Together We Stand Outline
HUM/111
July 1, 2012 Together We Stand Outline

I. Introduction
To whom it may concern,
I am writing this to inform all residents living in or around Bayside that we have had many of our residents become ill with similar extensive symptoms. We have been doing thorough research to get down to the bottom of the problem, and have narrowed the illness down to a possible improper chemical disposal at a nearby company. We are doing everything in our legal power to get this unfortunate matter taken care of.

II. Diagnosis

The first thing I would do would be to contact those residents whom I know have been contracted with the illness, and ask them questions related to, where were they at the on-set of the illness? How long have they had said symptoms? Did anyone who may have been with them get sick as well? Were they exposed to anything unusual that may have gotten them sick? I would ask many questions that could help me get to the cause of the problem.

a. Symptoms

Here I would keep a book and log every symptom from every person I interviewed. This would allow me to find a possible pattern in related symptoms. I would also document ages and genders of residents who got the illness, so to see if there is a difference in children versus adult symptoms.

b. Medications/Vaccines

After evaluating ill residents’ symptoms, I would then ask them questions about what they have done to fight the illness. What medications have they tried? Has their doctor prescribed anything? What, if anything, has helped? What hasn’t helped? This way I can recommend these options to my residents who have contracted the illness.

III. Investigation

This is where I would tell my residents about every type of research I have done that is relevant to the entire case of the mysterious illness. I would let them know that I have interviewed as many of the sick residents as I could, and in what aspect I interviewed them, e.g. symptoms, genders, what they have done to keep themselves as healthy as possible, etc. I would tell them about any online research I have done such as history of this type of illness with these symptoms, news coverage of anything unusual that could be the cause of the problem, other cities that may have had this problem previously, etc. A big part of what I would research is the company who may be to blame for the improper chemical disposal. I would research their history and how many accidents they have had in the past, as well as what has been done to prevent it from happening again, if anything.

a. Research from community members

The type of research I would do here is to ask as many questions that I can in order to get to the root of the problem. I would document anything unusual the residents say that could pertain to the illness. Some things I would ask would be what are their symptoms? Did anybody in their household get sick too? Were they around anything unusual, or at an unusual place? How long have they had the symptoms?

b. Internet research

The type of research I would do here is researching illnesses that pertain to most, if not all, the symptoms the residents have all mentioned. Is there an actual disease/virus/bacteria that is causing it? Is there a name for it? Also I would research the cities history and see if there was ever a relative illness of the sort. I would also research online the state (or even broader) history to see if there was ever anything similar in the past. I would research the company who is possibly to blame as well. When doing the research I would look at all areas of the problem in different ways in order to find clues that could lead me to an answer.

IV. Conclusion

To conclude this paper I would inform the community residents that the city will further investigate the company in charge of the improper disposal and take legal action against them. If need be, implement a plan to make the company pay for medical bills of the people exposed. They could also possibly have to pay the families a set amount for reparations or a trust fund. I would inform the community that we are taking all steps possible to keep them updated and informed of everything that is happening. I would give them any names of people or companies that they can use for resources during this hardship.