Ceitical thinking questions:- Explain why is sociologists are interested in studying newly emerging infectious diseases. What is sociological about such a disease? Solution Diseases spread in population or amongst populations. Some diseases like plagues, cancer, AIDS make a high impact on our society and sociologist always study the behavior of society. Diseases change mind of social peoples. If someone affected with a syndrome, other people may behave him discriminately. Such type of occurrence make social behavior change a lot. We can think someone has Mongolian syndrome or klinefelter syndrome and what the consequences of effects from such person in the society. The sociologists now know that these types of things in nature affect a lot. Therefore, they try to study newly emerging infectious diseases because they may have bad effect or of course, they have the effect on the society. The study will prepare them attentive to the upcoming consequences of disease on the society. For such matters, they may plan some kind of sort or rehabilitation or educational programme. These will affect a lot to our society for not determining the person with disease as a threat. And, then the person can live in the society and gets help from others..