Compare/contrast COVID-19 and polio. You must focus on polio in the 1940s and 1950s not on the epidemiology of polio now). 1) Etiologic agent, transmission, and what groups are/w

Watch one or more of these videos about polio in the United States in the late 1940s and 1950s.

Polio Outbreak Quarantine – Hubert Humphrey Reads Comics on Radio! – YouTube

The Polio Crusade: Chapter 1 (PBS) (link to the entire series: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio/)

Martha Mason (story of a polio survivor)
Paralyzing Fear: Polio in America
Polio Revisited (part 1, part 2, part 3)
“Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien”

Here is are some more resources about polio that you may want to use:
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/
https://www.who.int/health-topics/poliomyelitis#tab=tab_1

You should compare/contrast COVID-19 and polio. You must focus on polio in the 1940s and 1950s not on the epidemiology of polio now).

1) Etiologic agent, transmission, and what groups are/were high risk
2) Signs/symptoms and disease progression
3) Prevention and treatment (e.g., isolation and quarantine, vaccine development, pharmacotherapy)
4) Media response and public reaction
5) Survivors’ experiences (e.g., consider the social determinants of health, disability, inequities, and discrimination)
6) How can epidemiology contribute to the scientific, ethical, economic and political discussions of polio and COVID-19? What types of epidemiologic measures should people consider when developing evidenced-based policies for these conditions?
7) 3 reliable sources of information about the epidemiology of each disease (6 references total). Briefly describe why you think these sources of information about epidemiology are reliable.