Listen to the 16th episode of This Podcast Will Kill Yous pandemic series (https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/category/covid-19/). Identify three main points from the episode and write a short paragraph about each. This can include a summary of the topic, your opinions, or questions you have.
The first main point from the history Diphtheria Membrane was that the name derives from the Latin name for leather in the 1900s for the leather membrane. Secondly, this disease is synonymous for sore throat. However the disease is charactered by ulcers in throat resulting in suffocation. I also found it interesting that the epidemic disease was not mentioned form 1000 years. Emerged in 1735 throughout the Europe by the thick greyish membrane covering their throats. Even if they survive, people could still die. This disease was heavily infectious with children, similar to chicken pox. In Kingston, New Hampshire, 33% of the children died from this disease. Many puritan ministers believe that they brought the disease by straying too far from the biblical path. After 1735, outbreaks appear every 25 years. By the mid-1800s it become much more prominent....
In 1857, New York reported that the case fatality rate was 47% near the bubonic plague level. At this time...
…on African Americans with syphilis, even when a cure was widely available. Studies on these African Americans continued even when the cure was found. As a result of these issues, along with many other transgressions, many minorities are reluctant to take the vaccine.
This ultimately manifests itself in a lack of trust in the healthcare industry and sector. The solution to this issue is heavily related towards education. Here, a education program must be initiated to help promote the vaccine and discourage misinformation. Through these initiatives minorities will be a better position to trust the research and the overall results of the…
