Specter And Gawande

Together Specter and Gawande both touch upon science, journalism and public policies in their own style. Gawande writes about science that has already been proven to be beneficial but slow at implementation. Antisepsis, anesthesia, kangaroo care and oral rehydration were all researched, experimented and proven to be the best solution for each pressing problem. Although people doubted the actual use of each treatment, they could not argue with scientific facts of benefits. On the contrary, Specter writes about science that is still in the process of research and experiment. The new and upcoming idea is gene rewriting with CRISPR is still a topic that fully researched and proven to be beneficial; many people still even fear it’s use. The unknown
If the people who purchase and read The New Yorker were truly uninterested by articles that do not contain the presence of an individual, the editors and the executives of the company would not have published Gawande’s essay in it 88 years after the first issue debuted. The final topic both Specter and Gawande touch upon is public policy. Specter writes about public policies which do not exist yet but are on the verge of existing. As CRISPR becomes more precise, human testing is becoming a reality and with this reality comes policies that need to be enacted to ensure the safety of society. Whereas Gawande is questioning why indivuals don’t follow public policies enacted to ensure the safety of society. Even with public policies, society cannot be deemed safe from dangers associated with gene rewriting unless every person follows the them. Researchers and law makers must first know why people do not follow policies to ensure they are creating policies that will be follow. Specter and Gawande speak to each topic, science, journalism and public policy in their own way but each is also interconnected by the fact that they both share the