Concluding Passage

Although all the presented epidemics were different, they also displayed many similarities, especially in the effects that the different epidemics had on us. Bird flu was an illness that affected animals and therefore our food source. Because of it, Singapore's access to poultry was reduced. Likewise, Mad Cow Disease impacted our beef supply and swine flu made citizens wary of pork, thereby again limiting our food source. In all three cases, Singapore's economy suffered. Bird flu and Mad Cow Disease caused food prices to go up as safe food became harder to find. Swine flu impacted our economy in another way. By making us an "infected area" that tourists avoided, swine flu dented our tourism sector, which was one of Singapore's importance source of income.

In conclusion, epidemics will always impact us somehow, whether or not they are deadly. Besides infecting us or the people around us, epidemics can also influence our economy, livelihoods and food supply. If we are not careful, epidemics like the previous ones could happen again. To prevent this, we should try to be more careful with our hygiene and always be on the alert so that an epidemic will not catch us off guard.