West Nile Virus Persuasive Essay
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Trevor Kinblom May 1, 2007 West Nile Virus Persuasive Essay AP English In 1985, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made a fatal miscalculation in the character and intentions of a dictatorial state known to have anti-America sentiments in the Middle East. This mistake could be the cause of over a hundred American deaths and scores more throughout the Middle East and the world. The CDC sent vials of the West Nile Fever Virus and other viral agents to a University in Iraq for "medical research". Before the West Nile Virus was sent to Iraq, there was never a case or an outbreak in the United States of America. This impetuous decision on the Center for Disease Control's part possibly resulted in the deaths of at least 148 citizens in the United States, and 25 Israeli citizens. On May 21, 1985, the CDC allowed three vials of active West Nile Fever Virus to...

