that fails to reflect the will of the people after the election results are out, hence they are not always reliable.

References

Chin, T. (2015). Antibiotic Resistance . Health Policy Brief , 5-23. doi:10.1377/hpb20150521.42596

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20150521.42596/full/