Africa and COVID
Dr. Deborah Birx discussed the effects of the coronavirus in Africa. She was interviewed by Georgetown University law professor and director of the Institute for National and Global Health Law Lawrence Gostin.
Description
Dr. Deborah Birx discussed the effects of the coronavirus in Africa. She was interviewed by Georgetown University law professor and director of the Institute for National and Global Health Law Lawrence Gostin.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- According to Lawrence Gostin, how did experts initially anticipate COVID's effects in Africa?
- What does Deborah Birx mean when she says, "you cannot hide severe COVID disease?"
- Based on the clip, in what three ways was Africa "blessed" with regard to the virus?
- How does Birx compare Africa's experience of COVID with the "developed world?" What impact did this have on communication during the early stages of the pandemic?
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: President Obama on Ebola Response
- Video Clip: Misinformation during Public Health Emergencies
- Video Clip: Targeted Restrictions to Reduce the Spread of the Coronavirus
- Bell Ringer: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Federal Bureaucracy
- Lesson Plan: Role of the World Health Organization
Participants
Vocabulary
- Comorbidity
- Coronavirus
- Elderly
- Equator
- Fatality
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Malaria
- Median
- Obesity
- Pandemic
- Tuberculosis
- Virus