1) Since I didn't have any magazines in my room, I instead decided to look up an article I had read on MSN a few days ago. The article concerned itself with vaccines and the various reasons why parents choose not to allow their children to be vaccinated. The article draws on kairos due to a survey take 2 years ago, and the rising number of children who aren't being vaccinated due to personal or religious beliefs. But there are also the group of children that due to various reasons, cannot be vaccinated because of a health issue. And because there are children out there that were not vaccinated due to other reasons not related to health, these children are very susceptible to disease. The writer established urgency early on by talking about the possibility of epidemics of very contagious diseases happening again because a certain amount of children were not vaccinated.
Also on the first page of MSN was an article on corn syrup. The short article linked the syrup to the rising obesity in America. The writer uses two sides of the argument. One is that eating more calories than you burn off in a day is the problem with the rising weight. Two is that corn syrup makes the body feel like it is still hungry and thus people consume even more because they still feel hunger pangs.
4) Vaccinations are an important part of the health of young children. While not only preventing the acquisition of life threatening diseases, these vaccines also help to keep the other members of the population safe and healthy. There are some children who can not receive vaccinations due to health issues. Therefore, it should be up to the rest of the community to look into vaccines and consider getting them for their children. Yes, there are faith based reasons as well as personal reasons for choosing not to receive vaccines. But, there are other factors involved in the decision besides the most important factor; the health and well being of your child. There is your health to consider, and the health of those around you.
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You're right on target here when you focus on how the writer "establishes urgency." The rhetor attuned to kairos is one who, because he or she can map the various people invested in the issue and their perspective, attitude, and opinion on it, can establish this urgency for different groups when speaking to them.
What could you do in your introduction about vaccines to establish the urgency of the issue? Sometimes a story or a telling statistic could persuade people they need to pay attention. Or perhaps some phrase that helps one to see the medical/public health concerns outweigh the religious concerns or individual health concerns?
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