Discussion: The fight of the year

by / On July 2, 2022 / In Health Care and Life Sciences, Undergraduate

Overview

The pandemic of the century, COVID-19. After, 1 year and 5 months, the solution to end the pandemic is in our hands. Some countries, such as the US, are making extraordinary efforts to vaccinate at least 75% of the population

link : https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations?country=OWID_WRL

Meanwhile, other countries are not doing so well due to different reasons (economic and politics). Basically, the world needs to reach herd immunity.

link: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19?gclid=Cj0KCQjw–GFBhDeARIsACH_kdZ7gTFEUMxYVPygZXbjZcK7lXcvR6YEurJc8sLkD5ZjrWrDS4BGXP8aAgl1EALw_wcB#

Directions

Read the next articles:

Reaching the herd immunity

link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

Anti-vaxxers (Links to an external site.)

link: https://www.healthline.com/health/vaccinations/opposition

How the COVID-19 vaccine work (Links to an external site.)

link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-work.html

Write a short paragraph (minimum 350 words) where you answer the next questions:

1. Are get getting closer to win the battle against COVID-19?

2. Do you think the anti-vaxxers might obstruct achieving herd immunity?

3. How the new variants might affect the efforts to end this pandemic?

Then,

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