COVID-19 Response

Emily Wilburn Mr. Roddy GPHC 29 March 2020
COVID-19
Well developed countries play a very important role in tackling the coronavirus, without their full dedication to the issue it would be impossible to control. The World Health Organization has reported that due to our worldwide healthcare systems the virus will not only take a toll on population health but also push many into poverty. The role well-developed countries are to play in this situation is to provide what the less-developed countries' health care systems are lacking. While it is important for our governments in the United States to take care of its citizens we also need to care for other countries as well. The reason for it is because as the virus is brought under control in the well-developed countries, it will eventually spread back to the less-developed countries which allow for the cycle to continue and for the virus to continue to spread.
In my opinion, countries need to continue to keep their borders closed for as long as this continues. Countries should be doing their best to take care of their citizens by keeping people inside and off the streets, including those who cannot provide for themselves or have a place to stay. Countries like the United States should be making greater efforts to provide relief for the less developed countries if we want to seriously control the issue. We need to be sending supplies and whatever else their health care systems are lacking that we have the means to give. Countries also need to continue or start providing citizens who are out of work or can't afford to stay home with loans.

Going further we need to take into consideration what issues will arise that will not only affect individual counties but also our whole world. Will countries come out of this with new priorities? Will we be more focused on public health? Or will we direct our attention to causing war and conflict?


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