Current Health Issues and Trends

Current Health Issues and Trends

After watching this week’s videos and reading this week’s articles on the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, please respond to the following questions (with at least 3-4 well-written sentences for each prompt):

1. What conclusions can you draw between this historic event and the current COVID-19 pandemic?

2. What are your thoughts and feelings about the current crisis?

3. How are you coping?  (We hope that you will utilize some of what you learned in this course such as the importance of sleep, exercise, stress reduction, and proper nutrition to help you cope).

There are millions of people worldwide effected by COVID-19 and the potential for millions more to be effected in the near future. The development of a corona virus vaccine is a hot topic in the news right now.

4. What are your thoughts about this vaccine?

5. Would you receive this vaccine?  Why or why not? (This is a controversial topic with differing opinions so be respectful and professional in your peer replies).

For your original post, please respond with a substantive answer (at least 3-4 well-written sentences for each prompt) to each of these five questions.

There are NO references required for this discussion board. This is discussion is simply meant for you to reflect upon these questions.