CORONAVIRUS
The one topic for this forum will be coronavirus. Please read the instructions carefully before posting.
***In this forum, please do not comment on political situations or about any elected officials. Since this is Medical Terminology class, focus your comments specifically on personal health concerns, public health concerns, or on concerns that a currently-employed health professional might have. Do your best to use one or more medical terms in your posting.
You will be using the KLW+ strategy in this forum. Your posting of a minimum of 8 complete sentences must include K, L, and W.
K=What do I already know about (the question I am asking regarding coronavirus)?
Write in your own words briefly what you already know about the question you are asking and if you remember where you obtained that information.
L=What did I learn about the question I am asking after reading a website (not Wikipedia) I found that I think contains the most reliable information?
For this part of your posting, write about one and only one website (not Wikipedia) you found that you believe contains the most reliable information regarding coronavirus pertinent to the question you ask in your posting. Tell why you think the information from that website is reliable. When you write this part of your posting, after you have read the website, close the website and write as best you can in your own words about at least one thing you learned regarding coronavirus as a result of reading the website. You are encouraged not simply to use the first website that comes up after a search, which might result in everyone writing about the same website. Before you post, you might check to see what others have written and do your best to choose a different question.
W=What do I want to know more about regarding the question I am asking?
(The + part will be done in your response to another student’s posting).
Suggestions about possible questions to investigate:
–What should I be careful about when I go to the grocery store? (One possible source for information is a Time magazine article available at https://time.com/5810782/grocery-store-safety-coronavirus/ You might find other useful sources).
–Is hand sanitizer or soap and water better for keeping clean?
–Is wearing a mask in public still advisable for the general population if somebody doesn’t already have COVID-19?
–What is the most up-to-date information about the origin of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)?
–What precautions should be taken to preserve people’s health as businesses and schools reopen?
–What things can I do to reduce stress and preserve my mental health during the ongoing coronavirus situation?
–What is best to do now about _______? (This can be a question about a health care challenge that is occurring during the ongoing coronavirus situation).
–What is “public health” and how has this academic area helped address outbreaks of disease in the past? One possible source to start with is
http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/PH/PublicHealthHistory/PublicHealthHistory_print.html
–What other major outbreaks of disease occurred in the USA in the past? (One possible source to start with is https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#1 )
–What about the flu pandemic of 1918–how was it like/different from what is currently going on? (You might choose to investigate something similar to this about other epidemics/pandemics in American or world history).
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