Consider the community you are from. Explore, through basic internet research, the ways that COVID has impacted your community. Also, consider your own experiences with family and friends who are trying to manage life in the context of the epidemic/pandemic.
Based on the information you gather about your community and your reflections on the reactions of family, friends, and others:
Describe briefly why the epidemic/pandemic has been as serious as it has (or your community has not been impacted to the extent that others have). In your description, consider at least three of the following factors:
o Herd Immunity
o Contact tracing
o Social distancing
o Mask wearing behavior
o City, county, and state or national mandates and directives implemented or not implemented.
Make certain that you support your statements with information from the readings this week and using the evidence you gathered from the internet. Provide 2 concrete measures that could be implemented to slow the spread of the virus, and provide evidence to support your answers.
Readings:
Taylor (2019)
o Chapter 1: What is a Pandemic? pp. 1 13.
o Chapter 2: Contemporary Methods for Managing Pandemics, pp. 15 22.
Contact Tracing.
Flattening the Coronavirus Curve.
Media:
What is public health surveillance? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IpE8dE4cVc)
What is a pandemic? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUFkA_m66M)
Epidemic Curves: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXENVvvKpA)
What is Coronavirus? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9tTi-CDjDU)
R and Serial Interval: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZabMDS0CeA)
Herd Immunity: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgV3L464Yh8)
Introduction to Mitigation, Mobility, and Epidemiology Graphs: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJa_0l684MI)
Spanish Flu: A Warning from History: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1aLAw_xkY)
The H1N1 Swine Flu: A Look Inside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFl3FRNpU4E)
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