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erin_tuttle

This report was written using the transcript of the Committees’ sixtieth session, it was then presented to the United Nations General Assembly and published by the United Nations. The scientific papers included in the report were later submitted for publication in scientific journals. The report itself was used as an informative reference for the General Assembly when considering changes to the nuclear industry policies. 

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erin_tuttle

The film addresses a general audience, although the subject matter requires a more mature outlook in order to fully understand the film. Although there is some medical aspects to the film, the meaning is based in the emotional aspect of mortality which can be conveyed without previous medical expertise.

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erin_tuttle

A significant portion of the film was looking at the government’s attempts to contain the outbreak, and criticizing their actions. The citizens who spoke complained that the government was not providing them with food and water, and believed the quarantines were unjust and needed to be lifted. This argument was not persuasive as the perspectives shown were only those of the people living in quarantine zones, and the perspective of the health officials who recommended the quarantines were not shown. A the film said, the Liberians did not have health education or information available to them and had no understanding of why the quarantines were in place, which is crucial to determining if it was an injustice on the part of the government or if the quarantines were a necessary step in attempting to contain Ebola.