Question

This discussion post about health and medicine should be at least 250 words and include relevant vocabulary and information from the module to support your response. STEP 1: Search for a news article that describes or addresses an illness or disease in some way. Summarize the article in a few sentences, specifically explaining what it mentions about health or medicine. Include a link to the actual article in your response. STEP 2: Do some research to write a short paragraph explaining the illness mentioned in the article. What is the illness? Where is it most prevalent? Who does it mostly affect? What is the experience for those who have the illness? STEP 3: Use your sociological imagination to write a paragraph describing the social implications of the illness. Which parts of the illness are medically constructed, and which are socially constructed? Is the illness stigmatized?

Answer 1

Coronavirus ( COVID19 ) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Most people infected with aCOVID19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness qnd recover without requiring special treatment. Older people , and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disey, diabetes , chronic respiratory disease , and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

The COVID19 virus spread primarily through droplet of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person cough and sneeze , so it's important that we also practice's respiratory etiquette ( for example , by coughing into a flexed elbow).

At this time, there are no specific vaccines or treatment for COVID 19 . However , there are many ongoing clinical truals evaluating potential treatment. WHO , will continue to provide updated information as soon as clinical findings become Available.

As a September 22, 2020 , confirmed COVID 19 infection number over 31.1 millions individual worldwide and has resulted in more than 962,000 deaths. More than 220 countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases of COViD 19 onall continent except Antarctica.

The COVID 19 outbreak affects all segments of the population and is particularly deterimental to members of those social groups in the most vulnerable situation , continuous to affect population , including people living in poverty situation, older person, person with disabilities , youth Nd indigenous people . Early evidence indicates that the health and economic impacts pf the virus are being borne disproportionately by poor people. For example , homeless people , because they may be unable to safely shelter in place, are highly exposed to the danger of virus. People without access to running water, refuges , migrants or displaced persons also stand to suffer disproportionately both from the pandemic and its aftermath - whether due to limited movement , fewer employment opportunities , increased xenophobia.