Fast Food Nation Post 3

In concluding the novel "Fast Food Nation" Schlosser reveals a lot of valid information on meat. he reveals the making of our meat and what is in it. He also speaks on a deadly disease called "Escherichia coli O157:H7",a virulent and potentially lethal foodborne pathogen. Schlosser also gives insight on how a normal person found out that they had this horrible disease. A victim of the E. coli O157:H7 virus was a man named Lee Harding. But through Mr. Harding that they found out that this food posioning is found more so in ground beef and rarely found in chicken. And ground beef is continuosly used in the fast food industry as we know. Schlosser then warns us that the people that really can suffer from this disease is the elderly, children under the age of five, and the people with weak immune systems are the most likely to suffer from any illnesses caused by E. coli O157:H7. An example he gives is a young boy age 11 becoming ill with this virus after eatting a hamburger from his school. They then trace it back to the company and comfirm that this company's meat was infected with the disease. Schlosser hits a lot of these different asspects on the head and he willingly give the information without regret. He then states americans ways have rubbed off onto other countries who have just adopted our ways. This disease has really infected around 200,00 people and hospitalized around 900 this was very tragic. We as a nation need to find a way to put a stop to this.

{clarification:} From reading this chunk did it make you kind of want to be caution with your meat now? Did you feel any type of emotions toward this chunk??

{application:} Have you ever incounter a virus similar to this one but just not as severe?