SARS-CoV-2 Response Blog

John Mazziotti

Mr. Roddy

GPHC

March 27th, 2020

Coronavirus Response Blog
Late last year in December of 2019, another iteration of a ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome’ (SARS-CoV-2) or popularly known as COVID-19, started spreading rapidly among individuals in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province. It was not recognized by the Chinese Government until January 7th, 2020, and wasn’t previously identified in humans until this point. From January and so-forth, the virus had been steadily on the rise and firstly spreading to countries that surrounded south-eastern China, and no more than a month of its origination, it was founded to be on every continent except Antarctica. The WHO has officially announced this outbreak as a ‘Global Pandemic’ and has imposed health recommendations on how to prevent future spread. As of now, the US has completely banned travel to China and Europe in an attempt to control the spread of this virus and is as of March 26th, the US has the highest reported confirmed case count in the world.
Personally, I have watched the stock market crash, the government is funneling $50 billion into preventative measures and healthcare benefits for the next few months. On March 26th, the Senate approved a $2 Trillion stimulus bill from the treasury to keep our economy from crashing entirely, which in theory sounds hopeful, so we’ll see. The UN article that was provided allowed me to sort my thoughts on this topic well. It was my preferred choice to read over due to its current relevance and informative material. Not only did the article give the reader an introduction to the virus and its origins, but it also listed a whole plethora of responses and crucial information that allows a better understanding of what has been done so far and what is currently going on in the world.
Sources:
https://ask.un.org/faq/281723
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/coronavirus-news.html

Comments

Sayer Charnquist said…
The stock market crash is going to make this incident memorable for decades to come, though the rest of this whole problem is likely going to be more memorable. Panic can do things to how people spend their money.
March 27, 2020 at 12:06 PM
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