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On our modern times; where we can find from the distance of a “click”
search on the word bacteria on google around 59 ‘million hits-results
and 1,600,000 related articles for the word
legionella
,
it is important before giving an objective opinion on a specific issue, to
document ourselves very well and especially on the information sources
associated. Although the Internet is presented as an almost infinite source
of information on virtually any subject in general, good judgment and the
judgment of professionals have a fundamental importance and relevance
to the dissemination and communication of real and accurate information.
In a country like ours, with the connectivity limitations and limited
access to computers, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
of government revealed in a recent study of March 2009, that 38% of the
populations (about 17 million people) use the Internet as the primarily
information source. Even though all that many people do not use the
Internet to inquire or investigate on a specific matter, the truth is that there
are no actual statistics about the quality or accuracy of the information
that we can find in this “sea” of information. And an information tool as
the Internet was initially designed for the exclusive use of scientists and
researchers has become popular enough to be at the fingertips of virtually
any cell phone, you can have both good and waste information. The fact is
that even if several million people say a lie that will never become a true.
Additionally, we have television that remains the mass medium with the
highest penetration in our country, and themost popular home appliance.This
device is a one-way communication tool that doesn´t allow the user’s opinion
and remains the primary channel of marketing in the world in all social status.
We have recently been observing in commercials on radio and television
that a battle by large global and local companies against bacteria, as the
