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I thought both of these articles were interesting. I liked how the UN gave a timeline of what was going on in a very concise and easy to understand manner because, to me, it seems like having that resource will reduce a lot of stress because it will allow people to quickly see what is going on with COVID-19. I think that this article also gives people a good general idea of what the UN, WHO, and other IGOs are doing about the virus. 
 
I thought the article about richer countries helping poorer countries was really intriguing, and it had a lot of good points, but I do have some thoughts about it. I think that the first priority of every country should be to fight COVID - 19 within themselves before trying to help other countries. Although developed countries like America have way more medical resources than less developed countries, they still don't have enough. Italy, for example, has so many cases of COVID - 19 that they don't have enough medical staff or testing centers to keep up with all of the new cases coming in. In Houston, hospitals like Methodist are already starting to turn people away due to lack of beds and other reasons. I do think that the UN and other IGOs are doing a good job of creating funds to help countries deal with this virus, and I think that these funds will really be helpful in countries where people don't have as much access to healthcare or where the healthcare system isn't as good. I think a cool idea would be to have "pop-up" hospitals or COVID - 19 testing centers in less developed countries so that more people can get tested. I'm not really sure how this would work, but if it was possible, I think it would be beneficial. So in general, I agree with the fact that countries like the US should help countries like Africa in this time, but I think that developed countries should get COVID - 19 under control in their own country as much as they can before offering help to other countries. 

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Casey Carter said…
Doesn't Africa have a lower infection rate than a lot of other western countries? I could be wrong, but do you also think that organization like the Red Cross should step up their game when it comes to this pandemic at all. Also what do you think should be done to work on testing here in the states?
March 27, 2020 at 12:56 PM
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