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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for t
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for t
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2025-04-07
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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals — no meat, no far, no medicines. Asked if she opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, "Then I would have to say yes." Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don’t worry, scientists will find some way of using computers." Such well-meaning people just don’t understand.
Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way — in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother’s hip replacement, a father’s bypass operation, a baby’s vaccinations, and even a pet’s shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst.
Much can be done. Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care. Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress. [br] The author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates, scientists should______.
选项
A、communicate more with the public
B、employ hi-tech means in research
C、feel no shame for their cause
D、strive to develop new cures
答案
A
解析
从文章第2段的最后一句话可知,这样的好心人只是不了解情况;从第3段的内容可知,科学家必须用一种富于同情、易于理解的方式将信息传递给公众;我们必须澄清动物研究与祖母的髋骨置换、父亲的旁道管手术,孩子的免疫接种甚至宠物的防疫注射之间的关系;对于那些不了解只有通过动物研究才能研制出治疗方案、才能开发出新方案和新疫苗的人来说,动物研究说得好听一点是浪费,说得难听一点是残忍;从第4段的内容可知,科学家可以“走进”中学课堂,介绍他们的科研活动;他们应尽快答复读者的来信,以免动物权利组织的错误信息没有引起质疑,从而获得真理的假象;研究机构也应该向游客开放,以表明实验室的动物受到了人道的对待;最后,医学研究界不仅要邀请像Stepben Cooper那样的知名人士来支持自己的事业,还要邀请所有接受过医疗的人来支持自己。据此可知,作者认为科学家应该多与公众交流,让公众了解真实情况。A项与文章的意思相符,因此A项为正确答案。
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